![[ Scoop Cybersleuth's Internet Guide --Internet Search Tools ]](ScoopHdr.GIF)
"Search engines" help you find things on the Internet. If you're looking for an exact term, such as "Star Trek" enclose it in quotes or use an Advanced Query and use "star and trek." Otherwise you'll receive matches for any page with the words "star" or "trek" and end up with many thousands of hits.
Alta Vista --Try the Advanced Search if you are swamped with responses.
Ask Jeeves --Ask any question, find the answer.
LookSmart --Great index for families and off-time searching
Beaucoup --Searches lots of issues and sites at once.
Infoseek --Also Ultraseek, which finds sites only
Magellan --Reviewed site listings
Search.Com --Search many engines at once
Trapped in the Web --Elementary search tools
Yahooligans The Yahoo Index for Kids
Search for mailing lists Subscribe to as many as you want on any topic!
Liszt --Great index of mailing lists and how to get involved.
BigYellow The Yellow Pages of the Internet
University of Minnesota Gopher (The Mother of all Gophers)
Need to Find Software?
Winfiles --For Windows 95, 98 and NT computers
| To search on a particular topic, enter the key words into the Alta Vista search box and click on the Search button. |
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