German, Austrian, and Swiss Search Engines

Foreign Language Internet Search Engines

Megasite for foreign language search engines
Organized by country (but Austria not included)

Supermegasite for German Search Engines (Suchmachinen)

Lists search engines (constantly updated and checked for broken links)
Provides a search box for each search engine
You can do multiple searches by visiting only this site

Alderman Library

AUSTRIAN

AustroNaut

(Boolean search - see below)

A-Site

(directory of Austrian websites)

Austria Press and Information Service

Sharelook

Benjamin Bennett Department Chair Kenan Professor of German

GERMAN

MetaGer

(MetaGer is a
meta-search engine
for Germany)

Aladin

AllesKlar

Alta Vista Deutsch

Dino

Eule

(Eule: Boolean search
see below)

Fireball

Google Deutsch

Nathan

Sharelook

Web.de

(Web.de search results
include parts of words)

Yahoo Deutsch

SWISS

Bluewin

Lycos

Yoodle

Swiss Search

Umlaute must be entered as
ae, oe, ue
Use Boolean search
(see directions below)

George Washington

Boolean Searches (Search Engine Math)

Search Engines that require search engine math (Boolean searches) are labeled "Boolean"

Here's how: To find out about German films but not Fassbinder, type into search box:

"Filmindustrie +deutsch -Fassbinder"

Important: Put space before but not after plus or minus sign (see "Workshop" page in this site for more)