All-in-one Pages*

• All-in-One Search Page
• AllSearchEngines.Com
• Beaucoup, The BIG Page
• EZ-Find at The River
• BIG Search Engine Index — lists of search engines and subject indexes, arranged by category of what you're looking for: "mp3, people, web and more!"
• InfoPeople: Best Search Tools Page
• QuickFindIt
• Serious SearchEngines — "Tools to find people, jobs, books and more"
• The Spire Project: Searching the Web

Miscellany

• Books on Web Searching and Search Engines
• Curt Davis's Bookmarks — Very LONG list of sites, listed by category. Worth browsing here.
• InfoSpace — Web directory, yellow pages, white pages, classifieds, public records, reference, entertainment, games, shopping
• Karnak — A research service. For the serious researcher. Some services are fee-based.
• Link City — PHD Software Systems provides this very long list of links to search sites in many different categories.
• NoodleTools — "Smart Tools, Smart Research"
• Search Engine Showdown — "The Users' Guide to Web Searching
• Search Engine Terms — "a glossary of Internet search technology"
• Search Engine Watch — "Search Engine Watch: Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission"
• Search Engines Worldwide — Links to hundreds of search tools worldwide.
• Search Links — Lists of search sites in nine categories: The Major Search Engines and Directories, Major News Search Engines, Specialty Search Engines, Multimedia Search Engines, Search Toolbars & Utilities, Paid Listings / CPC Search Engines, Metacrawlers and Metasearch Engines, Kids Search Engines, Country-Specific Search Engines.
• Search the Internet — from the University at Albany Libraries: Links to search engines, subject indexes, tutorials and a "reference center." Very comprehensive help!
• Web Search — A comprehensive Web site devoted entirely to finding stuff on the Web. The Articles section always provdes interesting reading. If you want to begin someplace, this is a good choice.
• What Can You Do on the World Wide Web?

News Search

• Alta Vista News
• Assignment Editor — Links to many news sites and to major newspaper. Aimed at the working journalist, but a lot of good stuff for the rest of us. Very comprehensive resource.
• BBC World Service — News in 43 languages as of this update.
• CNN
• Cybertimes Navigator — "Navigator is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web." Very comprehensive resource. (You will need to register to use the Times' Web site. No cost involved.)
• Daypop — "a current events/weblog/news search engine"
• Excite News Search
• 1st Headlines — Easy to zero in on headlines in many different categories and from many different locales — both national and international.
• Google News
• HeadlineSpot.com
• News
• NewsBlip
• NewsDirectory
• NewsNow — British site
• Yahoo!
• Yahoo! News: Front Page
• Yahoo! News Full Coverage
• Yahoo! News Search – Advanced News Search
• Newspapers & Magazines
• Directories of Electronic Journals
• Magportal.com
• Metagrid — Newspapers and magazines
• News
• Newpaper Links
• NewspaperLinks.com
• Online Newspapers.com
• ThePaperboy.com — Autralian site. Requires fee-based subscription.
• Stateline.org — News from individual states

Web Portals — Menus of the Web

• About.com
• AOL.COM
• Excite!
• Lycos
• MSN.com
• Netscape Netcenter
• Open Directory Project
• WebCrawler
• Yahoo!

Research/Reference Tools

Dictionaries

• Acronym Finder
• Alan Cooper's HOMONYMS
• Alternative Dictionaries — Dictionaries of slang terms in many different languages.
• Dictionary.com — Dictionaries in many languages. Thesaurus. Translate text or Web pages between English, Fench, Spanish, German and Portuguese. Bookstore. Links to many "word" resources.
• Merriam-Webster Online
• Online Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias — The information on this site hasn't been updated since November, 1999. Nonetheless, there are links to information about carburetors (remember those?) as well as a glossary of "beef management" terms. Arranged by categories. Looking for a "compost glossary"? Find it here.
• OneLook Dictionaries — Definitions from more than 750 dictionaries. Lists of dictionaries.
• Oxford English Dictionary — The dictionary of the English language. $ub$cription required (big bucks).
• The Quotations Page
• Thesaurus.com
• Visual Thesaurus — Visualize word relationships. Clever. Fascinating.
• VoyCabulary.com — "makes the words on any webpage into links so you can look them up with just a click!"
• Wordsmyth — A dictionary, a thesaurus and a whole bunch of word resouces — including a "Crossword Puzzle Helper." There are also two forums (fora?) for discussing wordy matters with others.
• yourDictionary.com — Look up words in many languages. Other language resources.

