Links to services which help you find other Internet resources. Subject-oriented services are grouped separately. Sites providing additional information about search engines and their use are also grouped together.

• AllTheWeb, this search engine lets you specify the type of search [Info]
• AltaVista, a web index [Info]. An AltaVista:UK site is available, and also a simplified graphic-free text search form interface
• ANZWERS Search Centre, a guide to Australian and New Zealand Internet resources [Info]
• The Argus Clearinghouse, a selective guide to the Internet [Info]
• Ask Jeeves, a knowledgebase which can be interrogated with plain English questions [Info]
• baldey.com, a meta-search engine that queries other search engines [Info]
• CUSI, a single form to search a number of different WWW search engines [Info]
• Doras, a directory of Irish Web sites [Info]
• Espotting, a pay for placement search engine with a European focus [Info]
• Excite, a search engine based in the US [Info]. The UK-oriented version closes on Friday 21 December 2001.
• Fast Search: All the Web, All the Time, a search engine built to accommodate multimedia [Info]
• Find UK - a UK search engine gateway [Info]
• Godado - a UK and Europe search engine including a pay to promote facility [Info]
• Google, a search engine which aims to offer high quality information on the Web (an image search feature is available via the advanced search option) [Info]
• GoTo.com, a pay-for-placement search site [Info]
• HotBot (a Lycos site), a comprehensive index of the WWW [Info]. A UK HotBot site is available, as well as a simplified graphic-free search form interface.
• infoseek, a search and browse service for Internet resources [Info]
• Ixquick, a metasearch engine that queries twelve other search engines [Info]
• Lookabout, an Australian search engine with subject categories for browsing and links to other search services in Australia [Info]
• Lycos (UK site), search the database of Internet information resources (world-wide or UK and Ireland only) [Info]. The main Lycos site is in the USA.
• Mamma.com, a meta search engine that queries ten other search engines [Info]
• MetaCrawler, a search tool that queries other Web search engines [Info]
• MetaEureka, a graphics-free meta search engine [Info]
• MetaFind , searches six other search engines and orders the results [Info]
• Metahoo!, a meta search engine [Info]
• Mirago, a search engine aimed specifically at UK businesses and families [Info]
• MyPiranha.com, a UK-based web directory [Info]
• Northern Light, a US service for searches of the WWW plus additional full-text sources [Info]
• Open Directory Project, a human-edited directory of the Web [Info]
• Orientation, a directory of Internet sites in Asia [Info]
• ProFusion, a search engine that allows simultaneous searches of up to nine search engines [Info]
• Rambler, a search engine with a focus on Russia [Info]
• SearchMalta.com, a search engine with a focus on the Maltese Islands [Info]
• SearchUK, a search engine with a focus on UK domains [Info]
• ukmax.com, a web search engine and directory with a focus on the UK [Info]
• UK Plus, a web directory with a focus on UK domains [Info]
• WebCrawler, a database indexed by content of WWW pages [Info]
• Wordmap - a search engine that clarifies the meaning and context of your enquiry [Info]
• WoYaa!, a guide to Internet sites in Africa [Info]
• WWW Virtual Library, the CERN directory of WWW services [Info]
• Yahoo, a directory of Internet sites [Info]
• Yelloweb Europe, a directory of Internet sites in Europe [Info]

• European search engines, directories and lists listed by country [Info]
• browse the directory of search engines from Netscape Communications Corporation
• Survey of UK University search engines from UKOLN, includes direct links to each search facility.

• Argos, a limited area search for resources covering the ancient and medieval world [Info]
• INFOMINE a scholarly Internet resource collection [Info]
• IT World Search , an intelligent search engine dedicated to the world of Information Technology [Info]
• Medical World Search, a WWW search engine developed especially for the medical field [Info]
• NOESIS, a search engine devoted to philosophy on the Internet [Info]
• Pilot-Search.com, a starting point for literary searches [Info]
• SciNet Science Search, a science and nature directory and search engine [Info]

• Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial, written by the Head Librarian at the University of South Carolina (USA) [Info]
• direct search, a site offering access to the 'invisible web', resources that general search tools do not always find [Info]
• Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet, an overview of how to conduct effective and successful online queries [Info]
• Internet Search Tools and Tips, from the UK Online User Group [Info]
• Search Engine Showdown, a site offering reviews, analysis, statistics and strategies for many of the major search engines [Info]
• Search Engine Watch, for information about world-wide search engines and their operation [Info]
• Web Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting, an introduction to Web searching methods and techniques [Info]