Search Engines

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	AltaVista is one of the largest search engines on the web, with a wide range of searching features.
	Ask (Formerly known as Ask Jeeves). Innovative online search service that processes plain-language queries with surprising accuracy.
	Fast claims to scan 200 million of the web's estimated 800 million web pages.
	Google is fast and accurate, and useful for quick queries.
	Google Scholar Beta This is currently only a beta-version. Access to the full-text of some journals that you find through this search engine may depend on the University having rights to that content. Check our list of A to Z full-text electronic journals (via this link) if you are unsure.
	Intute (formerly known as RDN) is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners.
	MSN Search claims to provide the most up-to-date information by refreshing its list of around five billion websites every two days compared with every two weeks for other search engines.
	Northern Light features a large index of the web, plus the ability to cluster documents by topic.
	Yahoo is one of the most popular search services. It is the largest human-compiled guide to the web.