General Reference

• Access Place Library — "Maps, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Biographies, Quotes, Grammar & Style, Authors, Literature, Poems, Bookstores, History, Education, Colleges, Government, Military, Locators, Legal, Copyrights, Patents"
• Bartleby.com — A very complete reference source. Encyclopedia, Bible, history, quotations, anatomy, dictionary and more.
• Biography.com — A&E TV
• BRHS Information Retrievers
• Britannica.com
• Conducting Research on the Internet — University at Albany Libraries
• Cybertimes Navigator — "Navigator is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web." You may need to register to use the Times' Web site. No cost involved.
• Encyclopedia.com
• Fossick.com — "Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, FAQ Archives, Online Maps"
• IPL (Internet Public Library) Reference Center — "a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information."
• iTools
• Nupedia— An Internet "project." They are looking for contributors and collaborators.
• Online Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias — The information on this site hasn't been updated since November, 1999. Nonetheless, there are links to information about carburetors (remember those?) as well as a glossary of "beef management" terms. Arranged by categories. Looking for a "compost glossary"? Find it here.
• Refdesk.com — "reference, facts, news, free and family friendly"
• THOR — "THe Online Resource" from Purdue University Libraries
• Wikipedia — "Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate open content encyclopedia."
• World Book Encyclopedia — $ub$cription required
• Xrefer — This site operates like a search engine. It searches through a variety of references works, however, not Web pages.

Search Engines

• Alltheweb.com — used to be called "Fast"
• AltaVista — "Full-service" search. Excellent true Boolean search.
• AltaVista Text-only search. For images, video, news, MP3s, use listing just above.
• Dogpile (meta search*)
• Excite
• Google
• HotBot
• iWon
• Ixquick Metasearch (meta search*)
• MetaCrawler (meta search*)
• Metor
• ProFusion (meta search*)
• Teoma
• Vivisimo — Search results are broken down into categories. You then search the results in the category closest to what you have in mind.
• Wisenut — Search results are broken down into categories. You then search the results in the category closest to what you have in mind.

Specialized and/or Limited-database Search Sites

• About Genealogy - The Family Tree and Genealogy Research Guide
• Agriculture Network Information Center
• AskJeeves — Hybrid search tool. Part meta search*, part subject index. Encourages you to ask questions in plain English.
• Celt.Net — Celtic resources
• The Chocolate Lovers' Page
• CopSeek Directory and Police Search Engine
• Culture Finder — "Theater, Broadway, Music, Opera,Dance, and Visual Arts Events and Tickets"
• CEOExpress — "Designed by a busy executive for busy executives."
• Disability Resources on the Internet
• Environmental Organisations Online
• FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
• FindArticles.com — "is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free."
• Find Law — Legal resources
• FirstGov — "the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal"
• Genealogy: Finding Roots on the Web
• Google Apple/Macintosh Search
• Health Information — "A Metasite Comparing Health Information Megasites & Search Engines." From the University of Michigan libraries.
• Human Rights — University of Minnesota human rights meta search engine
• International Affairs Resources
• LoisLaw: The Electronic Law Library — Fee-based.

• Macinstein's Mac Only Search Engine
• PhilanthropySearch
• Power Reporting This page is aimed at reporters, but it provides absolutely top-notch tips and insights for us all (your instructor included) as well as "thousands of free research tools"
• Publist.com — A "database of over 150,000 magazines, journals, newsletters, & other periodicals."
• SciCentral — "Gateway to the best scientific research news sources"
• SearchEdu.Co — Info about education
• SearchGov.Com — Info about government
• SearchMil.Com — Info about the military
• Space.com — "Something Amazing Every Day"
• Specialized Directories and Search Engines
• The Spire Project — This site provides links to many specialized resources. Equally important, you will find pointers (not links) to "traditional" resources that the frenzy over the Net has often obscured. Finally, look here as well for tutorials on how to search. The site's author says: "A search is an adventure into unknown misty terrain, not a 3 point plan."
• SYMBOLS.com — "encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms"
• Wisdom: Knowledge and Literature Search
• WorldSkip — "News, information, products and services from every nation on this planet." Definitely commercial, but nonetheless a wealth of information: travel resources, news sources, maps.

Strategies, Techniques & Tutorials

• About Web Search
• Bare Bones 101 — "A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial." Excellent introduction to the topic.
• Boolean Searching on the Internet — (see Pandia, below, also)
• Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs
• Expert Searching — A guide to searching which includes a description of Boolean search techniques
• Expert Searching: A Guide to Developing Your Search Skills — Walt Howe has some very good tips on searching the Web as well as a tutorial on Boolean searching. (The info about specific search tools – engines and indexes – and the comparison chart is out of date.)
• Finding Information on the Internet — "This tutorial presents the substance of the Internet Workshops...offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley."
• Finding it Online: Web Search Strategies — Really good stuff! Includes a handy chart of search engine features.
• Gestalt of Online Searching
• Guides To Specialized Search Engines
• How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory — from the The University at Albany Libraries
• How to Stop Searching and Start Finding A lengthy and comprehensive article from PC World magazine. Covers a lot of ground. (Get your coffee before you sit down.)
• Mabercom - Web Search Companion — No longer updated, but good tips on searching — good tips don't go stale.
• Michael's Internet Finding Tips: Introduction — Links to many resources in the various sections.

