Search-Engines

Dr. Andrew Broad
Search-Engines (and other gubbins)

External links: Search-Engines

  • Google (currently my favourite search engine)
  • AltaVista (my favourite search engine from 1996 to 2000)
  • MetaCrawler (uses other search engines)
  • Dogpile (another metasearch engine)
  • Ixquick (another metasearch engine)
  • FAST Search: All the Web, All the Time
  • Yahoo! (a search engine with hierarchical categories)
  • Excite
  • Lycos
  • Open Directory Project (a hierarchical list of resources with a search engine)
  • OpenHere (a hierarchical list of resources with a search engine)
  • Viv�simo Clustering Engine (clusters your search into categories)
  • WiseNut (clusters your search into categories)
  • MegaGo (one-click search)
  • Google Groups (search USENET newsgroup archives)
  • Amazon.co.uk (books)
  • John Rylands University Library of Manchester [Electronic Resources]
  • Ask Jeeves! (ask a question)
  • Yellow Pages (UK)
  • Googlism (just fun)

    • External links: Encyclopaediae, Dictionaries and Translation

  • Wikipedia (pages about anything, which anyone can edit)
  • Wikibooks (open-content textbooks, which anyone can edit)
  • Wiktionary (a dictionary which anyone can edit)
  • LingoZ (a dictionary which registered users can edit)
  • WordNet (excellent substitute for a dictionary/thesaurus)
  • Dictionary.com
  • Merriam-Webster OnLine (dictionary and thesaurus)
  • Encyclop�dia Britannica
  • Refdesk.com (facts and reference)
  • AltaVista BabelFish online translator
  • PROMT's online translator
  • WorldLingo's online translator
  • SYSTRAN online translator

    • External links: Computers and Internet

  • PC Advisor (reviews and buying-guides)
  • MsWebbie's Windows 95/98 Tips
  • AskMarvin! Forums (post your technical problems here)
  • Webopedia: Online Computer Dictionary for Computer and Internet Terms and Definitions
  • Jargon File Resources (The Hacker's Dictionary)
  • Yahoo! Geocities (free website-hosting)
  • Make A Shorter Link (generates aliases for long URLs)
  • TinyURL (generates aliases for long URLs)
  • Symantec Security Response (viruses)
  • AntiVir (a free anti-virus guard)
  • SpyBot - Search & Destroy (a free anti-spyware program)
  • Ad-Aware (another free anti-spyware program)
  • PurgeIE (for when "Clear History" doesn't work in Internet Explorer)
  • SpamCop (report unsolicited bulk email)
  • Spam killer
  • Hoaxkill (chain-emails &c.)
  • WhoIs.net (look up who owns a given domain-name)
  • Anonymouse.org (access the Internet anonymously)
  • Text Messaging - Abbreviations and Smilies :-)
  • suprdave's pranks and humour page

    • External links: UK job-search

    * vacancies by email
    @ academic/research
    # register your CV with them
    ! careers advice

  • Jobsite UK*#!
  • Jobs.ac.uk*@
  • Manchester Careers Service*!
  • Aluminate*
  • The Guardian*@
  • totaljobs.com*
  • fish4jobs*
  • hobsons*!
  • Prospects.ac.uk*!
  • doctorjob.com*!
  • reed.co.uk*#
  • ComputerWeekly: Career moves*
  • PhD Jobs*#@
  • careerjet.co.uk*#
  • Best Graduates#
  • targetedGRAD*
  • Inside Careers
  • Worktrain
  • Jobcentre Plus
  • Eduserv Vacancies@
  • Virtual Careers Library!
  • Researchers' guide to jobsearch!
  • support4learning!

    • External links: Other Gubbins

  • Yahoo! Groups
  • Internet Archive Wayback Machine (stores old web-pages!)
  • Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • The World Clock - Time Zones
  • multimap (show map for a given address)
  • Railtrack (plan a train-journey)
  • Getty Images (photo-archive)
  • Miniclip (free online games)
  • Laffaday [archive] (jokes)
  • Jester: The On-Line Joke Recommender
  • FlamingText: Your name on fire!
  • The Hunger Site (donate food to starving people for free)
  • United Devices Cancer Research Project (let your PC help find a cure for cancer)

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