SEARCH ENGINES

In general: Put quotation marks around an item to request an exact match
(e.g., "Grant Tracker").
Use a "+" to include an item, or a "-" to exclude it (e.g., Who + "rock band").
Use asterisks to search with wildcards (e.g., "*bert" yields "dilbert" and "albert")

Some of the links listed below are really front ends that allow the searching of multiple engines with one entry (Metasearches). Each Search Engine contacted by a Metasearch may have some unique search requirements for narrowing a search, therefore, a "front-end-search" of multiple engines allows only for the most general of searches. For starters, try "Ask Jeeves", below. For a single Search Engine, try "Google".

For useful information about the different types of search engines (see below), and instructions for using search engines, check out Search Engine Watch.