Information research links
Keyword Search  Directories Other Searching
Google
Expansive, limited search functionality but we all love it! 
Dmoz
Lists of sites sorted into subjects. Often easier than Googling. See also Yahoo & Lycos
Dogpile
Search search engines. Sadly differences in syntax tend to hamper "meta searches", but see also Excite, Mamma 
Google Quotes 
See what people are saying about something, someone, some website.
Other Google!
Hotbot searches Google better than Google! See also FaganFinder, Googlism, Staggernation
BUBL
Lists official sites of UK education, government, social & cultural bodies
Complete Planet Databases by subject. Content often missed by regular search engines. Answers
provides encylopedia, wikipedia, dictionary and thesauri entries on one page.
Wikipedia
is authored by amateur experts
Other Engines
May have more search functionality than Google. See also  Vivisimo & Altavista, BBC Search
Virtual Library
A dedicated "academic material" subject directory. See also Questia "Online Library Search"
Search Engine Colossus
Finds search engines from other countries.
About
"
Knowledge base" style directories and resources on different subjects.
Audio Video Images Statistics
All The Web
A regular search engine, but with reasonable audio & video searching. RealMediaSearch
Footage.net
Searches various commercial video archives. See also: Youtube, Yahoo Video Search
Google Images
Search for images on webpages. See also Yahoo Images, Getty,  Corbis & Free Foto
NationMaster
Global stats & graphs on anything.

also The UK Statistics office 

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