Use more than one of the search engines and directories included here when searching for academic or recreational information. They vary in how they search and what they have in their indexes. Many have cached the web pages on their own servers and may not have the latest version of the page. They may bring up different but equally useful files. Several are quite specialized search engines for specific resources. Search engine homepages often have search tips and advanced features. Read and use them. You are able to query some of the engines directly from this web page.
Recommended starting points are:
- GOOGLE - very good (probably the best) all round search engine for academic information
- ALL THE WEB - another good search engine
These may be useful for specific kinds of academic information and for general recreational searching:
- ACADEMIC INFO - from About.com
- ADAM - Art, Design, Architecture, Media Information Gateway
- ALL THE TESTS - search for tests on the www
- ALTA VISTA
- ALTA VISTA IMAGE SEARCH - find photos and art on the www
- ARTCYCLOPEDIA - fine arts search engine
- ASK
- BLUE WEB'N - Database of website resources for education.
- COMPLETEPLANET - Directory of databases and specialty engines
- DOGPILE
- DMOZ - OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT
- EUROSEEK - search European websites
- FAST SEARCH
- FirstGov.com - official website for searching for U.S. government documents
- GOOGLE UNCLE SAM - searches for governments sites and documents
- HOTBOT - good engine
- HUMAN RIGHTS - meta engine for searching multiple human rights sites
- INFOMINE - scholarly webpage resources
- INOMICS - an economics gateway and search engine
- IINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - links from the WWW Virtual Library
- INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY
- ITOOLS - select search type for your query
- KNOWLEDGE HOUND - The How-to Hunter
- LEGAL ENGINE - a search engine/directory online legal information
- LIBRARIAN'S INTERNET INDEX - a subject directory
- LYCOS
- MSN
- NETSCAPE
- OAIster -- search for academic, digital resources
- POLITICAL INFORMATION - a search engine for politics and polity
- PROFUSION - a meta-search tool
- SCOUT REPORT ARCHIVE - Searchable database of academic resource websites. Also browsable by Library of Congress Subject Classification.
- SEARCH ENGINE COLOSSUS - International Directory of Search Engines
- SEARCH ENGINE GUIDE - index to over 2000 subject specific engines and directories
- SEARCHEDU.COM - index of college, university and other educational sites
- Science.Gov - directory of US government science sites
- Scirus - for science information
- StartSpot Network -- search categories for news and reviews
- YAHOO
- YUREKA! - a "find engine"
For instructions on how to cite information found on the WWW, use the bibliographic style notes on the MMC NOTEBOOK Web page. Other guides for finding, evaluating, citing and using information are also linked to this web page.
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