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Don't kid yourself into thinking that you can search the entirety of the WWW and come up with a handful of sites (quickly) that will address your need or answer your question. The chaotic nature of the web and the competing (and often proprietary) searching software means that no single tool will suffice.
   Several "meta" search engines can effectively run searches on other engines and directories and return an integrated set of results. Others run the various searches and display the results from different engines in separate results sets.

Integrated Results
byteSearch
http://www.bytesearch.com | sample result
Mamma
http://www.mamma.com | sample result
MetaCrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com | sample result
SavvySearch
http://www.savvysearch.com | sample result
Non-integrated Results
GoHip
http://www.gohip.com | sample result
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com | sample result
Global Federated Search
http://jin.dis.vt.edu/fedsearch/ | sample result
1Blink.com
http://www.1blink.com/ | sample result
Communication Meta Sites
Here are some invaluable emporiums of Communication information
Not surprisingly, "one stop shopping" for Communication subject information is not as simple as it may sound. Being a somewhat diffuse and interdisciplinary field, Communication does not lend itself to quick characterization or study. Refine your search and be specific about the information you seek.

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This page was updated April 7, 2000