Search the Web
Internet Subject Directories
Academic & Professional Directories
- Academic Info - gateway to
college and research level Internet resources maintained by former librarian
Mike Madin and a volunteer group of subject specialists
- Britannica.com - classified,
rated and reviewed Internet sites from the Encyclopedia Britannica
- BUBL Link - UK funded project of
selective resources from the University of Strathclyde Library in Glasgow,
Scotland
- INFOMINE - large collection of
scholarly Internet resources collectively maintained by libraries of the
University of California
- InfoSurf - academic
subject resources from the University of California at Santa Barbara
- The Internet Public Library - large,
selective collection from the University of Michigan
- Librarians' Index to the Internet -
carefully chosen, organized, and annotated directory maintained by a large
group of librarians in California
- Resource Discovery Network -
searchable interface to major meta-sites in academic disciplines, including
Biz/ed,
Humbul (humanities),
SciCentral,
SOSIG (social sciences) and many more.
See also PINAKES,
A Subject Launchpad for another way into these sites
- The Scout Report Archives
- searchable database of 10,000+ critical summaries of Internet resources for
the academic and research community included in the
Scout Reports
- Scout Select
Bookmarks - collection of meta-sites in several subject areas
- Subject Guides A to Z -
extensive collection of subject pages from the University of Delaware Library
- The WWW Virtual Library - highly
respected guides to many disciplines sponsored by the W3 Consortium
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Commercial Directories & Portals
- About - large collection of
topical collections gathered by company-certified subject specialists
- alba36.com - multilingual directory
in 36 major categories of thousands of vortals, i.e., meta sites that are
starting points for a topic
- Aliweb -
- Alta Vista - One of my
favorites. It's extremely powerful, fast, and
detailed. One of its best features is the fact that it searches an entire Web site (and
Usenet newsgroups) looking for what you want to find; many other search engines cannot do
that, concentrating only on Web site titles. It offers simple and advanced searches, and
allows the use of wildcards and Boolean searches. Simply put, Alta Vista is robust!
- Infoseek - Infoseek is a search engine with a lot to offer. Unlike many competing engines, you can
do more than search the Web with Infoseek; you can search Usenet newsgroups, look up email
addresses, browse through a company directory, search Web FAQs (Frequently Asked
Questions), and more.
- JoeAnt - guide compiled by
volunteers; listings include information about each site including multimedia
features, chat, e-commerce, access limitations, etc.
- JumpCity - collection
that offers a signed review of each item and a link to any Usenet newsgroup
related to the topic
- LinkStar -
- LookSmart - large collection of
links to reviewed sites in thousands of categories
- Lycos - probably the oldest major search engine and has long been viewed as fast and
reliable. It offers keyword and subject searching, is customizable in its searching
options, and actually offers a rating system (called "Point") for Web sites.
- NBCi - collection of briefly annotated
and recommended sites, with fairly good coverage of academic subject areas;
search engine results area also returned [NOTE: NBC has announced it will shut
down this site]
- Netcenter - Netscape's portal site
concentrating on the business community, with a directory, search service and
(free) members-only services including discussion groups, instant messenger, a
member directory and free e-mail
-
Starting Point - designed to make your daily Web experience more productive. Starting
Point helps you manage Web resources by combining a powerful, centralized Web searching
tool with quality, subject-oriented Web resources you need every day -- all combined in an
easy-to-use, comprehensive, and well organized starting point.
- The Search Beat - large,
selective directory organized into numerous subtopics
-
Top9.com - directory that ranks content
based on popularity using a methodology from PC Data Online; shows the top 18
listings in each category every month
- WebBrain - Java-based visual search
engine of the Open Directory Project index;
interface allows users to click through an animated display of categories to
locate Web sites. Currently in beta, and requires a fast Internet connection.
- WebCrawler -
- Web Search -
well-organized, annotated collection of Web sites organized by topic and
maintained by Chris Sherman of The Mining Co.
- Yahoo! - is a topical directory, technically not a search engine. This means that, rather
than arbitrarily searching the Web for sites, they list sites which have been submitted to
them for approval from netizens. Thus, you'll typically find the referencing system
reliable for finding high quality sites. As Yahoo takes the form of a hierarchical index,
you'll find it fun and easy to "surf" the Net with Yahoo!
