A Place to Start

Starting Points

1. My Virtual Reference Desk
2. DeskRef
3. Answers.com
4. AllYouCanRead.com
5. Netscape's Starting Point
6. HotSheet
7. iTools
8. Internet Public Library
9. Martindale's  "The Reference Desk"
10. Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
11. Wikipedia
12. ilectric info portal
13. OnlineNewspapers.com
14. LogLink: Airport Locator and Airport Codes Lookup
15. Starting Point
16. Search.Com   c|net
17. Beyond Bookmarks: Schemes for Organizing the Web
18. A collection of special search engines
19. Technical in Nature
1. Glossary of Internet Terms
2. NetLingo.com:   [The Internet Language Dictionary]
3. Webopedia:    [Online Computer Dictionary for Internet Terms and Technical Support]
4. net.TUTOR

Lists  [Top]

1. The Argus ClearingHouse     [closed January 23, 2002]
2. Internet Resources of 1120 Scholarly Societies
3. John December's Searching
4. The LLNL List of Lists   (Last update November 5, 1996.)
5. Yahoo

Libraries  [Top]

1. LibrarySpot
2. The Internet Public Library
3. International Children’s Digital Library
4. Librarians' Index to the Internet
5. WWW Virtual Library
6. Library of Congress
7. The National Libraries of Europe
8. National Library of Canada
9. NSDL - The National Science Digital Library
10. Librarian's Index to the Internet
11. Public Libraries
12. Public Libraries of Europe
13. Los Alamos: Other Online Library Catalogs
14. Answering Reference Questions Using the Internet
15. Online Books Page
16. LISNews.com Librarian News
17. The WWW Library Directory
18. Morton Grove Public Library Webrary Links Menu
19. Shepherdstown WV Public Library
20. Galway Public Library
21. Frederick County Public Libraries
22. LibraryLinks
23. Library Related Resources, Reference & Language
24. The Online Medieval and Classical Library
25. Libraries on the Web
26. LibrarianInBlack
27. Web4Lib: Web Systems in Libraries Mailing List

Search Engines  [Top]

Charts, Guides, etc

1. How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
2. Search Engine Features For Searchers
3. Phil Bradley: Finding what you need with the best search engines
4. Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries: Tutorials/Guides
5. How can I improve my searches?
6. Infopeople   Search Tools Chart    Search Engines Quick Guide
7. Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching
8. Tips, Tasks, & Tools: A Quick Introduction to Power Searching on the Web
9. Search Engine Features Chart
10. Recommended Search Engines       [UC Berkeley ]
11. How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
12. Boolean Searching on the Internet
13. Boolean Searching guide (PDF)
14. Search Strategies: Search with Peripheral Vision
15. Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
    
    

Multi-Interface / Aggregator / Interface

1. 37.com   Type Once, get results from up to 37 search engines!
2. Search Engines + Syntax Examples =FINDSPOT
3. Beaucoup    [More than 2,000 search engines, indices and directories]
4. EZ-Find at The River
5. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF SEARCH ENGINES: Search Engine Colossus
6. W3 Search Engines XML
7. A collection of special search engines   [University of Leiden ]
8. Aggregator
   1. MrSapo?
9. Interface / Display
   1. Twingine
   2. Grokker - A New Way to Look at Search

Meta Search Engines[Top]

1. Meta-Search Engines
2. Metacrawlers Or Meta Search Engines
3. 4TopWeb.Com
4. All 4 One MetaSearch
5. Clusty
6. DogPile
7. Highway 61
8. iBoogie
9. IceRocket Web search
10. ilectric Metasearch
11. Info.com
12. Internet Sleuth
13. Ixquick Metasearch
14. KartOO
15. Mamma
16. Metacrawler
17. metaEUREKA
18. MetaGopher
19. MultiCrawl Parallel Search
20. ProFusion
21. Query Server
22. qksearch
23. Rollyo: Roll Your Own Search Engine
24. Search.Com
25. SearchGuide.com
26. SurfWax
27. Vivisimo
28. Webcrawler
29. WhatUseek
30. Yahoo! Directory: All-in-One Search Pages

Individual Tools  [Top]

