University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Geography 340: 
Processes of Environmental Degradation

Search Engines

An Internet search engine is a is a program which allows a user to find information, typically by entering key words or phrases.  Different search engines have different strengths and weaknesses.  Try various search programs to see which ones suit your needs.

(For detailed advice on how to use a search engine, see How to Search the World Wide Web: A Tutorial for Beginners and Non-Experts.)

1. AltaVista 

2. AOL.com Seartch 

3. Chubba 

4. Cyber411 

5. DogPile -- allows search for maps and images 

6. EuroSeek -- British search engine; allows geographic searches 

7. Excite 

8. Galaxy 

9. Google 

10. HotBot -- lets you serach by date **

11. Infoseek -- part of the GO network 

12. LookSmart 

13. Lycos 

14. Magellan -- part of Excite, Inc.

15. Northern Light ***

16. The Phoenix Gate -- can search through any one of 28 search engines 

17. ProFusion -- lets you search through any or all of nine major search engines at once ***

18. MetaCrawler 

19. Northern Light 

20. Scrub the Web 

21. Snap! 

22. Switchboard -- most useful to find a person or a business 

23. WebCrawler 

24. WhoWhere? -- a way to find people on the Web (part of Lycos network) 

25. Yahoo 

26. Yahoo People Search -- search for personal e-mail adress or telephone number