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Search the Internet

The following list is a selection of Internet search tools, including search engines, subject guides, metasearch engines and telephone directories.

Australian | International | Telephone Directories

Australian

Anzwers
Uses Yahoo's huge database to search for Australian information by default.

AltaVista Australia
Searches Australian sites only by default, or select to search worldwide.

Beyond the Black Stump
Comprehensive directory to Australian and international sites.

Sensis
Telstra’s information service. Provides access to Internet search engine, the White and Yellow Pages, CitySearch, Whereis, etc.

Web Wombat
The original Australian search engine, with one of the largest databases of searchable Australian information

International

AllTheWeb
Very large database with very fast searching.

AskJeeves
MetaSearch engine.

eiNet
Very large and comprehensive directory of selected resources.

Google
The largest and one of the best search engines.

Librarians' Internet Index
Directory of high quality resources, selected and maintained by Librarians.

MetaCrawler
Metasearch engine. Searches across Google, Yahoo, MSN, and AskJeeves

Search66
Metasearch engine. Searches across 10 search engines including AllTheWeb, AltaVista, MSN and WiseNut

Virtual Library

Vivisimo
Metasearch engine. Searches across several major search engines, including AskJeeves, MSN, Lycos, Wisenut and LookSmart. It clusters the results in hierarchical categories.

Yahoo
The biggest and one of the best collections of Internet sites. This Australian mirror gives prominence to Australian and New Zealand sites.

Telephone Directories

Telstra White Pages

Australian Yellow Pages

Telephone Directories on the Web
Access to phone books from over 180 countries around the world.