Great starting places
Search engines
Article search engines
Metasearch engines
Create your own search engine
Web directories
Sites with Web directories and search engines
Discussion group / message board / forum search engines
Blog search and metasearch engines
How to find info on the Web
For kids
People/business finders: phone/address
People finders: e-mail
IP / DNS lookup
What sites can determine about your computer
Anonymizers
Free spam filters
Computer security
Free Web hosting
Free file sharing
URL shorteners
Discussion groups
Airline tickets
Maps
News
News search engines
Multimedia finders (pictures, videos, sounds)
Videos
Images/pictures
Sounds
Lawyer finders
Real estate
Zip code finders
U.S. Government resources
Medical/health resources
Education resources
Distance learning
Biographical resources
Books online
Quotes from famous people
Public records
Library resources
Dictionary resources
Online encyclopedias
Language translators
Math resources
Science resources
Conversion resources (distance, weight, currency, etc)
Employment resources
Other resources
Free e-mail readers
Free or cheap stuff
Song lyrics
Daily, weekly and monthly holidays and observances
Urban legends
Political opinion
Slanted political opinion
Pet adoption
Dating
Fun stuff
Universiteitsbibliotheek (many, many resources!)
Internet Oracle
FinderSeeker (search engine for search engines)
Search engines for many topics
iTools (search, language, research, financial, maps, networking)
Soople (easy to use)
Refdesk.com
Search-22
MonsterCrawler (has links to many resources)
AllSearchEngines.com
freeality.com
HotSheet
Google (text and images)
Google search help
Government-only Google
Google API Proximity Search
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Mindset (choose commercial or research)
Gigablast
MSN
WebBrain (visual representation of topics; requires Java runtime environment)
A9 (search HTML, blogs, images, Wikipedia and more - simultaneously!)
WiseNut
Hog Search
Overture
Clush (gives thumbnails of results)
LookSmart
AllTheWeb
Kanoodle
AltaVista (text, images, video, audio, news)
Ask Jeeves
HotBot
Lycos (text, images, news)
About
Excite
FindSpot
exalead
findwhat.com
Find.com
Search by file type
FTP search engines
Internet Scout Project
Search Engine Colossus (search engines from over 100 countries)
Search Engines Worldwide (search engines from over 100 countries)
Alexa (gives thumbnails of results)
Bjorgul (choose a search engine to search with)
Proteus (choose a search engine to search with)
IncyWincy
Ms. Dewey
Quintura (visualization search engine)
MagPortal (finds magazine articles)
LookSmart's FindArticles (finds articles from publications)
These are not search engines per se, but programs that search using many search engines. They can (but don't always) get more results than using a single search engine.
Dogpile
Vivisimo
KartOO (almost as good as WebBrain)
Clusty
ixquick
Mamma
Search
Metacrawler
ithaki
SurfWax
WebCrawler
Links2go
Zapmeta.com
ez2find.com
Doubletrust (Google/Yahoo intersection)
Twingine (Google/Yahoo comparison)
Google/Yahoo/MSN comparison
info.com
mozbot.com
OpenText Corporation's query server
IJIKO.com
meta EUREKA
Book search (A9/Amazon, Google Books and MSN Live Books)
Google
Personal Search Syndication
Rollyo
These pages list many topics. Just click and follow.
Open Directory
Open Directory (for shopping)
Gigablast
startingpage.com
microimg.com
WWW Virtual Library
YouBetterSearch.com
Martindale's Reference Desk
Librarians' Index to the Internet (no commercial sites!)
Metagrid
Invisible Web
infrasearch.com
AllRefer.com
Digital Librarian
Internet Public Library
These pages have both a Web directory and a search/metasearch engine.
Best of the Web
Pandia
Google directory
Yahoo!
skaffe.com
Beaucoup!
Fagan Finder
Searchport
Open Directory
CompletePlanet
Discussion group / message board / forum search engines
Omgili (searches 1500 discussion groups)
BoardReader
BoardTracker (search many forums by category)
Tile.net (search newsletters, E-zines, Usenet newsgroups, etc)
CataList (search LISTSERV lists)
Google groups (search USENET groups)
Yahoo! groups
Blog search and metasearch engines
BlogSearchEngine
Feedster
Clusty (metasearch)
Technorati
Find top blogs on any subject
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
Internet Tutorials
Pandia Goalgetter
Articles on Internet searching
Yahooligans!
Ask Jeeves for Kids
KidsClick!
Wordsmyth
Awesome Library
Surfing the Net with Kids
ThinkQuest Library
Kids.net.au (lots of good stuff)
Kids.gov
ithaki
Many great kids sites
HomeworkSpot (homework help)
Hotlist of K-12 school sites across the U.S.
