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Top Search Engines, Directories, Libraries, MetaSearch
search engines    multi-search engines    specialized search engines
directories    top site directories     libraries    metasearch pages

This page is not merely a list of links, but is a selective collection of top Net search
tools. For more categories,  go to searchpages or index.  Top search engine, library,
and directory reviews are at searchtools;  search keyword syntax guides at searchguide
or searchhelper.

Also at Windweaver's Internet Search  Bookstore: 80+  current Net
search and research guides and directories. Dozens of categories,
discounted books, and secure, prompt ordering via Amazon.com.
 

Search Engines: The Best
Go/Infoseek's Advanced Search Form
         http://www.go.com/find?pg=advanced_www.html&ud9=advanced_www
       or go to http://www.go.com/  and choose Search Options
Northern Light   http://www.nlsearch.com/  or http://www.northernlight.com
AltaVista (advanced) http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=aq&what=web
          (or go to http://www.altavista.com/  and choose advanced search for boolean)

Go.com              http://www.go.com
Excite Search     http://www.excite.com
HotBot              http://www.hotbot.com/
AOL NetFind    http://www.aol.com/netfind/home.html
Webcrawler      http://www.webcrawler.com
Lycos               http://www.lycos.com
Google                 http://www.google.com/
Ask Jeeves       http://www.askjeeves.com
 

Multi-Search Engines
*Savvy Search Multi-Search  http://www.savvysearch.com/
*Metacrawler Multisearch     http://www.metacrawler.com
*All the Web Fast Search      http://www.alltheweb.com/      NEW!
DogPile        http://www.dogpile.com

Highway 61 Multisearch        http://www.highway61.com
Metafind    http://www.metafind.com
Inference Find     http://www.infind.com/
DeBriefing   http://www.debriefing.com/
Beaucoup 600 Search Engines    http://www.beaucoup.com/engines.html

Mamma, Mother of All Search Engines   http://www.mamma.com/
WebSearch MetaSearch   http://www.web-search.com:80/
CNETs Search.com Multi-Search Page     http://www.search.com
Webreference Search Engine page     http://www.webreference.com/search.html
 
 

Specialized Search Engines
 

Databases
Internet Sleuth: 200 Databases    http://www.isleuth.com/
Search Net Happenings  http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/caservices/net-hap/index.html

Miscellaneous
Specialty Search Engines http://www.searchenginewatch.com/links/Specialty_Search_Engines/
Muscat EuroFerret European Site Search   http://www.euroferret.com/
Asia Net's 750 Select Search Engines   http://www.asianet.net/search.html
Inquiry Com Information Technology search  http://www.inquiry.com/
Mediafinder    http://www.mediafinder.com/custom.cfm
DevSearch Web Development Search Engine  http://www.devsearch.com/
Whois Domain Search   http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois/
Domain Name Search  http://www.ibc.wustl.edu/ibc/domain_form.html

Educational
Ask Eric Educational Search    http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/
PedagoNet Educational Search   http://www.pedagonet.com
Study Web Research Site    http://www.studyweb.com/
Library of Congress Search    http://lcweb.loc.gov/harvest/
NetSearcher for Internet Professionals  http://www.netsearcher.com/

Government and Legal
Vital Records (U.S.)  http://vitalrec.com/
FindLaw Legal Search    http://www.findlaw.com/index.html
InfoMine Government info search   http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/govpubsearch.phtml
Free Edgar Government Search  http://fe.FreeEDGAR.com/home.htm
Edgar http://www.sec.gov/edaux/searches.htm

Health and Medical
HealthGate  Medline   http://www.healthgate.com/HealthGate/MEDLINE/search.shtml
Nat. Library of Medicine  Medline  http://wwwindex.nlm.nih.gov/index/nlmindex.html
Medical Matrix Medline Search  http://www.medmatrix.org/info/medlinetable.asp
Switchboard People Search    http://www.switchboard.com
Forum One  Forums  http://www.forumone.com
*DejaNews Newsgroups http://www.deja.com
Liszt Mailing Lists http://www.liszt.com
Companies http://www.companiesonline.com/ 

Also see Tracy Marks psychology research bookmarks, with dozens of research links:
http://www.webwinds.com/classes/bkpsyres.htm
 
  Directories   *most recommended
*Yahoo (directory)      http://www.yahoo.com
     Yahoo Search Options     http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search/options
*Looksmart Select        http://www.looksmart.com
Magellan           http://magellan.excite.com/

Galaxy Professional Directory       http://www.einet.net/
Lycos A2Z Internet directory        http://a2z.lycos.com/
Go/Infoseek Directory              http://www.go.com
Starting Point         http://www.stpt.com/
Suite 101  http://www.suite101.com/
StudyWeb  http://www.studyweb.com/
Search Beat  http://www.search-beat.com/
The Info Service  http://info-s.com/

Brint: A Business Researchers Interest http://www.brint.com/interest.html
Martindale's Reference Center   http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Ref.html
About.com (previously Mining Company) Subject Site Guides   http://www.about.com
Directory Guide (for web site submissions)  http://www.directoryguide.com/
 

Top Site and Award Directories *recommended
These are highly selective directories of best sites, and award-winning sites.

Looksmart Directory     http://www.looksmart.com
Zensearch Select Directory   http://www.zensearch.com/
Brittanica Internet Guide  http://www.brittanica.com
Web Scout Best Links     http://www.webscout.com
RoadKill Cafe's 175 Great Sites   http://www.calweb.com/~roadkill/great.html
Digital Librarian Best of the Web  http://www.servtech.com/public/mvail/home.html
 

TOP 100 or 1000 Web Site Lists
The Web 100   http://www.web100.com/listings/all.html
WebCounter Top 100    http://www.digits.com/top/both_100.html
WebSide Story Top 1000   http://www.hitbox.com/wc/world2.html
 

Windweaver's favorite Computer/Internet sites:
Ziff-Davis'  ZDNET  http://www.zdnet.com          CNET  http:/www.cnet.com
 

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