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Search Engines and Subject Directories Academic Info Subject directory of quality academic resources. Ask.com A search engine where you can ask questions in plain English (natural language). Exalead This medium-sized search engine gives you many options to refine your search. It also has an image search option. Gigablast Gigablast has many advanced search options plus it gives other suggested topics (called Giga Bits) at the top of your search resulsts page. Google This search engine ranks results based on the number of links to a page. The "I'm feeling lucky" button takes you directly to the highest ranked page for your search. Google image search is great for finding pictures. Infomine This subject directory from the University of California, Riverside contains a collection of annotated, scholarly Internet resources. Intute A UK-based subject directory of quality web resources selected by subject specialists. Librarians' Internet Index A subject directory of over 20,000 Internet Resources evaluated and annotated by librarians. Scirus A search engine for the sciences with over 450 million science web pages. Yahoo A popular subject directory and search engine.

Sierra College Library's Customized Search Engines Art and Architecture on the Internet Information on art, artists and architecture from the Smithsonian, ArtLex, ArtSource, the Metropolitan Museum, World Wide Arts Resources, etc. Primary Sources on the Internet A search engine to assist students with locating primary sources on the internet.