Find high school sites
Kids and teens stuff
Congress for Kids
Funbrain (interactive games)
FunSchool (interactive games)
Quia (interctive games)
NCES Students' Classroom
Enchanted Learning (lots of learning resources)
Information Please Kids Almanac
Kids Weekly Reader
Homework Helper
Research many topics
Cool Science for Curious Kids
Education 4 Kids
How Stuff Works (great site)
Exploratorium (great site)
Science Made Simple
Many family-friendly resources
People/business finders: phone/address
411 Locate
WhitePages
da+
AnyWho
Switchboard
InfoSpace
Lycos
BigBook
BigYellow
Phone Book of the World
ixquick
Classmates.com (alumni finder)
ZoomInfo (people, companies, relationships)
Visual traceroute, link checker, whois, etc.
Internet tools
RodentNet ad hoc IP tools
All-Nettools.com
CompleteWhois
DNSstuff.com
Top-level domain registrars by country
codeflux.com
Webhosting.info (ARIN, APNIC, AfriNIC, LACNIC, RIPE whois lookup)
Allwhois.com
easyWHO?S
Geolocate an IP address
Hostname codes and IP ranges
Multiple DNS lookup engine
Opus One Traceroute Tool
Netcraft
Whois.net
Xwhois.com
Whois (find out who owns a domain name)
Search by domain name or IP address
Search by domain name
Traceroute geolocator
n@medroppers.com
Whoix
DrWhois.com
Domainsearch.com
CoolWhois.com
Geektools
Whois Source
Domain Dossier
MarkMonitor Allwhois
Cogent Co. Looking Glass
DNS 411
Multiple traceroute gateway
Another multiple traceroute gateway
IP-Plus traceroute server
checkdomain.com
Better-Whois.com
NetworkSolutions
SEOmoz - geolocate an IP address
IP2location - geolocate an IP address
Whois.net wildcard search
What sites can determine about your computer
Anonymouse
HideMyAss
Proxy7
78Y.net
ShadowSurf
Famous5
No1Proxy
Proxy Spy
ohmyproxy!
FullySickProxy
Anonymization
ProxyWeb
Torpark
Cactus Spam Filter 2.0
Ella for Spam Free 1.5.6.1
Configuring Outlook Express 6 for Internet Safety
Surf the Net Safely
Internet Explorer Security Center
Configuring Internet Explorer security settings
MailFrontier Phishing IQ Test
How to use e-mail more safely
Anti-Phishing Working Group
Spim (not spam)
Windows startup programs
Spyware and adware
Anti-spyware and anti-adware tools
Trojan horse ports
Trojan horse ports - another version
Zone Labs
Bugnosis (learn about Web bugs)
Webwasher
ProcessLibrary.com
PC Hell
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-020 (April 12, 2005)
Castlecops
Spyware removal software
GuardCentral
SpywareInfo
Spyware Watch
cookiecentral.com
How spammers get our e-mail addresses
CERT home network security
URL obfuscation
De-obfuscate a URL
Secunia spoofing test
Latest viruses
Home PC firewall guide
Russ Haynal's site
Yahoo! Geocities
000 Angels
http://499angels
50Webs
999webmasters
All Or Nothing (AON)
asphost4free
AstaHost
AtSpace
Aus.Host
AwardSpace
BePlaced
Brastart
CabSpace
CJB.cc
Crazehosting
DD.am
Free2w
FreecPanels
freevirtualservers
Host71
Portland
Webspace4free
AxiFile
BaDonGo
BigUpload
Blurg
Content-Type
Megashares
DepositFiles
EZ-Files
FileForge
FileCoast
FileDorm
filegone
Fupload
Gimehost
HeyShare
Megaupload
RapidUpload
SaveFile
SendSpace
Share2net
Share43
ShareDelight
TransferBIGFiles
Turbo Upload
Uploading.com
UpShack
ushareit
Verzend
WebFileHost
Digbig
TinyURL.com
URL Kick
SnipURL
Google groups
Yahoo! groups
ezboard
travelocity
Orbitz
CheapTickets
Expedia
Airline toll-free numbers and Web sites
KAYAK
Mapquest
Mapblast
Google maps
mappy.com (Europe)
Expedia
MapMachine
Xpeditions Atlas
iTools
Links to many map sites
Google Earth
Virtual Earth - maps and aerial views (U.S. only)
Virtual Earth
Kidon Media Link (find any media source anywhere)
HeadlineSpot (links to many news sources)
NewsVoyager (newspapers in all 50 U.S. states)
WorldNews
News Now
Go.com
USNews.com
Houston Chronicle
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Capitol Hill Blue
USA Today
Union Leader (New Hampshire)
WomensWallStreet.com
CBS News
ABC News
MSNBC News
Fox News
Reuters
CNN
News24.com
Dallas Morning News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
World Net Daily
Washington Times
Washington Post
Naples Daily News (Florida)
Drudge Report
Newsday.com
San Francisco Chronicle
Government Executive
News-Leader (Springfield, Missouri)
BBC News
Dominion Post (Morgantown, West Virginia)
Boston Herald
Boston Globe
ProfNet
PRNewswire
Salon.com
ABYZ News Links
NewsDirectory
NewsCentral (links to many newspapers)
NewsLink
AllYouCanRead.com
onlinenewspapers.com
Google News
Yahoo! News
Pandia Newsfinder
HavenWorks.com (has several news search engines)
