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          Library Internet Searching Links Page

             Recommended Search Engines and Directories for general searching on the WWW

Search Engines                                                            Subject directories

Google : very large index, often rated the best search engine Infomine: scholarly internet resource collections
Hotbot: use the preferences option to limit by date, language, include/exclude words etc. Virtual Library: access to selected sites with quality information
All the web: very large index, try the advanced search options BUBL: evaluated sites, quality information
Altavista : useful search options plus language translations Librarians index : evaluated sites, quality information
Australian search engines:

Anzwers

Webwombat

Sensis

Academic info : evaluated sites, quality information
Intute:  a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research

Vivisimo : a meta-search engine which  searches several search engines at once at 'clusters' information into subject categories

Image searching:

Pics4learning

Dorling Kindersley

Classroom clip art

Online encyclopaedias

HSC links

CSU Bored of studies
Tale Mitchell (State) Library navigator for HSC students
Board of Studies  

Access to the Invisible Web

Much of the information on the web is stored in databases, and not indexed by search engines. The following sites provide access to some of that information
 

Some Australian sites + hints on searching:

The Invisible Web Curriculum corporation
Net Resources (includes free & subscriber section) Trinity College
Direct Search Cyberschool (University of QLD)
The complete Planet WA Department of Education