The following search engines may be useful for your English class.


AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com

AltaVista is one of the oldest crawler-based search engines on the web. It has a large index of web pages and a wide range of power searching commands. It also offers news search, shopping search and multimedia search.

AltaVista News
http://news.altavista.com/

AltaVista News provides access to a wide-range of news information, updated constantly throughout the day.

Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com

Ask Jeeves is a human-powered search service that aims to direct you to the exact page that answers your question.

Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/

Britannica provides you with links to top web sites and content from the Encyclopedia Britannica, both in one place.

Excite
http://www.excite.com/

Excite provides a search engine, news, email, personals, portfolio tracking, and other services.

Google
http://www.google.com

Google is a top choice for web searchers. It offers the largest collection of web pages of any crawler-based search engine.

Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/

Lycos develops and provides online guides to locate and filter information on the Internet. Its products enable users to accurately identify and select information of interest to them.

Mamma
http://www.mamma.com/

Mamma is the mother of all search engines.

Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com

Yahoo is the web's most popular search service and has a well-deserved reputation for helping people find information easily.

Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/

Yahoo for kids, designed for ages 7 to 12. Sites are hand-picked to be appropriate for children.

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