1. a9.com
2. ah-ha.com
3. Altavista
4. AlltheWeb
5. Ask Jeeves    Ask Jeeves For Kids
6. Brainboost Answer Engine
7. CompletePlanet
8. Direct Hit
9. Ditto.com: See the Web
10. ePilot.com
11. Exalead
12. Excite
13. Fast Search
14. Factbites
15. Fazzle
16. Find-It
17. Gigablast
18. Google
    1. Google Song
    2. labs.google.com
    3. Google'World
    4. Googlewhacking
    5. The Complete Guide to Googlemania!
    6. The Anatomy of a Search Engine
    7. Google Watch
    8. GooOS, the Google Operating System
    9. The Secret Source of Google's Power
    10. Google patent application reveals ranking secrets
    11. Google Song
    12. The technology behind Google's great results
        
19. Hotbot
20. Infoseek
21. Infotiger
22. LookSmart
23. Lycos
24. Mooter Search Engine
25. Mozdex
26. MSN Search    
27. Netster
28. NewHoo
29. Northern Light
30. Open Directory Project
31. PlanetSearch
32. SearchBoss
33. SearchHippo
34. Snap
35. Teoma
36. Vivísimo
37. WebBrain.Com
38. WiseNut
39. Yahoo

Pay per click search engines

1. 583 Pay Per Click Search Engines Reviewed
2. 7Search
3. FindWhat.com
4. GoClick
5. IQSeek
6. Kanoodle
7. Overture
8. Search123  
9. Xuppa

Specialist Search Engines / Searching

1. W3 Search Engines
2. Complete Planet
3. Search Engine Watch
4. snopes.com    Urban Legends Reference Pages
5. Lexical FreeNet - Connected thesaurus
6. Scirus - for scientific information
7. The Cybercafe Search Engine
8. socialporn / Xahara - Googleish adult search engine
9. Feedster :: RSS Search Engine
10. INFOMINE - Academically-oriented Sites
11. Lyrics Search Engine - Popular Lyrics
12. AvatarSearch - Search Engine of the Occult Internet!
13. EasyRGB - The first RGB and COLOR search engine on the Web!
14. Search Systems - Largest Free Public Records Database Collection
15. Mercora Music Search
    1. Ogg Vorbis
16. Acronym Server
17. !!PolySearch Biograhies
18. KidsClick
19. HomeTownLocator Gazetteer
20. CodeHound - The Software Developer's Search Engine 
21. Speegle   Demo   [ Speegle Search Engine Talks to You ]
22. Code
    1. Koders - Source Code Search Engine
23. Singingfish - the audio/video search engine
24. Images
    1. A Review of Image Search Engines
    2. Searching the Internet for Images
    3. Image Search Engines || Fagan Finder
    4. GUBA - Usenet Search - Easy access to Usenet Pictures and Videos
25. Weblogging
    1. Daypop
    2. Blogdex - the weblog diffusion index
    3. Technorati
    4. Weblog Search Engines   [dmoz]
    5. PLAZOO - The RSS Search Engine for News Feeds and Blogs
26. Shopping
    1. Meta IQ Shopping
    2. Deal of the Day
    3. fatwallet.com
    4. Froogle
    5. Nextag
    6. CNET - Shopping - Latest Prices
    7. DealTime
    8. Pricewatch.com
    9. PriceGrabber.com
27. Search FTP
    1. FTP Search
    2. FileSearching.com
    3. Ftpsearchengines.com
    4. FtpFind
    5. Oth.Net
28. News
    1. newsmap
    2. ABYZ News Links
    3. AlltheWeb News
    4. Daypop
    5. Google News
    6. FindNews.org
    7. Moreover Showcase News Portal
    8. NewsNow   [British site]
    9. Panda Newsfinder
    10. Rocketinfo's Search Engine
    11. Yahoo News
    12. OnlineNewspapers.com
29. By Location
    1. Anzwers Home Page   [ An Australian-based search engine ]
    2. EuroSeek   [Multilingual European]
    3. EuroFerret  [Multilingual European]
    4. Nordic Web Index   [Scandinavian regional search-engine
    5. Virginia Search Engine and Directory: AllofVirginia.net
30. Maps / Directions /Location
    1. Library Spot: Maps
    2. Mappr!
    3. MapQuest
    4. Maps On Us
    5. MSN Maps & Directions   
    6. Google Maps
    7. Google Earth
    8. Google Moon
    9. Rand McNally
    10. Yahoo! Maps
31. Driver's License Search
32. BitTorrent search engines
    1. bitoogle
    2. BitTorrent
33. Games
    1. Yoopi
34. Business
    1. Best Web Sites for Business
    2. Big Book
    3. CEO Express
35. Search Systems - Largest Free Public Records Database Collection
36. RSS
    1. List of news aggregators
    2. RSS   [about]
37. Encyclopedia
    1. Wikipedia
       

