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Portals

Directories

Britannica†---Britannica Internet Guide
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Galaxy
Google Web Directory
Hotrate.com ---created by volunteer editors
LookSmart
about.com
Open Directory ---DMOZ's directory, which is created by volunteers
UK Plus

Search engines

AltaVista
Ask Jeeves
Go.com
Google†---Indexes 1,060,000,000 web pages
myway.com
HotBot
Info Tiger
Netcraft ---Good if you know (or can guess) part of a URL
uk.searchengine.com
WebCrawler

Meta Search engines

Search many sites at once

CNET Search.com†--- Customizable searches of various sources (incorporates Savvysearch)
Dogpile†---Uses all of AltaVista, Excite, Excite Guide, GoTo.com, Infoseek, Lycos, Lycos' A2Z, Magellan, PlanetSearch, Thunderstone, WebCrawler, Yahoo! to search the Web; can also metasearch Usenet, FTP, News Wires
Ixquick Metasearch
Mamma ---Uses AltaVista, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, Webcrawler, Yahoo!
Livelink Federated Query Server ---can be configured in various ways
SuperSearch III ---Choose from Internet Keywords, AltaVista, FTP-Search95, Deja News, WWW Webster, Realnames (list), Realnames (jump), Ask Jeeves, scour.net audio, scour.net images, scour.net video, images.altavista; or use category recommendations

Clustering engines

Search many sites at once, organizing results

Vivisimo ---This version is light on javascript. The newer version is here: Vivisimo
clusty (beta) NEW!

Genealogy

Custom Search†---from FamilySearch
Custom Search International Genealogical Index Page†---from FamilySearch
Family History Supersearch†---from Family Tree Magazine
Genealogy.com†---Search 100s of millions of names
Search for a Surname†---from Surname Helper
Quick Surname Search†---from GeneaNet (See Forms also)

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Utilities

Askalix ---British business database
Bookmarklets ---Unusual concept - worth a look!
BookBrain ---British book price comparison shopping engine
bt.com---site includes link to British Telecom directory enquiries
Teoma ---From Ask Jeeves - offers answers and suggestions
Pages Blanches†---France Telecom Directories
Infospace† ---People finder
Kellysearch† ---Including company search
UK Telephone Code Locator ---Useful site from the Cardinal Communication Systems which tells you a phone number's geographical location
Voycabulary† ---Transform any webpage into links to dictionary or thesaurus lookups
Xpertsite.com

ABC - Academic, Bibliographic and Cartographic, etc

Eldis simple search ---information on development and the environment, hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
EnrichUK ---British cultural resources
The Hotlist ---from the London School of Economics
Infomine†---Scholarly internet resource collections
Internet Public Library†---European mirror site at http://ipl.ub.lu.se/
Librarians' Index to the Internet†---American library service (started as a project in Berkeley, I think)
Mapquest
British Library Catalogues
Other Entrances to the Internet†---from California State University, San Bernardino
The UK Street Map Page
US Constitution Search Tool†---from NorthWest BuildNet
World Factbook†---from the CIA

Concordances

Concordances of Great Books ---Fully searchable word indexes
The Web Concordances†---Literary concordances from Dundee University
Crosswalk.com†---Bible concordances

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Pop-ups (these need javascript-enabled browser) (updated November 2004 - they came and went by 2000! Now just one remains.)

JotBot
Quick access to your choice of AltaVista Simple, AltaVista Refined, Dejanews, Four11, HotBot, UBL Band Listings, Yahoo!
It's a bit dated, but still cute.

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last updated November 2004