Internet Quick Reference Shelf: Searching the Web : General Search Engines Top : Searching the Web : General Search Engines
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All the Web - Similar to Google, with a big database, refreshed regularly.
Google - best general search engine, a big database, advanced ranking of search results, "AND" as default; display of cached pages; PDF files; multilingual and many more features; special searches include: University Search, US government search, and Image Search. Also try ILOR
AltaVista - similar to Google, but smaller in database size.
WiseNut - A newcomer to the scene, with a big database and some nice new features.
