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On this page you will find links to many of the most popular search tools available. Also included are direct links to each tool's help file or FAQ (where possible). Note that some tools are hybrids and appear in more than one category.

Index

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[Directories]	[Search Engines]	[Meta-Sites]	[Finding People]	[Finding Businesses]
[Reference Tools]	[Misc. Tools]	[Search for Files]	[Useful Resources]	[Tools For Kids]

These are current Hot List

Directory	Yahoo	Reference Site	Research-It
Search Engine	Google	Finding Businesses	SuperPages
Meta-Site	DogPile	Finding People	PeopleSite

Subject Directories

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips Links
Yahoo!	http://www.yahoo.com	Help
About.com	http://about.com/	Our Story
CompletePlanet	http://www.completeplanet.com/	Help
DirectHit Directory	http://www.directhit.com/	Help
Galaxy Directory	http://www.galaxy.com/	Help
Google Directory	http://www.google.com/dirhp?hl=en	Help
InfoGrid	http://www.infogrid.com/	Help
LookSmart Directory	http://www.looksmart.com	Help Files
MSN Search	http://search.msn.com/	Click the Help link
Oingo Categories	http://www.oingo.com/	n/a
Open Directory Project	http://dmoz.org/	About
Quango	http://www.qango.com/	Help
Sapphire Swan Web Guide	http://www.sapphireswan.com/webguide/	n/a
SearchGate	http://www.searchgate.co.uk/	n/a
SurfPoint (LinkExchange)	http://www.surfpoint.com/	About
WWW Virtual Library	http://www.vlib.org/	Help
WebCrawler Channels	http://www.webcrawler.com	Click the Help link

Search Engines

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips Links
Google	http://www.google.com	Help
AltaVista Search	http://www.altavista.com/	Help
DirectHit	http://www.directhit.com/	Help
Excite Search	http://www.excite.com	Help Files
FAST Search	http://www.alltheweb.com/	Help
Galaxy	http://www.galaxy.com/	Help
Go	http://www.go.com/	Click the Help link
HotBot Search	http://hotbot.lycos.com/	Help
iWON	http://www.iwon.com/	Help
Lycos Search	http://www.lycos.com	Help Files/Search Tips
MSN Search	http://search.msn.com/	Click the Help link
NBCi	http://nbci.msnbc.com/	FAQ
Northern Light Search Engine	http://www.northernlight.com/	Help/Hints
Oingo Categories	http://www.oingo.com/	n/a
Overture	http://www.overture.com/	Help Files
Vivisimo	http://vivisimo.com/html/index.html	Search Syntax
Teoma	http://www.teoma.com/	Help Files
WiseNut	http://www.WiseNut.com/	About
WebCrawler	http://www.webcrawler.com	Click the Help link
Web Wombat	http://www2.webwombat.com.au/	Help

Meta-Site Search

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips Links
DogPile	http://www.dogpile.com	Help
AskJeeves	http://www.askjeeves.com/	Help
c4	http://www.c4.com/	Help
DipBox	http://www.dipbox.com/	Help
Highway 61	http://www.highway61.com/	How It Works
ixquick	http://www.ixquick.com/	Help
MAMA The Mother of all Search Engines	http://www.mamma.com/	Search Tips
Meta Crawler	http://www.metacrawler.com	Search Tools & Tips
MultiMeta	http://www.multimeta.com/	Help
Planet Search	http://www.planetsearch.com/	n/a
ProFusion	http://www.profusion.com/	Help
Search.com (c\|net)	http://www.search.com/	Help
SurfWax	http://www.surfwax.com/	Help
QuickBrowse	http://www.qbsearch.com/	n/a

White Pages Tools

(Used for finding people's e-mail addresses, phone numbers, web page addresses, and/or land-mail addresses.)

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips
PeopleSite	Click link at left to go directly to PeopleSite.	n/a
555-1212.com	http://www.555-1212.com/	Help
Bigfoot	http://bigfoot.com	Help Files
InfoSpace	http://www.infospace.com	n/a
International White and Yellow Pages	http://www.wayp.com/	Help & FAQ
NEDSite	http://www.nedsite.nl/search/people.htm	n/a
SuperPages	http://wp.superpages.com/people.phtml?SRC=	About & Help
Switchboard	http://www.switchboard.com	Help
Ultimates Meta-Site	http://www.theultimates.com/	n/a
WhitePages.com	http://www.whitepages.com	Help
WhoWhere?	http://www.whowhere.lycos.com	Help Files
World Email Directory	http://www.worldemail.com	n/a
Yahoo People Search	http://people.yahoo.com/	Help Files/Search Tips

Yellow Page Tools

(Used for finding business' e-mail addresses, phone numbers, 800 numbers, web page addresses, and/or land-mail addresses.)

