A PLACE TO START

Tis true; there’s magic in the web of it.
--Othello (III.iv.69)

Starting Points ** Lists ** Libraries ** Search Engines ** Mail and News ** Finding People ** Government Information Sites ** More about searching

Starting Points

  1. My Virtual Reference Desk
  2. Reference Shelf
  3. Netscape's "What's New?"
  4. Microsoft's "General Searching"
  5. HotSheet
  6. Martindale's "The Reference Desk"
  7. Digital Librarian
  8. Net Shepherd Family Search
  9. GWU's Search Tools and Directories
  10. Discovery Center:WebGEMS
  11. EuroSeek (Multilingual European)
  12. Hunting with Spiders, Indexes and Search Engines
  13. Free Internet Encyclopedia
  14. Needle in a CyberStack - the InfoFinder
  15. Librarian's Index to the Internet
  16. Virtual Search
  17. Starting Point
  18. Nerd World Media Internet Subject Index
  19. Global List Of Internet-Related Users Groups
  20. Searching the Internet
  21. Treasures on the internet (K-12)
  22. A Reporter's Internet Survival Guide
  23. WhatsNewToo
  24. Netscape Search

Lists

  1. Metaplus
  2. The Argus ClearingHouse
  3. The LLNL List of Lists
  4. Awesome List
  5. Magellan Internet Guide
  6. Scott Yanoff's Internet Services List
  7. Internet Resources of 1120 Scholarly Societies
  8. John December's Searching
  9. The Word: A List of Search Engines and Business Directories
  10. CEO Express: The business resources you need everyday
  11. Yahoo

Libraries

  1. The Internet Public Library
  2. The WWW Virtual Library
  3. U.S. Public Libraries with Websites
  4. SJCPL's List of Public Libraries with Internet Services
  5. Los Alamos: Other Online Library Catalogs
  6. Answering Reference Questions Using the Internet
  7. Search Insider
  8. Library resources on the Internet
  9. Libweb Library Servers via WWW
  10. Libraries on the Web

Search Engines

Multi-Interface (one page/many tools)
  1. ALL-IN-ONE Search Page
  2. Search.Com
  3. Search Engines + Syntax Examples = FINDSPOT
  4. Beaucoup
  5. EZ-Find at The River

Meta Search Engines
  1. Inference Find
  2. DogPile
  3. MetaFind
  4. Savvey Search
  5. The MetaCrawler

Individual Tools
  1. Yahoo
  2. Lycos
  3. Altavista
  4. Hotbot
  5. Infoseek
  6. Excite
  7. LookSmart
  8. Aliweb
  9. Magellan
  10. Northern Light
  11. Inktomi
  12. Open Text
  13. Webcrawler
  14. Find-It
  15. The Internet Sleuth
  16. W3 Search Engines
  17. FTP Search
  18. VERONICA for GopherSpace

Mail and News

  1. Liszt
  2. Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
  3. Internet Mailing List Providers
  4. Dejanews
  5. Reference
  6. Search with Iliad
  7. USENET FAQs
  8. Email

Finding People

  1. 555-1212
  2. Switchboard
  3. Four11
  4. Reverse Lookup at Infospace
  5. CSO Name Server
  6. INTERNIC X.500 Directory Service
  7. FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses
  8. OKRA: net.citizen Directory Service
  9. The WWW to Finger Gateway
  10. Internet Address Finder
  11. Ph Servers

Government Information Sites

  1. CIA Publications
  2. The Federal Web Locator
  3. GPO Access on the Web
  4. State and Local Government on the Net
  5. THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet

More about searching

  1. See what people are looking for at Magellan
  2. See what people are looking for at MetaCrawler
  3. How to Search the Web: A Guide To Search Tools
  4. "What Flavor Is Your Search Engine?"
  5. "Just the Answers, Please"
  6. 1,001 Best Internet Tips: Search Engines
  7. Sherlock Holmes gives searching tips
  8. The Scout's Searching the Internet
  9. Search Engine Watch
  10. Search Insider
  11. Ten Friendly Tips for Internet Research
  12. Virtua expert search page
  13. "Precision among World Wide Web Search Services"
  14. Search Engines for the World Wide Web
  15. Evaluating Quality on the Net
  16. Hope N. Tillman: Recent Presentations
  17. Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
  18. Answering Reference Questions Using the Internet
  19. Search engines on WWW
  20. Tools for Building the Digital Library
  21. Search the Internet (BERKELEY)
  22. Finding Information on the Internet
  23. Robot-driven search engine evaluation
  24. Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Needs
  25. Reviews of search engines
  26. Search Engine Evaluation Overview (Gillian Westera)
  27. Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques
  28. The Search Is Over
  29. CNET reviews - where to find anything on the Net
  30. The Search Page
  31. Understanding and Comparing Search Engines
  32. Understanding WWW Search Tools
  33. Web Search Strategies Table of Contents
  34. Web Search Cheat Sheet
  35. Advanced Searching
  36. Web Matrix: Answers About Search Engines and Subject Catalogs
  37. CNET: Can search engines be tricked?
  38. Search Engine Tutorial for Web Designers
  39. Search Engine Tutorial for Web Designers2
  40. Web search engines
  41. Ten Internet Myths
  42. The Humble HTML Jungle
  43. Super Note Tab (download)
  44. WAMU's "Computer Guys"
  45. InterNIC
  46. CPCUG
  47. the Internet Society
  48. Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society
  49. DC chapter of the Internet Developers Association

Starting Points ** Lists ** Libraries ** Search Engines ** Mail and News ** Finding People ** Government Information Sites ** More about searching

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David J. Hark
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Last updated: 11 November 1997

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