Nice portal with one of the
largest directories on the Internet but lacks reliable site evaluation, so
deficient content is mixed in with the good; not an appropriate site for
academic research; offers news, stock quotes, maps, free e-mail and many other
services
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Individual Search Engines
- Albert - demo
of a natural language search engine for submitting questions in plain English
that retrieves results from AllTheWeb
- Alexa Web Search
- returns results powered by Google with
additional information including traffic ranking, number of links to page,
ownership and links to related pages of interest
- AllTheWeb - returns results quickly
from an extremely large database; offers multimedia and FTP searches; also
returns categorized topics to further focus a search
- AltaVista - searches Web sites and
Usenet newsgroups with advanced Boolean and field search options. See also:
- AOL Search - engine that defaults to
AND logic and offers an Options template for easy search construction; has an
option to view results by popularity; offers a directory based on the
Open Directory
- Ask Jeeves - submit questions in
plain English and view suggested relevant sites; also offers the
Open Directory ranked in order of popularity
- Atomica - engine that retrieves
results from Web search engines and related information from such deep Web
sources as general and specialty dictionaries, encyclopedias, financial
databases, news, user links, and more
- Google - ranks pages by the number of
links from pages ranked high by the service, including results from the
Open Directory Project. See also:
- Gripe.com - searchable collection of
categorized Usenet newsgroups with quality-sorted results
- Guidbeam - organizes results into
levels of increasingly narrow concept clusters
- HotBot - the Web's ultimate search
engine. It is the biggest -- indexing more than 54 million documents. It is
the smartest -- offering a range of easy-to-use filter tools that enable you
to get the most relevant results. Offers easy form-based
Boolean, field, and media search options; includes its channel content with
the results for searches on broad or popular terms; clusters results by
presenting one hit per site
- iLOR - presents results from other
search services and offers options to view and manipulate results in various
ways. NOTE: options are available when you hover your mouse over each results
title
- Lycos - emphasizes search results from
the Open Directory and offers up Web site from
the FAST Search index
- MSN Search - derives results from a
variety of sources, including the
LookSmart directory, Ask Jeeves and
others; applies concept matching to search statements; and offers an advanced
search option with form-based field searching similar to HotBot
- Oingo - "meaning-based" engine that
constructs meanings and relationships from your search terms to return
results, from which you can choose your desired concept to refine your search;
derives results from the Open Directory
- RLIN AMC database -
the RLIN Archival and Manuscripts Control database
- SearchEdu.com - service that
limits results to the .edu, domain; also offers to search well-known
dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, etc. See also:
- SmartBorg - engine that
parses your query and recommends a search engine and/or directory to search
- Subjex - "dialogue-based" engine that
offers Web sites in response to a series of questions you can ask to
progressively refine your search; currently in beta
- Thunderstone
Website Index - search thousands of sites (vs. Web pages) from a
continuously updated database; adds 25,000 sites per week
- Teoma - returns results in three
sections: popularity-ranked Web pages based on the number of same-subject
pages that reference them; suggested terms to refine a search; and link
collections created by topic experts
- WISEnut - offers a large database
and a companion directory of topics related to a search
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- C4 - search a large number of search
engines and directories and configure useful customization options available
with free registration; formerly known as Cyber411
- Chubba - search the Web, a
dictionary/thesaurus and encyclopedia
- Copernic - client software that
searches multiple engines and directories, removes duplicates and dead links,
highlights search terms in your results, and offers a variety of search and
retrieval options
- Fossick Meta Search - searches
a dynamically changing group of engines based on speed of availability, and
ranks results based on search terms, popularity and other measures; offers the
option to search sites from individual countries. Offers page translation
using Babelfish, the AltaVista
translation service.
