About.com
(http://home.about.com) |
Site has several hundred annotated guides to areas of interest on
the internet. Each is maintained by a human "guide" with subject
area expertise. Each directory is maintained by a different person, but
the same design templates and server are used to handle them all. |
Academic Info
(http://www.academicinfo.net) |
Searchable subject directory of internet resources selected for
the college and university community. Each guide is an annotated
listing of the best general Internet sites in the field, as well as a gateway
to specialized and advanced research tools. |
All the Web, All the Time
(http://www.alltheweb.com) |
One of the largest search engine databases. Allows basic searches
with drop down choices of "any of the words," "all of the words," and "the
exact phrase." Use of +, -, and "" available. Advanced search
template with more options also available. |
Best Search Tools Page
(http://www.infopeople.org/search/) |
From the InFoPeople Project, this page has search forms for some
of the best subject directories, search engines, and meta search engines. |
| Altavista |
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Digital Librarian: A Librarian's
Choice of the Best of the Web
(http://www.digital-librarian.com) |
Directory of online resources, organized by topic, and maintained
by a librarian. Most of the links are briefly annotated. The
"see" and "see also" markers are of particular assistance. Simplicity
of the page makes it load quickly. A good starting place for academic
Web researchers. |
| Dogpile |
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| Excite |
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Fossick.com, The WebSearch Alliance
Directory
(http://www.fossick.com) |
Fossick is a metasearch directory that accesses the "Invisible Web,"
the 75-80 percent of web sites not found using traditional search engines.
While the quality of the web sites that result is not evaluated, many sites
that rarely turn up in web searches do show up here. |
Google
(http://www.google.com) |
One of the most popular search engines. Default operator
is AND. |
| HotBot |
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| Go |
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INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource
Collections
(http://infomine.ucr.edu) |
Over 20,000 searchable and well-selected links to scholarly resources
on the Internet. Maintained by California university librarians. |
Internet Public Library
(http://www.ipl.org/) |
A public service of the University of Michigan School of Information.
Offers links to many information sources, including over 20,000 books. |
Librarians' Index to the Internet
(http://lii.org) |
Searchable, annotated subject directory of internet resources.
Selected and evaluated by librarians according to perceived usefulness
to public library user's needs. |
| Lycos |
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| NBCI |
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| Mamma |
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| Metacrawler |
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| Northern Light |
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| RDN |
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| Search.com |
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| Search Systems |
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| Teoma |
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| Yahoo |
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| Infopeople
Recommended/Best Search Tools |
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| Search
Engine Features for Webmasters |
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Specialty
Search Engines
(http://searchenginewatch.com/links/specialty.html) |
Specialty search engines, also called "topical" or "vertical" search
engines, or "vortals", help you to search through specific types of listings
in different areas. |