The Web as a Research Tool

Resource Collections

Search Engines

(Search Engine Tutorial)

First Generation Search Engines

AltaVista

Cyber411 (meta engine)

Excite HotBot
Infoseek (Go.com) Lycos
MetaCrawler  

Second Generation Search Engines

Ask Dogpile
Google! Northern Light (Business and Industry Search)
   

Speciality Search Engine Services

Deja.com  
The Internet Sleuth(Colleges, Universities, more) Search.com
  TracerLock
Linx  
TechWeb  
  ZeDNet

Subject Directories

Academic and Professional

Access to Internet and Subject Resources  
Internet Archive  
Britannica BUBL Link 5:15 Catalogue of Selected Internet Resources
Digital Librarian INFOMINE:  Scholarly internet Resource Collections
CyberCemetery Librarians' Index to the Internet
About.com PINAKES:  a Subject Launchpad
Scout Report Signpost WWW Virtual Library

Commercial Portals

GO Network LookSmart
Open Directory Project Snap
Starting Point Yahoo!

Sources for Internet News

The Andover News Network CNET News.com
InternetNews.com InternetWeek

Search Selection Tools

Best Search Tools Chart Primary Sources on the Web
Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Need Search Engine Watch
Pandia Internet Detective

 


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