- GenieKnows - searches 25+ engines
and directories and ranks results based on the number of sources listing a
page; chooses sources to search based on consumer input; also offers searches
of multimedia types
- Highway 61 -
- Infonetware - categorizes search
results into component subtopics with options to select multiple topics for a
new set of topics and a filtered results list
- Internet Sleuth -
- Ithaki - searches engines,
directories, and also numerous deep Web sources
- Ixquick - search engines, directories,
news and MP3 files; ranks results based on top ten rankings from the source
sites; allows any type of search syntax and will translate and direct your
search accordingly
- Kartoo - categorizes content into
relevant concepts and sites and displays results on a graphical map; requires
Flash or offers an HTML version
- Mamma - retrieve results in
relevancy ranked order; power search offers a user-friendly template for
building a query
- MetaCrawler - retrieve results
in relevancy ranked order; useful power search available with a template of
search options
- METAEUREKA - barebones interface
for an engine that sorts results by relevancy and offers a "Site info" link
that returns information on the server, date last modified, size, and
descriptive information if available
- Metafind -
- MetaMission - searches several
search services on the Web, and also offers specialty searches of auctions,
books, electronics, hardware and software, jobs, multimedia, and Usenet News
- Metor - searches multiple engines,
directories and databases; offers the option to see the size, date and
availability of the document, to extract the context of your search terms
within the document, and to navigate user-selected results within a frame
- OneSeek -
- Pandia Search Central - searches
multiple engines and directories and also offers searches of news, books,
music, videos and other specialty databases; includes a searchable version of
the Open Directory
- ProFusion - meta engine that
allows results to be sorted by relevance, title, URL and source; offers a
customizable
Advanced
Search form for choosing the search services to search; also offers
topical searches on the deep Web
- Query Server - offers queries of
the general Web, or health, money or government sites and organizes results by
concept, by site, or by both
- SavvySearch -
- Search Online - engine that
searches Web pages and multiple deep Web sources with options for grouping and
sorting results; free registration allows for customization of search and
results process
- SearchTurtle.com - offers
navigation of the retrieved Web sites from within the search results window;
also offers searches for news and multimedia
- SurfWax - offers options to see a
quick view of sites in the search results list to determine relevancy and
choose alternative search terms for a subsequent search from a thesaurus;
offers personalization options
- Verio Metasearch - retrieves the
top ten hits from each source engine and directory in combined ranked order
- Virtual Learning Resources Center
- searches several high quality directories; also offers its own directory
- Vivisimo - searches multiple engines
and directories and organizes results into topical categories
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- 1Blink - search 11 sources and view
the results at the 1Blink site
- all4one - search 4 search engines
and access results at each site
- Dogpile - Searches
The Web: Yahoo!, Lycos' A2Z, Excite Guide, Go2.com, WWW Yellow Pages , PlanetSearch,
Thunderstone, What U Seek, Magellan, Lycos, WebCrawler, InfoSeek, AltaVista, Excite &
HotBot. Usenet: Hotbot News, Reference.com, Dejanews, Altavista and Dejanews' old
Database.
FTP: Filez and FTP Search.(Only the first word in your query will be passed on to FTP
Search.)
News Wires: Yahoo News Headlines, Excite News and Infoseek NewsWires. Search 20+ search engines
and retrieve results separately, offering custom search options
- qbSearch - retrieve results from
engines you choose; offers the option to activate a QuickLinks feature that
allows you to select links from your results to display the first page of all
of them on a single page
- Researchville - opens multiple
browser windows with search results from the originating search service;
searchable categories includes news, Web guides, reference, opinion and
multimedia
- Turbo10 - retrieves results from
multiple sources (including a few deep Web sources) and offers sorting by
speed, relevance and source; also offers concept clusters to organize results
into keywords and subtopics
- Webtaxi - use a helpful template to
build search types and access your results separately at each site; click on
"Search" button for numerous meta-search options
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- All-In-One Search Page -
compilation of search templates for an extensive range of information
retrieval
-
BigBook - a San Francisco-based company offering free access to the 16 million U.S.
businesses indexed in their database. Among the really unique features BigBook offers is a
personalized address book, detailed maps which allow for zooming capabilities, and -- this
is very cool -- 3-D representations of major cities, allowing visitors to explore specific
city sections, search individual buildings, generate business listings for specific
streets, and even "enjoy" advertisements on circulating blimps.
- Beaucoup - compilation of 2000+
engines and directories organized by category; also offers a meta search
capability
-
Classifieds2000
- offers extensive search capabilities in their database of automotive,
computer and general merchandise (stereo/video, furnishings, sporting goods, etc.)
classified ads, including prices, models and mileage.
-
Download.com
- offers quick and easy access to the top free-to-download software titles
available over the Internet. Visit DOWNLOAD.COM to download today's most popular titles --
including must-have utilities, the hottest games, and the latest browsers. The site also
features highlights and product descriptions to help you make the right decision about
what software to download.
