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Reference Resources: Internet Search Engines -- General

AllTheWeb

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AltaVista

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Ask.com
Multifacted search engine.
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Bing
Microsoft's entry in the general-purpose Web search engine competition. Includes the usual filters for images, video, etc., plus the ability to find sites with RSS feeds, the inclusion of Microsoft Earth with the "Maps" option, and more.
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Clusty
Valued for its ability to "cluster" search results. (Formerly called Vivisimo.)
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Country-Based Search Engines

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Exalead
France-based search engine, with ability to search by country.
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Google
A version of Google that focuses on academic resources is Google Scholar.
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HotBot

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SingingFish
SingingFish maintains the largest compilation of audio and video streams on the Web (over 30 million), including MP3, Real, Quicktime, and other formats. Over 100,000 listings are added each week.
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Yahoo
Yahoo also has an image-search capability.
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