Search
Engines
Search Engines
 AltaVista
AltaVista is consistently one of the largest
search engines on the web.
http://www.altavista.com/
About.Com
Formally the Mining Company
http://www.about.com
Ask
Jeeves
Ask Jeeves an English-like question and it
will direct you to a location that will answer it.
http://www.askjeeves.com/
AOL
NetFind
http://www.aol.com/netfind/
Direct
Hit
Direct Hit works with other search engines on
the web,
http://www.directhit.com/
Excite
http://www.excite.com/
Google
http://www.google.com/
GoTo
http://www.goto.com/
HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/
Inktomi
http://www.inktomi.com/
Infoseek
http://www.infoseek.com/
Librarians"
Index to the Internet
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/
LookSmart
http://www.looksmart.com/
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/
MSN
(Microsoft)
http://home.microsoft.com/Default.asp
Netscape
http://www.netscape.com/
Northern
Light
http://www.northernlight.com/
or http://www.nlsearch.com/
Search.com
http://www.search.com/
Snap
http://www.snap.com/
WebCrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/
Children’s
Search Engines
Ask
Jeeves For Kids
Will not list a site that is on SurfWatch's
block list.
http://www.ajkids.com/
Disney
Internet Guide (DIG)
Children's Search Engines Only sites
considered appropriate for children.
http://www.disney.com/dig/today/
Yahooligans
Designed for ages 7 to 12.
http://www.yahooligans.com/
Filtered
Search Engines
Unlike the search engines listed above, the
following engines allow you to search all of the
web, not just a small subset of sites. Results are
said to be filtered to remove objectionable
material. However, adults should supervise
children's searches.
AltaVista
Family Filter
http://www.altavista.com/
Searchopolis
http://www.searchopolis.com/
Sites
For Children
Awesome
Library
Over 12,000 sites have been classified into a
directory, organized for teachers, students and
parents. Information can be found by browsing or
searching.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
EdView
The EdView Smart Zone is a collection of over
7 million teacher-reviewed web pages that are safe
for kids. Sites are categorized by subject and
grade level.
http://www.edview.com
Education
World
More than 50,000 sites of interest to
educators.
http://www.education-world.com/
KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
StudyWEB
Over 70,000 links for those preparing reports.
These sites have be categorized. Their are ratings
by grade level
http://www.studyweb.com
Super
Snooper
http://supersnooper.com/
Answers
Searching
The sites below specialize in providing
answers.
Ask
Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com/
Information
Please
Almanacs allow searching across various
almanacs,encyclopedia and a dictionary.
http://www.infoplease.com/
Financial
Enter the name of a company or a stock symbol,
and then you'll be linked to a page with quotes,
financial data, related web sites, etc.
DailyStocks
http://www.dailystocks.com/
justQuotes.com
http://www.justquotes.com/
TradingDay
http://tradingday.com/
Inomics
Site focusing on economists.
http://www.inomics.com/
Domain
Help
Amnesi
Help find the exact URL of a web site that you
have forgotten. Enter into Amnesi what you
remember, and get lists of sites it thinks match
your request.
http://www.amnesi.com/
Checkdomain.com
Check on domain availability with countries
around the world.
http://checkdomain.com/
Mailing
Lists
Zip+4
Code Lookup (U.S. Post Office)
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
E-Zine
List
List of mailing lists.
http://www.meer.net/~johnl/e-zine-list/
FindMail
Used for searching for mailing lists
http://www.findmail.com/
Liszt
http://www.liszt.com/
Metacrawlers
and Metasearch Engines
Go2Net
/ MetaCrawler
http://www.go2net.com/
Inference
Find
Inference lists results grouped by subject.
http://www.infind.com/
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com/
SavvySearch
http://www.savvysearch.com/
Internet
Sleuth
http://www.isleuth.com
Mamma
http://www.mamma.com/
Metafind
http://www.metafind.com/
Debriefing
English and French interfaces.
http://www.debriefing.com/
OneSeek
http://www.oneseek.com/
PureSearch
http://www.puresearch.com/
ProFusion
http://profusion.ittc.ukans.edu/
Proteus
http://www.thrall.org/proteus.html
Search
Spaniel
http://www.searchspaniel.com/
Multimedia
Search
Find pictures,images, sounds and multimedia
objects on the web.
ArribaVista
Find images on the web.
http://www.arribavista.com/
AltaVista
Photo Finder
http://image.altavista.com/
Lycos
Pictures and Sounds
http://www.lycos.com/picturethis
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Scour.Net
http://scour.net/
Newsgroup
Searching
Deja News
Enter a topic into Deja News and you will find
what newsgroups are relevant to your request.
http://www.dejanews.com/
Supernews
http://www.supernews.com
Shopping
Visa
Shopping Guide By Yahoo!
http://shopguide.yahoo.com/
Bottom
Dollar
Comparison shop for books, hardware,
software,etc.
http://www.bottomdollar.com/
BookBlvd.com
Compare book prices at 25 online stores.
http://www.bookblvd.com/
Buyer's
Index
nformation from 9,000 mail order companies,
web shopping sites, classified ad sites etc.
http://www.buyersindex.com
Compare.Net
http://www.compare.net/
Sharper
Image
On-line auction
http://www.sharperimage.com
ShopFind
http://www.shopfind.com/
News
Search Engines
NetSearcher
Of interest to web developers and Internet
professionals.
http://www.netsearcher.com/
SearchZ
Sites dealing with online advertising,
marketing and
http://www.searchz.com/
Web
Rings
Web rings are groups of sites that have linked
together around a similar topic.
Bomis
http://www.bomis.com/
WebRing
http://www.webring.org/.
Specialty
Services
Exes
Travel-oriented site.
http://www.exes.com/
Forum
One
Searches over 65,000 web-based discussion
forums.
http://www.forumone.com/
Knowx
Public records
"Public records contain valuable information
that can help you solve problems both at home and
at work. Because KnowX.com provides real-time
access to billions of public\ records, we're able
to offer you information other Web sites
can't."
http://www.knowx.com/
Medical
World Search
http://www.search.com/
Silicon
Valley Web Directory
Contains its own search engine to over 7,500 Web
sites about Silicon Valley, the computer industry,
and the San Francisco Bay Area's 10 counties.
Includes, cultural, entertainment, sports,
educational and recreational resource Web sites in
that area.
http://www.best.com/~mentorms/sanjose.htm
WhoWhere?
(Lycos People Finder)
http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/
Yahoo
People Search
http://people.yahoo.com/
Miscellaneous
BigBook
Businesses
http://www.bigbook.com/
Bigfoot
Names and addresses
http://www.bigfoot.com/
BizWeb
Businesses
http://www.bizweb.com/
Classmates
High school classmates
http://www.classmates.com/
ComFind
Company websites
http://comfind.com/
Highbeam
(old Electric
Library}
Publications and other databases of information.
For fee.
http://www.highbeam.com/library/index.asp
InfoSpace
Variety
InfoSpace.com's services include business and
people finders, government
directories, maps and directions, weather,
real-time stock quotes, and
much more.
http://www.infospace.com/
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