NoodleTools will help you select the right site for searching. Look for 'Choose the Best Search'.
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About.com | Has human guides |
Britannica Internet Guide | the encyclopedia |
BoardReader | Find postings from all over the Web on topics such as arts and antiques, computers, outdoor recreation, sports, and travel. |
Complnfo | When you need details on a technology or a component down to the geek level, search here and you'll get plenty of info. |
CompletePlanet | Deep links. The site says that its public directory gives you access to over 100,000 data bases and search engines. |
Digital Librarian | A librarian's choice of the best of the Web. Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York. |
Dmoz | Completely commercial-free. All volunteer. This directory categorizes sites in much the way that Yahoo's directory does, but without all the sponsored links and banner ads. |
itools | Word Wizard. You get to search among research topics and language tools at this site. You can try the translating tools for 15 languages, legal dictionaries, a computing terms dictionary, and even a thesaurus tool that can help you solve crossword puzzles. |
ixquick | Metasearch master. Carry out metasearches using combinations of popular sites that you pick and choose. You can search the web, MP3s, news, and pictures - and avoid the paid sites that most other metasearch tools favor. |
MagPortal | Magazine mania. You can search through a huge archive for specific magazine articles, or browse topics like "small business" or "recruiting" |
MacRAE'S Blue Book | Search MacRae's industrial directory. |
Pandia Search Central | Search on search. This site offers useful lists of search engines and directories that handle queries on images, news, shopping, online radio, discussion groups, and more. |
Researchville | News in Context. This one-stop shop lets you search breaking news from wire services and newspapers. You can also tap into research sites for medical, education and government topics. |
Search Engine Colossus | Links to regional search engines in 195 countries. |
Singingfish | Multimedia jackpot. Search international sources for audlo and video clips, news stories, and more. |
Switchboard | People and places. Want to call the plumber you used in the next town over, but can't remember the name of his business? Search here for "plumber" by town name. |
Teldir | International people and places. Here you'll find links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, e-mail addresses, and tax numbers from more than 170 countries around the world. |
Vivisimo | Hooked on organization. This unusual, ad-free, and highly useful search tool queries multiple search sites and organizes the results by type of document-message boards, maps, or images, for example- not just by site name. |
Vroosh | This Canadian metasearch site lets you search news topics, online auctions, MP3s, and books. You can use its friendly MP3 search tool without viewing any music ads. |
Xrefer | This British site gives you everything from art history facts to academic topics to music terms to famous quotations, using a collection of reference books. |
World-Wide Yellow Pages | Yellow pages from the world |
Zip Codes | Enter a zip code and find the location |
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