- EZ-Find at
The River - search 10 search engines individually from the same site
- General Internet Search
Programs - compiled by BUBL Link
- Lookoff - offers a categorized
collection of search services on the Web; also allows you to query the
collection and retrieve suggested search services to use
- MetaIQ - multi-purpose site that
serves as a meta engine, a directory of searchable databases on the Web, a
news source and more
- SearchBug.com - offers searches
organized by topic, and searching of single or multiple search services
- Search Engine Colossus
- directory of hundreds of search tools from more than 200 countries around
the world
- Search Engine Guide -
topical collection of 3000+ engines, directories and portals
- SearchIQ - categorized
collection of engines and directories from the SearchIQ search engine
informational site
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Specialty Search Engines
- CompletePlanet - offers
searchable access to thousands of databases on the "deep Web" for results that
include summaries from the retrieved site
-
Direct Search - large compilation of links to the search interfaces of a wide variety of
research resources on the Web
- The InvisibleWeb - directory of
over 10,000 databases, offering the option to search for the database you
need, from IntelliSeek
- Invisible-web.net - searchable
directory of quality databases on the Web compiled by Chris Sherman and Gary
Price as a companion to their book The Invisible Web: Uncovering
Information Sources Search Engines Can't See
- Lycos
Directory: Searchable Databases - large collection of invisible Web
databases organized by topic; almost identical to
The InvisibleWeb above
- ProFusion - meta engine that also
offers searches of multiple "vertical search sources" on the deep Web
organized into topical categories
- Search.Com - dozens of topic-based
databases from CNet
- Search Engines and News - large
collection of topical search engines and newswires maintaned by wwwINTERNETS
- Subject Directory of Search
Engines - topical listing of searchable databases on the Web from the
SearchIQ search engine review site
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- Checkdomain.com - search for the
availability of a domain name in nearly every country of the world
- Clickey - search for words contained
in a domain name, or keywords contained in a brief record, with options to
limit searches to a country, state and city
- Namedroppers.com - allows
searches for domain names with multiple keywords and the ability to limit to
.com, .net, .org and .edu domains; results link to the domain's Web site when
available and to the InterNIC Whois record
- Network Solutions -
search the database of registered domain names on the site of Network
Solutions, the company that registers many domain names
- Registry Whois Search -
search the database of registered domain names on the site of Network
Solutions, the company that registers many domain names
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- FtpFind - offers searches by
keyword, filename, or by themes including Linux, Windows, Sound, Movies and
Pictures
- FTP search - offers a full
featured search interface with numerous searching and output parameters
- Ftpsearchengines.com -
"file finding portal" listing FTP sites on the Web
- Oth Net - searches multiple FTP sites by
keyword
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- AltaVista Photo Finder
- searchable collection of multimedia on the Web: search by media type:
images, videos or audios
- The Amazing Picture Machine
- searchable collecion of a variety of image types including architecture,
animals, maps, artwork, world leaders and more
- Ditto - offers searches for images by
word or phrase
- FindSounds.com - searchable
collection of sounds and sound effects on the Web, with options to hear
similar sounds, and to search for sounds by mono/stereo, resolution, sample
rate and file size
- Lycos Multimedia Search - search
tool for audio, video and pictures
- Picsearch - offers image searching
by word and phrase; also offers and advanced search for
animations/non-animations, color/black & white, and size
- Singingfish - searches streaming
content including music, movies, news, radio, sports, television and finance
- SpeechBot -
experimental search engine of popular U.S. radio shows, offering the option to
listen to an audio clip containing your search terms
- TimePix - commercial
site offering free access to more than 22 million photos, prints and
illustrations taken from popular Time-Life magazines and the historical
Mansell photograph collection; registration required
- Visoo - offers searches of
images by keywords, image filenames, and Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
scanned text in images; also searches for people, image type and color/black &
white
- Yahoo! News Image
Gallery - presents current news photos and a searchable directory of
archived news photos
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- Karnak - searches hundreds of Web
sites, stores the results online, and e-mails you notifcation of the results;
premium fee-based service tracks additional queries and offers customization
options
- TracerLock - saves your search
query and tracks AltaVista for pages matching your search terms; the first ten
results are sent to you in an e-mail
- Webspector - software
that tracks changes to a user-defined list of Web pages and highlights areas
of the pages that have changed; email alerts can also be sent
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