Resources for Searching the Web

If in need of a tutorial for searching the web? The best sites to check are:

• Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web, by Ellen Chamberlain, University of South Carolina-Beaufort
• Finding Information on the Internet, from Berkeley's library, which goes from the basics to advanced techniques

For those wishing pointers to the best sites, not just the obvious, Search Engine Watch is a comprehensive site for power users-- Webmasters, as well as Web searchers.

SEARCH ENGINES

• General Web Search Engines
  • Alta Vista, searches both Web pages and Usenet groups
  • Ask Jeeves, a natural language search engine
  • Excite
  • Google!, developed at Stanford University
  • HotBot
  • Lycos
  • Pandia
• Meta-Search Engines: searching multiple search engines
  • ixquick.com, meta-searcher using relevancy ranking
  • Mamma, parallel search engine
• Specialized Search Engines
  • FAQ Finder
  • Filez, to search for files (freeware, shareware, etc.)
  • Forum One, searches online forum discussions
  • Google Groups, for searching Usenet
  • LibraryLand, with indexing/search service of major sites dedicated to the practice of librarianship
  • Listserv List & Searcher, from tile.net
  • NetNames USA, to find domain name information
  • Pandia Newsfinder
  • Search Engine Colossus, an international directory; for area-specific searches
  • SearcheBooks.com, Internet search engine limited to ebook Web sites
  • SearchEdu.com, Internet search engine limited to university and education related web sites
  • SearchEngineGuide.Com
  • SearchGov.com, Internet search engine limited to government web sites
  • SearchMil.com, Internet search engine limited to military web sites
  • Web Search, from About.com; to locate industry- or subject-specific search engines

SUBJECT TREES and ELECTRONIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Structures Based on Traditional Forms of Library Classification
  • BUBL LINK, by Dewey Class
  • CyberStacks, organizing Web sites using Library of Congress classification by Gerry McKiernan,
  • The Virtual Reference Desk, an academic research guide organized using LC Classification by Christopher C. Brown
  • Beyond Bookmarks: Schemes for Organizing the Web, by Gerry McKiernan
• Other Forms of Classification
  • About.com, topical guides edited by subject specialists
  • Academic Info, a subject directory of Internet resources tailored to the university community; by Mike Madin
  • eBLAST : Encyclopædia Britannica's Internet Guide
  • Google Web Directory
  • INFOMINE, organized access to significant university level research and educational tools on the Internet
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet, Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
  • The WWW Virtual Library Subject Catalogue, the oldest catalog of the Web started by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Yahoo

ADDRESS and TELEPHONE SEARCH ENGINES

• AnyWho, for residential, business, and government telephone numbers, fax numbers, reverse telephone search ,email addresses and toll-free numbers
• InfoSpace.com, for residential and business telephone numbers, faxes, and reverse lookup for telephone, address and email,plus other information such as city guides
• Internet Address Finder, for email address and reverse email search
• Switchboard, for residential and business telephone numbers, addresses, zip codes, email addresses, plus "What's Nearby?" for restaurants, stores, etc. in the area
• WhoWhere?, for residential and business telephone numbers and email addresses, plus other information such as genealogy search
• Yahoo People Search, for residential telephone numbers, addresses and email, plus links to maps and will search old email addresses

SEARCH REVIEWS

• BotSpot: The Spot for all Bots on the Net, with thorough information on bots and Internet agents (also known as worms, spiders, robots, etc.)
• Search Engine Watch
• Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals, includes some full-text articles from the print version