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips Links
SuperPages	http://wp.superpages.com/people.phtml?SRC=	About & Help
555-1212.com	http://www.555-1212.com/	Help
AnyWho Directory Service	http://www.anywho.com/tf.html	Help
International White and Yellow Pages	http://www.wayp.com/o	Help & FAQ
Internet 800 Search	http://inter800.com/search.htm	Help Files
InfoSpace (Meta-Site)	http://www.infospace.com	Varies, see individual tools
Switchboard	http://www.switchboard.com	Help Files/Search Tips Links
Ultimates Meta-Site	http://www.theultimates.com/	n/a
WhoWhere?	http://www.whowhere.lycos.com	Help Files/Search Tips Links

Reference Search Tools

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)
Research It	http://WWW.ITOOLS.COM/research-it/
Bartlett´s Familiar Quotations (Columbia Univ.)	http://www.bartleby.com/100/
Elements of Style (by William Strunk Jr.)	http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Encyclopedia Britannica (free trial for seven days)	http://www.eb.com/
Grammar Handbook (Univ. of Illinois)	http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammarmenu.htm
Internet Public Library Univ. of Michigan	http://www.ipl.org/
Librarian's Guide to Internet Resources	http://www.winsor.edu/library/libguide.htm
Local Times Around the World	http://www.hilink.com.au/times/
Merriam Webster Dictionary	http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
PedagoNet Learning Resource Center	http://www.pedagonet.com/
OneLook Dictionaries	http://www.onelook.com/
Roget´s Thesaurus	http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
The Internet Classics Archive (at MIT)	http://classics.mit.edu/
Yahoo's Reference Tools List	http://dir.yahoo.com/reference/

Search Tools for Kids

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips Links
AOL Search Kids Only	http://webcenter.search.aol.com/kids/	n/a
AskJeeves Kids	http://www.ajkids.com/	Help
Awesome Library	http://www.awesomelibrary.org/	About
Berit's Best	http://www.beritsbest.com/	n/a
Education Index	http://www.educationindex.com/	n/a
Lycos Zone	http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/homework/hwsearch.html	Help
Internet Public Library Youth Division	http://www.ipl.org/youth/	n/a
K-12 Infomine	http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?k12	Click the Search tips link
Kids Search Tools	http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm	n/a
KidsClick	http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/	Search Lessons
Yahoolagans	http://www.yahooligans.com/	n/a

Miscellaneous Search Tools

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/ Search Tips Links
Argus Clearinghouse for Subject Oriented Guides	http://www.clearinghouse.net	Help Files/ Search Tips Links
Google Groups (Newsgroup Searching)	http://groups.google.com/	Help Files
GovBot Government Search Site U.S. Business Advisor	http://www.business.gov/busadv/search.cfm	Help
MapQuest Maps, Driving Directions, Interactive Atlas	http://www.mapquest.com	Click the Help link
Zip Code Lookup U.S. Postal Service	http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/.com	n/a

Tools That Will Help You Find File(applications, programs, shareware, etc.)


Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips Links
Aliweb	http://aliweb.emnet.co.uk/	Introduction
ArchiePlex	http://archie.emnet.co.uk/form.html	n/a
Association of Shareware Professionals Download Sites	http://www.asp-shareware.org/searchsites.asp	n/a
CNet´s Shareware.com	http://www.shareware.com/	n/a
FreewareArena	http://www.freewarearena.com/	n/a
Freeware Files	http://www.freewarefiles.com/	n/a
Freeware Filez	http://www.freewarefilez.com/	n/a
Freeware Home	http://www.freewarehome.com/	n/a
Freeware Guide	http://www.freeware-guide.com/	n/a
FreewareWeb	http://www.freewareweb.com/	n/a
Jumbo	http://www.jumbo.com/	n/a
Stroud´s Consummate Winsock Applications	http://cws.internet.com/	Intro
The Shareware Place	http://www.sharewareplace.com/	n/a
Tucows The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software	http://www.tucows.com/	n/a
ZDNet Downloads	http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/	n/a

Other Search Tools Lists


Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)	Help Files/Search Tips Links
Beaucoup	http://www.beaucoup.com/1geneng.html	Help
Clay's Search Tools List	http://www.clayl.com/searchlinx.html	n/a
Essential Links	A well-organized directory of links to search engines, directories and other resources.
FindSpot	http://www.findspot.com	Click the Help link
Search Engine Watch Search Tools List	http://searchenginewatch.com/links/	n/a

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