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Search engines directories and information

Finding information out there is certainly not as easy as it should be. This page is intended to be a resource to help find information. Biased towards the UK and the English language certainly, but many of these resources will have language and geographical options. It is worth learning how to use the advanced features of search engines, it can make searching much more efficient and less frustrating.
Many of the major search engines have image, audio and video search facilities as well as text searches

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Ixquick Metasearch
Excite UK -  the best way to travel the WWW! 
        

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dmoz.org

These are just a few of the available search engines. To learn and to find out more about searching have a look at:

Search Engine watch | Search Engine Index | Search Engine Colossus |

Not a Search Engine but Amazon can be very useful for finding books and other stuff. It is also useful for reviews of books (textbooks particularly) before you buy locally.

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More Search Links

Search Engines and Web directories

Ixquick Metasearch Searches many engines at the same time and sorts the results

Don't forget Google Groups  the Usenet (newsgroups) archive and search facility.

Yahoo a human edited  directory

AltaVistaź - United Kingdom

Web sites in Dewey Classification

Useful Services

Currency Converter How many Ringgit to the Pound?

Savertz Unofficial Internet Public Domain Index.
Links to public domain books, software, poems etc. Need to quote a chunk of Shakespeare or a classic book?  Don't type it out you can probably find it here.

UK Telephone Directory Enquiries

Telephone Directories on the Web Directories around the World

UK Telephone Code Locator where is 01845 537

UK Address & Postcode Finder

Chris's Favourites a local librarian's list

Linda Sutherland  rather an incredible source of links to info,  worth a look, particularly for librarians and researchers.

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