Search Engines
100hot
In operation since 1995, 100hot is the first category-by-category
ranking index of Internet sites. The 100hot index identifies and
ranks the top 100 Web sites in such categories as technology, entertainment,
finance, lifestyle, games, sports, and news. 100hot compiles its
listings based on the analysis of log files from cache servers located
at strategic points throughout the Internet. 100hot is the Web's
leading free site-ranking service.
ALIWEB
Search by subject, keyword, phrase; can choose type of record and
fields to search and display; may restrict by domain; limit number
of matches; robot-generated, Archie-like database. Updated daily.
Search All In One
Over 500 of the Internet's best search engines, databases,
indexes, and directories in a single site. They have been
combined here to form a consistent interface and convenient
all-in-one search point.
Alta Vista
AltaVista provides a fast and comprehensive search service. Altavista
integrates unique technology and services to deliver relevant results
faster for individuals and Web-based businesses.
Argus Clearinghouse
The Argus Clearinghouse provides a central access point for value-added
topical guides which identify, describe, and evaluate Internet-based
information resources.
excite
excite searches the World Wide Web, Usenet Newsgroups and Usenet
classified advertisements (the past two weeks) either by the keyword,
concept or browse method.
Dogpile
A leading metasearch service that integrates several medium and
large Web search and index guides into a single service. It also
provides a single launching point for stock quotes, usenet articles,
weather forecasts, yellow pages, and more.
Galaxy
The Galaxy directory links to thousands of sites around the Internet.
Galaxy makes it possible to search these sites in various ways to
help you find the information you're looking for. For more information,
please see How to Use
Galaxy.
GO Network InfoSeek
In addition to general and category-specific metasearch, Go2Net
Personal offers customizable news, discussion, and stock information,
as well as direct access to Go2Net's own finance, free Web hosting,
shopping and Java multiplayer game sites.
Gopher keyword
search
Use key words and phrases on Veronica and Jughead search engines.
Gopher subject search
Browse subject tree collections from around the world.
Infomine
This home page from the University of California, Riverside, provides
a good collection of links to federal government sites. For more
information, please see Hello!.
INTERCAT
Catalog of Internet Resources (OCLC)
The overall objective of this project is to test and evaluate the
efficacy o f using USMARC format bibliographic records, including
electronic location and access information, to provide description,
lo cation, and access information for remotely accessible electronic
information objects. For more inf ormation, please see
Internet Cataloging Project.
Lycos
Lycos network of sites includes Lycos.com, Tripod, Angelfire, WhoWhere,
MailCity, HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey, Suck.com and
MyTime.com. The Lycos Network provides leading Web search and navigation,
communications and personalization tools, homepage building and
Web community services and a cutting-edge shopping center. For more
information, please see the
Lycos documentation.
Magellan (formerly McKinley
Internet Directory)
An on-line directory of described, rated and reviewed Internet resources
and other key facts instantly accessible to users. The McKinley
Internet Directory presents both star ratings and detailed previews
of descriptions right at the first level of searching.
MetaCrawler Metasearch Service
MetaCrawler incorporates from the top search engines on the Web.
It collates results, eliminates duplication, scores the results
and provides the user with a comprehensive list of relevant sites.
Ready Reference Collection
Provided by the Internet Public Library (IPL). An annotated
collection of Internet resources. It is not intended to be a comprehensive
hotlist to all sites on every subject. For more information, please
see About the
Ready Reference Collection a nd
About the Internet Public Library.
Savvy Search
Search by keyword(s); queries several search engines at once; can
choose types of information desired and number of search engines
to use. All available information is at the above link.
Starting Point
Starting Point - MetaSearch enables you to search the Web's most
extensive databases using one simple search form. Our goal is to
provide your starting point to search the Web. All available documentation
is at the above link.
University
of Waterloo Electronic Library
Browse scholarly journals by subject. For more information, please
see the Scholarly
Societies Project .
WebCrawler
Search by keyword(s); Boolean operators supported; indexes contents
of documents, not just their titles and URLs.
WWW Virtual Library
Distributed subject catalogue provided by the W3C
World Wide Web Consortium.
World Wide Web Yellow Pages
Just what you'd expect: lists of all the businesses on the Web,
with daily updates and links to search tools.
Yahoo search
Search by keyword(s) and subject;
keyword searches can be restricted to titles, URLs, and comments;
database compiled by user submissions and robots. For more information,
please see The Yahoo FAQ.
|
