Internet search tools gives a select list of tools for all Departmental staff.
They are recommended for their effectiveness, user-friendliness and relevance

General Search Engines

Alta Vista
Has good international coverage and also coverage of European countries.

Google
Powerful search analysis. Indexes large amounts of web-sites.

Webcrawler
Search results are from a combined set of Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, About and Looksmart.
Searches by words, exact phrases or category and has several search filters.

Meta Search Engine

Good if wanting to search several search engines simultaneously for wider coverage.

Dogpile
Access to over 15 search engines, covers the web, news Usenet and FTP sites.
Very effective meta-search tool.