Recommended Internet Search Sites
Tracy Marks,
Photoshop, Web Design and Internet Skills Consultant
tracy@windweaver.com
See also http://www.webwinds.com/classes/bkmarks.htm
http://www.windweaver.com/searchpage.htm
SEARCH ENGINES
Google http://www.google.com (selects site by popularity and relevance)
AlltheWeb http://www.alltheweb.com
(selects site primarily by relevance)
AskJeeves http://www.ask.com (natural language search)
AltaVista http://www.altavista.com (smaller database,
with full boolean searches)
Metacrawler http://www.metacrawler.com (multisearch, searching search engines)
Surfwax http://www.surfwax.com (multisearch with
additional features)
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com (multisearch,
searching search engines)
Search.com http://www.search.com (multisearch, searching
search engines)
Mamma http://www.mamma.com
(another popular multisearch engine)
Search Engine Colossus http://www.searchenginecolossus.com
(international)
Complete Planet http://www.completeplanet.com (search
engines and databases)
WebSearch101 http://websearch.about.com
(guide to Internet searching)
Search Engine tips http://searchenginewatch.com/facts
DIRECTORIES
Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com (the largest directory,
with search engine features)
Google http://www.google.com/dirhp (google’s large directory)
Looksmart http://www.looksmart.com
(a smaller, more select directory)
OpenDirectory http://dmoz.org (large
volunteer-operated directory)
About.com http://www.about.com (specialized directories)
LIBRARIES/REFERENCE
Librarian’s Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org
(user-friendly reference site)
InfoMine Scholarly Resources http://infomine.ucr.edu
World Wide Web Virtual Library http://vlib.org (comprehensive databases)
Library Spot http://www.libraryspot.com (the library of libraries)
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (a popular online encyclopedia)
FindArticles http://www.findarticles.com
(search millions of magazine articles)
NEWS
Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com (national news sources)
Google News http://news.google.com
(4500 news sources)
Daily Earth Newspaper directory http://dailyearth.com (national and international)
NewsDirectory http://www.newsdirectory.com
(newspapers and magazines)
Newspapers.com http://www.newspapers.com
(over 10,000 newspapers online)
PEOPLE and GROUPS
Yahoo People Search http://people.yahoo.com
Switchboard Yellow and White pages http://www.switchboard.com
Google newsgroups
http://groups.google.com
Yahoogroups Mailing Lists (Discussion) http://www.yahoogroups.com
GOVERNMENT
FirstGov http://www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml (
FedWorld http://www.fedworld.com (government information)
FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com (legal search)
LawGuru http://www.lawguru.com
(legal questions and answers)
Virtual Chase http://www.virtualchase.com/resources/index.shtml (legal research guide)
SearchSystems http://www.searchsystems.net (public records)
BUSINESS/COMPANY SITES
Brint.com http://www.brint.com (the premier business directory)
Wall Street Executive Library http://www.executivelibrary.com (best business sites)
FreeEdgar http://freeedgar.com (company information)
Edgar http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml (sec filings and forms)
Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com (international)
LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com
(fee-based legal, government and business search)
BusinessWire http://home.businesswire.com (business news)
MEDICAL SEARCH
WebMD http://www.webmd.com
WebMD’s Medscape http://www.medscape.com/home
MedExplorer http://www.medexplorer.com
IntelliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com
(Aetna/Harvard Medical School health guide)
MedNDX http://www.medicalndx.com (medical search engine)
Dr.Koop http://www.drkoop.com (consumer health)
Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com (consumer health)