The "Invisible Web"

1. The Deep Web
2. Mining Deeper into the Invisible Web
3. Invisible Web: What it is, Why it exists, How to find it, and Its inherent ambiguity
4. Deep-Web FAQ
5. Invisible Web Gateways
1. Direct Search
2. The Invisible Web Catalog
3. invisible-web.net
4. Intranets.com
5. IncyWincy
6. Complete Planet

Mail and News Groups    [Top]

1. Topica
2. Tile.Net
3. Google Groups     [formerly Deja]
4. W3C Public Mailing List Archives
5. Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists  [ftp]
6. Internet Mailing List Providers  [.txt]
7. MARC: Mailing list ARChives at AIMS
8. RemarQ
9. USENET FAQs
10. Usenet Info Center Launch Pad
11. Mapping the Social Geography of Usenet News
12. Archive of the Web4Lib Electronic Discussion
13. craigslist.org
14. GUBA - Usenet Search

Finding People   [Top]

1. ZoomInfo Search
2. addresses.com
3. Switchboard
4. Yahoo! People Search
5. WhitePages.com
6. AnyWho
7. SearchBug.com
8. MetaFind \ Infospace
9. ZabaSearch
10. Bigfoot
11. WhoWhere?
12. SuperPages.com
13. USA Telephone Directory
14. Telephone Directories on the Web
15. Reverse Lookup at Infospace
16. AmeriCom Long Distance - Area Decoder
17. FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses
18. The WWW to Finger Gateway
19. Internet Address Finder
20. US Search
21. Public Records from KnowX.com

Government    [Top]

1. FirstGov
2. Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
3. CIA Publications
4. The Federal Web Locator
5. GPO Access on the Web
6. THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet

Language Translation

1. VADA   [Multi-Language Search Page]
2. AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation Service
3. Language Translation     [langenberg.com]
4. Free Translation
5. InterTran
6. WorldLingo
7. Translation Experts
8. x10/Dictionary
9. WebPage Translator   [Mac OS X]
10. symbolify
11. Content Analysis / Language Identifier
    1. XRCE CA: Language Identifier
    2. Fuzzums

More About Searching   [Top]

1. 10 Tips for Searching Effectively
2. Search Engine Users
3. See what people are searching for:
1. Inside the Soul of the Web    24 hours watching the world look for answers at Google
2. What People Search For - Most Popular Keywords
3. Ask Jeeves Peek Through The Keyhole
4. Google Zeitgeist
5. MetaSpy
6. Infotiger Voyeur
7. Kanoodle.com Search Spy
8. SearchHippo: Query Spy
9. Lycos 50
10. WebCrawler Search Voyeur
11. SavvySnoop
12. Yahoo! Directory Searching the Web > Popular Search Words
4. Search ToolBars
1. Amazon.com Research Services for Microsoft Office System
2. Google
5. Stumpers
6. Beyond Google
7. ResearchBuzz
8. Accurate Monitor for Search Engines
9. Search Engine Showdown
10. Search Engine Simulator
11. Internet Research News
12. Hunting with Spiders, Indexes and Search Engines    Learning to Use Search Engines
13. Lookoff Internet Search Engine Help & Tutorials
14. Story: Best Search Sites on the Web
15. How to Search the Web: A Guide To Search Tools
16. 1,001 Best Internet Tips: Search Engines
17. Finding Quality Information on the net
18. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
19. Copyright Resources on the Web
20. Tips on Improving Your Search Rankings!
21. The Scout's Searching the Internet
22. How to Search Computer Databases
23. Search Engine Watch
24. Search Insider
25. Ten Friendly Tips for Internet Research
26. Search Engines for the World Wide Web
27. Evaluating Quality on the Net
28. Hope N. Tillman: Recent Presentations
29. Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
30. Answering Reference Questions Using the Internet
31. Search engines on WWW
32. Tools for Building the Digital Library
33. Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Needs
34. Reviews of search engines
35. The Search Is Over
36. CNET reviews - where to find anything on the Net
37. The Search Page
38. Understanding WWW Search Tools
39. Web Search Cheat Sheet
40. CNET: Can search engines be tricked?
41. Web search engines
42. The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager
43. Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names

1. KFTF: Keeping Found Things Found Project Website
2. Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools Don't Always Mesh With How People Work
3. Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools Don’t Always Mesh With How People Work
4. NY Times: Now Where Was I? New Ways to Revisit Web Sites.