• Pandia Goalgetter — An excellent tutorial. Written with a sense of humor. Very good presentation of true Boolean searching.
• Power Searching For Anyone — Excellent resource from Danny Sullivan. Gives searching tips specific to individual search engines and subject indexes.
• Rockwell Schrock's Boolean Machine — A very simple, effective graphic tutorial on basic, true Booleasn searching.
• Search and You Shall Find — A basic guide describing the differences between search engines, subject indexes, metasearch engines and portals.
• Search Engine Features for Searchers — A handy dandy chart outlining the search techniques possible at most search engines.
• Search Engines Quick Guide — A handy dandy chart outlining the search tehcniques possible at six search engines.
• Searching the Internet — "Recommended Sites and Search Techniques" — from the University at Albany Libraries
• Searching the World Wide Web: A Basic Tutorial — From the Tilburg University (in the Netherlands) library.
• Search Tools Chart — Another handy dandy chart outlining the search techniques possible at several search engines, subject indexes and meta search engines.
• Seven Stupid Searching Mistakes, Part 1
• Seven Stupid Searching Mistakes, Part 2
• Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques
• The Spire Project — The site's author says: "A search is an adventure into unknown misty terrain, not a 3 point plan." This site also provides links to many specialized resources. Equally important, you will find pointers (not links) to "traditional" resources that the frenzy over the Net has often obscured.
• Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher

Subject Indexes

• About.com — Hundreds of guides to a wide variety of topics. The guides are maintained by individuals who are described as "experts" in that field.
• AOL.COM Search
• The Argus Clearinghouse — One of the Net's "old timers." Navigating its database may help you refine your "keyword" choices – essential for effective searching. If you don't find here a site you can use, those newly discovered keywords may help elsewhere.
• AskJeeves AskJeeves is neither a search engine nor a subject index. A unique and useful tool.
• Britannica Internet Guide
• Digital Librarian — "a librarian's choice of the best of the Web"
• Galaxy — Includes a meta-search engine
• Internet Reference Sources Among other things, a Dewey-based categorization of Web information. From BCCLS — The Bergen County Cooperative Library System.
• IPL (Internet Public Library) Reference Center
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• LookSmart
• Lycos
• MSN Search
• One-Minute Web Guide
• Online Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias — The information on this site hasn't been updated since November, 1999. Nonetheless, there are links to information about carburetors (remember those?) as well as a glossary of "beef management" terms. Arranged by categories. Looking for a "compost glossary"? Find it here.
• Open Directory Project
• Overture.com — Sites listed here pay for their inclusion in this directory.
• Search.com — from CNET
• Suite 101.com — This index uses the Dewey Decimal system for classification. (Just in case: The Dewey Decimal system is what libraries use to classify non-fiction material.)
• Suite101.com — Another entryway into this Web site, which is a kind of subject index organized around "communities" — which you'll find listed over there on the right.
• SuperPages.com— Yellow pages, city pages, consumer guide, classifieds, shopping pages
• WebCrawler
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue
• Yahoo!

The Invisible Web

Search Sites

• BUBL Link / 5:15 — "Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas"
• CompletePlanet
• FirstGov — "the official site for U.S. government information, services, transactions, and forms"
• Gems from the Congressional Research Service
  — By Gary Price, from Search Engine Watch
• Guides To Specialized Search Engines
• Infomine
• The InvisibleWeb
• Invisible Web — "Hidden Pages and Web Sites"
• Invisible-web.net — "Searchable databases and specialized search engines"
• List of Lists — originally compiled by Gary Price at George Washington University
• Lycos Home > Reference
• Megasources — "Surfing for Information and Journalism Resources"
• Search Systems — "Largest free public records database collection"
• Those Dark Hiding Places — "The Invisible Web Revealed"

Articles

• Bare Bones 101 — "Library Gateways and Specialized Databases." Part of this tutorial. Provides not only some background on the "Invisible" Web but links to close to two dozen search sources, as well.
• Deep Web FAQ — "Frequently Asked Questions" about the "Deep" — AKA the "Invisible" — Web.
• Exposing the Invisible Web — Tips for finding material not indexed by the "visible Web" search tools.
• The Invisible Web
• The Invisible Web Gets Deeper
• Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed — This article describes the "Invisible Web" and provides links to several sites which you can use as you search for this "hidden" information.
• Tool Kit For the Expert Web Searcher