Search Engines and Directories

Search engines and directories make the Web more manageable.  These programs are constantly changing in look and methodology.  Be sure to ready the FAQ or help sections for each one that you use so that your search is effective and efficient.

Sites for Learning How To Search

• The Spider's Apprentice
• UC Berkeley Teaching Guides

Search Engines & Directories 

• AltaVista
• Dogpile
• Excite
• HotBot
• Go.com
• Google
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
  
• LookSmart
• Lycos
• Northern Light
• Snap NBCi.com
• Webcrawler
• Yahoo!
• Yahooligans!

META SEARCH ENGINES

• Ask Jeeves
• Metacrawler
• C4 Total Search

Please note: This page contains hypertext links to independently managed World Wide Web sites that are not affiliated with Anne Arundel County Public Schools. While every effort has been made to evaluate the sites to which we link, we cannot control the content that may appear on these sites or related links.