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Search Engines and Directories The search engines will help you find information using key words. The directories will also show you general areas of interest. Search Engines Multi-Search Engines Directories Search Engines: Ask Jeeves for Kids -- ask this search engine a question in regular English AltaVista -- has one of the largest indexes Buscar en Espanol -- un mecanismo de busqueda en el Internet y World Wide Web, en Espanol Go.com -- (used to be Infoseek) has good advanced search options Northern Light -- tries to provide only the most relevant sites Return to the top Multi-Search Engines: Kids' Search Tools (courtesy of Ramapo Catskill Library) -- lists several search boxes for various sites, especially designed for kids Mamma -- uses a lot of search engines, including some of those listed above; also searches through newspapers which have their material archived on-line Metacrawler -- uses a lot of search engines, including some of those listed above Noodle Tools -- fill out a simple form and Noodle Tools will request information from search engines for you Search.com -- uses a lot of other search engines, including some of those listed above; does not have advanced search options Return to the top Directories: Look Smart Magellan -- more academic, gopher, ftp, telnet, newsgroups resources Netguide -- a lot of sites have been reviewed Yahoo -- has a lot of categories Return to the top