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1. Google <http://www.google.com/>

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2. Google Newsgroups
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3. Alta Vista <http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=aq&what=web>
   
   Search the Web Usenet  and Display the Results in Standard Form in Compact Form in Detailed Form as a Count only
   Documents containing these words will be listed first:
   Start date: End date: e.g. 01/Jan/2000 (God will die)
   [Help with Query]

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4. DMOZ - Mozilla Open Directory <http://www.dmoz.org/>
   
   Only show results in category: ALL Arts Business Computers Games Health Home News Recreation Reference Regional Science Shopping Society Sports World Adult
   Search: Categories Only   Sites Only   Sites and Categories
   Sites must match all search terms. Only show ODP listed sites.
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5. Yahoo <http://www.yahoo.com/>
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   Search method: Intelligent default An exact phrase match Matches on all words (AND) Matches on any word (OR)
   Search area: Yahoo Categories Web Sites
   Find only new listings added during the past 1 day 3 days 1 week 1 month 3 months 6 months 4 years
   After the first result page, display 10 20 50 100 matches per page
   help | search tips | advanced search syntax

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6. Internet Movie Database <http://us.imdb.com/search/>
   Movie / TV Title Search:  in Movies and TVMovies onlyTV only 
   Cast / Crew Name Search:  in All professionsActors onlyActresses onlyFilmmakers/Crew only 
   Character Name Search:  - malefemale 

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7. Internet SF Database Search <http://isfdb.tamu.edu/>
   Perform a database search for an author's Name, book's Title, or Series substring. The Year option displays all entries alphabetically by category for a given year. The Index option displays all fiction for a given year, and is sorted by author. Search matches are caseless, and spaces are honored.

   Search by author's Name uses first last order.

   Enter Term: Name  Title  Year  Series 

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8. Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/
   
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   How to use Babel Fish? World Keyboard

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9. The DICT Development Group <http://www.dict.org/>
   
   Query string:
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10. Encyclopædia Britannica <http://search.britannica.com/search?adv>
    
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11. Snopes.com Urban Legends <http://www.snopes2.com/info/search/search.htm>
    
    Match type: All words Any word Exact phrase
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    Results with without summaries
    

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12. alt.folklore.urban/Urban Legends Archive <http://www.urbanlegends.com/search/search.html>

    Search for
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Last modified: 2001Feb14
Updated Google Groups form to include msgid!