Topix.net
News Now
Big-Blog
Multimedia finders (pictures, videos, sounds)
AltaVista video finder
Yahoo! mpegs
Yahoo! digital videos
eBaum's World
Wimp.com (funny)
AOL video finder
BlinkX video finder
CBS News video finder
CNN's video almanac (requires Apple's QuickTime plug-in)
Google video finder
YouTube
IFILM
Pixsy
VidiLife
SearchForVideo
Classroom Clipart
Many picture and art links
Image collections
ithaki
Microsoft clipart gallery
Library of Congress prints and photographs
Images of American political history
Enter a date and get historic events
FreeFoto
FreeStockPhotos.com
Zettweb photo site
NASA Image eXchange
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo library
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photos
Discovery School's clipart gallery
Clipart
Lots of clipart, Web graphics, animation, etc.
Signs
Princeton Shape Retrieval and Analysis Group (2D and 3D)
GoGraph
clipart.com
Also try Google,
Mamma,
AllTheWeb,
WebCrawler,
AltaVista and
Lycos.
FindSounds
AltaVista
Free sound effects
WAV Central
Audio repositories
Yahoo!
Also try AllTheWeb.
Find a home
Get home sales prices
Get property valuations
USPS zip code lookup
Census Dept zip code lookup
Pinpoint on a map
GovSpot (reports, services, agencies, lists...)
U.S. Census Bureau statistics
Senate (find state senators, bills, recent votes)
House of Representatives
Internal Revenue Service
National Park Service
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
SearchGov.com
U.S. Blue Pages
U.S. Government information subject index
Links to agencies, courts, embassies, states, etc.
U.S. Government Printing Office (legislative, executive and judicial information)
Legislative information from the Library of Congress
State and local government
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
GovSites
National Library of Medicine Gateway
MedHunt
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
MedicineNet.com
MedlinePlus
Merck Manuals
National Institutes of Health
emedicine
Alphabetic list of diseases/disorders
Aetna InteliHealth
RxList
Annals of Internal Medicine
Drugs.com
Denison Memorial Library
healthfinder
PubMed Central
AllRefer.com Health
HONcode
National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services
familydoctor.org
ORlive - surgical streaming videos
Joyful Aging
Nutrition Research from USDA
Medical Microbiology
Quackwatch
Nutritional information for many foods
Introductory Nutrition
Medical biochemistry
Medical dictionary
Clinical medicine and health research
Behavioral and Brain Sciences archives
Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
Dietary supplements
Antioxidants, heart health, etc
Macronutrients, Dieting and Health
teachers.net
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Educator's Reference Desk
Information Center on Disabilities and Gifted Education
Education: Gifted and Talented Students
Links to lots of resources for teachers of the gifted
Pitsco: Gifted and Talented Resources
Teacher's Outlet (buy pre-K thru 6th grade school supplies)
Scholastic
Internet resources for teachers
Education World
College search
Learning vacations
Find a scholarship
National teacher recruitment clearinghouse
Isleuth.com (listing of colleges by state)
Colleges.com (college information data base)
CollegeNET (search for colleges and financial aid)
Western Cooperative distance education consumer's guide
WorldWideLearn
GetEducated.com
Project Gutenberg
Bartleby.com
The complete works of Shakespeare (one large text file)
The complete works of Shakespeare (HTML files)
National Academies Press
University of Illinois Press
Children's books
Children's books
UPenn Online Books
University of Adelaide Library (Australia)
Complete Works of Shakespeare
Quotegeek
Famous quotes
BrainyQuote
The Quotations Page
Quoteland.com
Links to quotations pages
Public records locators
Criminal records
More criminal records
LibrarySpot
American Library Association
LibDex
Libweb
Libcat
Britannica Online (dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia)
Webster Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online
Reference.com (dictionary, thesaurus, atlases)
OneLook (searches many dictionaries)
Webopedia (computer/Internet dictionary)
FOLDOC (computer dictionary)
DICT.org
Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary
Oxford (dictionary, crosswords, word challenges)
Write Express online rhyming dictionary
yourDictionary.com (abbreviations, acronyms, other languages, etc.)
