Reference Docs

WWW search tools, indexes & surveys

Alta Vista -

Ask.com -

Dogpile -

EnergySearch - Produced by EPRI.

Excite -

Georgia Institute of Technology, GVU Centre - Since its creation in 1991, the Graphics, Visualization & Usability (GVU) Center at Georgia Tech has assumed a leadership position not only in the development of new technologies in graphics, visualization and usability, but also in making these innovations meaningful for the average person and easy to use. Site includes WWW User Surveys.

Go.com -

GoGettem WebSearch - Conduct a search in up to some 30 different search engines in one go.

Google -

Hotbot - Part of the Lycos network.

Lycos -

MetaCrawler -

MSN -

NorthernLight -

Scientific Search Engines - A directory of search engines in the field of science and technology.

Scirus - This search engine, developed by Elsevier, concentrates on websites with a scientific content.

UK Plus -

United Nations (UN) Organisations - Official Web Site Locator - This is the access point for all the UN organisations providing searching across all the UN organisations, as well as direct access to the individual sites and an overview of the UN organisational structure.

The Utility Connection - This site is a directory of utilities and utility associations and others providing services to the utility sector.

Webcrawler -

Yahoo -