The most efficient search tools are Lycos, Excite, WebCrawler and Yahoo. Due to their size alone, you will find most of the information from these sites. Try a variety of search tools to fully explore your topic as different sites return different information.

In a hurry, use this section

Search Engines

Search Engines allow you to search databases for keywords or phrases via a forms-based page.

• Aliweb
• Alta Vista - digital.com
• eXcite! NetSearch
• Find-It!
• InfoSeek
• Intomi
• JumpCity
• Lycos
• New Rider's Official World Wide Web Yellow Pages
• OpenText
• W3 Catalog
• WebCrawler
• World Wide Web Worm

Search Internet Directories

Directories contain lists of sites organized by topic.

• Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides
• Galaxy
• GNN The Whole Internet Catalog
• McKinley Group's Megellan
• NetCenter
• Point Communications
• Pointers to Pointers
• Starting Point
• Web Voyager
• Yahoo
• Yellow Pages.com

Specialized Web Directories

• Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
• Open Market's Commercial Sites Index -- Find a specific company's web page.
• Infomine -- Government sponsored web sites

Metasearch Engines

Metasearch pages list multiple resources for launching queries

• All in One Search
• CUSI
• HyperNews
• Info Market
• The Internet Sleuth
• MetaCrawler
• Metasearch by metasearch.com
• Savvy Search
• Searchers
• Web-Search

Search Newsgroups

• DejaNews
• Excite NetSearch
• InfoSeek

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Search Other Internet Protocols

• Archie (ArchiPlex)- Search FTP sites for files
• Gopher / Jughead
• Gopher / Veronica