Acronyms defined
Urban Dictionary
Wiktionary
Online encyclopedias
encyclopedia.com
Wikipedia
Answers.com
Language translators
FreeTranslation
Promt (text and Web pages)
Promt IM Translator
elmundo
Mezzofanti
Systran (text and Web pages)
WorldLingo
foreignword.com (lets you choose a translator)
AltaVista Babel Fish
Translated.net
SciCentral (scientific research news)
Science.gov
Forensic science resources
Public Library of Science
Scirus
Geography Network
Biology lecture notes
Conversion resources (distance, weight, currency, etc)
Convert anything to anything
Currency converter
Another currency converter
Yet another currency converter
Monster.com
EmploymentGuide.com
CareerJournal.com
America's Job Bank
CareerBuilder.com
Yahoo! HotJobs
America's Job Bank
infoplease
Academic Info (college and research level)
Resource Discovery Network (topics for students)
InfoMine
CIA World Factbook
Fugitive Fact File
Calendar Zone
Ready, 'Net, Go!
MSN Encarta
Social issues links
Public Agenda (social issues)
Blue Web'n (learning sites)
KidSource (children's healthcare and education)
South Australia Department of Education and Children's Services
Windows to the Universe (astronomy)
IRS forms and instructions
MuseumSpot (museum finder)
The Internet Movie Database
AllExperts (ask questions on many topics)
Writer's Nook and Reader's Corner
Find defunct Web pages
Bypass Web registration on some sites
AmusingTrivia.com
Biography.com (biographical resource)
Anagram finder
HowStuffWorks
Yahoo! Education
Wildlife Web Animal Facts
Stock quotes
Free stuff
Download.com (free software)
How things work
Mortgage calculator
NoodleLinks (academic bibliographies)
STUMPERS-L
2005-2006 Guide to Internet Research
Microsoft Office updates
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97 for PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2002
The Memory Hole
Internet FAQ archive
SamSpade.org tools
Journals and newsletters
Find words in phone numbers
International Web sites
The 86,800 most frequently used English words
University of California eScholarship Repository
Internet Public Library Reference Page
Interesting Web sites
Gary Price's Direct Search (lots of stuff)
Fuld & Company
GuideStar.org - find a nonprofit organization
meshugena.net (eclectic mix of links)
PowerReporting
Research a company
TalkDigger - see who's linking to / what's being said about a URL
Find rhyming words
Resources for academic researchers
Resources for "deep Web" researching
AlternativeMail
Mail2Web
iMailReader
CheckYourMail
FreeCycle
Craig's List
ThrowPlace.com
LetsSingIt.com
DigitalDreamDoor.com
A-Z Lyrics
Pure Lyrics
House of Lyrics
Absolute Lyricsyrics
LyricsFreak.com
Soundtrack and song lyrics
Daily, weekly and monthly holidays and observances
AFU and Urban Legend Archive
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Vmyths.com (computer virus myths, hoaxes and urban legends)
TruthOrFiction.com
Opinion Journal (Wall Street Journal editorials)
National Review Online
Instapundit.com (weblog)
NewsMax.com
RealClear Politics
Josh Mitchell (weblog)
Andrew Sullivan (weblog)
The New Republic Online
Weekly Standard
World Magazine
Daily Howler
spinsanity
AlterNet
FactCheck.org
MoveOn PAC (liberal)
MoveOn.org (liberal)
Townhall.com (conservative)
Salon (liberal)
Citizens United (conservative)
The Progressive (liberal)
Neal Boortz (conservative)
Media Matters (liberal)
Media Research Center (conservative)
Liberal Oasis (liberal)
Little Green Footballs (conservative weblog)
Washington Monthly (liberal weblog)
Adopt a Dog in the United States
Adopt a Dog or Cat in the United States
Adopt a Dog or Cat in Maryland
OK Cupid (free)
PlentyofFish (free)
Match Doctor (free)
Connecting Singles (free)
reciprodate (free)
Yahoo! personals
match.com
kiss.com (udate)
salon.com
JDate.com (Jewish singles)
AmericanSingles.com
The Onion personals
eHarmony
8minute Dating (speed dating)
HurryDate (speed dating)
Singing horses (click them to make them sing)
JibJab
Virtual Bartender
Three Stooges
Store Wars
Guzer (videos, pictures, games, jokes, animations)
The Sneeze
Uncyclopedia
Beer ads
Trivia, quotes, word/phrase origins, jokes and videos
Great juggling act
Virtual soccer ball kickup
Hand shadow show
A manual dexterity game
Make your own highway sign
Find the type of music you like
Great magic. WARNING: Nudity
Treadmill dancing
Draw-a-pig personality test
Fun 50s and 60s American history lessons
Boohbah
Find residential Christmas light displays
We Didn't Start the Fire
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