Search Engines
- All
theWeb, All the Time
- Search the
web, news, pictures, videos, MP3 files and FTP
files.
- AltaVista
- A large search
engine featuring advanced Boolean searching
and date ranging.
- Ask
Jeeves
- Enter a question
in plain English and Ask Jeeves returns a list
of similar questions. After users select the
closest match, Ask Jeeves takes them to a site
that answers the question.
- Daypop
- A current
events search engine. Indexes news sites
and weblogs.
- Excite
- Search web
sites, directories, news and photos.
- FirstGov
- Official gateway
to federal government websites, services and
online transactions. Find information
from U.S. local, state and federal government
agency websites.
- Google
- Search the
web, images, Usenet groups or the directory
feature. Includes advanced search, preferences
and language tools.
- HotBot
- Searches the
full text of documents in its large database.
Ranks retrieval by relevance. Can refine search,
limiting retrieval by date, language, media
type, technology or domain. Advanced search
feature allows Boolean searching.
- Lycos
- Search the
web or specific portions of it.
- Teoma
- Results consider
authority as well as relevancy. Offers
suggestions on refining your search, and includes
a resource section that refers to websites created
by enthusiasts and experts.
- WebCrawler
- Search the
web, news or photos. The zoom in feature refines
your query by producing a list of related terms.
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Multi-Engine
Sites: sites listing many search engines
- Beaucoup!
- Links to
more than 2500 search engines, directories and
indices. Arranged by category.
- EZ-Find
- Enter keywords
and submit them in turn to any one of twelve
search engines.
- Findspot
- Includes search
engines and directories.
- Search
Engine Colossus
- Provides links
to search engines from 196 countries.
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Meta-Search
Engines: search several search engines simultaneously
- Dogpile
- Searches the
web, images, audio/MP3, FTP and news wires.
Offers custom search options, allowing you to
query any or all of the search engines supported.
- ixquick
- Limit your
search to the web, news, MP3 or pictures.
- Mamma:
The Mother of all Search Engines
- Search the
web, news, images, video and audio.
- MetaCrawler
- Searches major
engines and organizes results by relevance to
the search term.
- ProFusion
- Metasearch
over 1000 search sites, including engines, web
directories, discussion groups, news sources,
online publications and archives.
- Search.com
- Metasearch
over 800 specialized engines.
- Vivisimo
- Enter a search
query and receive the combined output of several
search engines in organized, clustered groups.
- Zworks
- Searches 15
search engines simultaneously, removing duplicates
and ranking results.
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Subject Directories
- The
Argus Clearinghouse
- Provides topical
guides to rated Internet resources.
- Infomine
- Intended for
faculty, students, and research staff at the
university level. Contains highly useful Internet
resources including databases, electronic journals,
electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs,
online library card catalogs, articles and directories
of researchers.
- Librarian's
Index to the Internet
- A directory
of annotated Internet resources arranged by
subject. The index is browsable or searchable
by keyword in subject, title or description.
- LookSmart
- Explore the
web using a list of broad subjects that allow
you to zero in on more specific topics, finally
generating a list of web sites for you.
Also has a search feature that allows you to
input terms.
- The
Open Directory
- A web directory
edited by people, it is arranged by subject.
- The
WWW Virtual Library
- The oldest
catalog of the web, it is a respected subject
guide to the Internet.
- Yahoo!
- A browsable
subject guide to the web. Yahoo also allows
keyword searching.
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Invisible
Web
- Direct
Search
- A searchable
compilation of links to search interfaces of
resources that contain data not easily or entirely
searchable or accessible from general search
engines.
- Invisibleweb.com
- A directory
of over 10,000 databases, archives, and search
engines that contain information that traditional
search engines have been unable to access.
- CompletePlanet
- A compilation
of searchable databases and specialty search
engines.
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Discussion List and News Group Locators
- CataList
- A continuously
updated, searchable catalog of public listservs.
- Google
Groups
- Search Usenet
newsgroups by keyword, or browse by topic.
- Tile.net
- A reference
to all public listserv discussion groups on
the Internet, as well as Usenet newsgroups and
FTP sites.
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Maps
- How
far is it?
- Calculates
the distance between two places using latitude
and longitude data from the U.S. Census and
a supplementary list of international cities.
- Map
Blast!
- Retrieve a
map using address, area code and exchange, domain
name, latitude and longitude, or airport codes.
Other options include driving directions and
favorite destinations. Requires registration.
- MapQuest!
- A consumer
travel site. Provides maps, driving directions,
trip planning aids and more.
- Maps
in the News
- Web site of
the John R. Borchert Map Library at the University
of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
- Maps
on Us
- Create maps
or plan a route using an address. Search
yellow pages by name or business type and retrieve
businesses within a selected distance from a
selected location.
- MapServer
- Online mapping
resource for topographic maps and charts for
land, sea and air.
- National
Geographic Map Machine
- National Geographic's
site includes country maps, facts, flags and
profiles, as well as political and physical
maps.
- Subway
Navigator
- Find subway
routes in various cities around the world.
Arranged by country.
- Yahoo!
Maps
- Enter an address
to generate a map of the area. Then offers
driving directions or locate businesses feature.
- ZIP
Code Lookup
- Use to find
the proper ZIP code for an address, or to find
city/state ZIP code associations.
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New Jersey State
Government Directories
- NJ
State Employee Telephone Directory
- NJ
State Agency Telephone Directory
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Telephone
Directories and People Finders
- AMA
Physician Select
- Provides information
on licensed physicians in the United States.
- AnyWho
- U.S. white
page listings for people and businesses. Also
provides business category, telephone number
lookup, and toll free number search options.
Includes international links for white and yellow
pages.
- InfoSpace
- Includes a
variety of yellow page and white page search
options, as well as classified, business and
city guides.
- infoUSA
- Search U.S.
or Canadian white pages by name or telephone
number, and yellow pages by business name, category
or phone number.
- Internet
Address Finder
- Search for
Internet addresses by personal name, or by e-mail
address.
- Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Locator
- Provides access
to the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
Search by lawyer name, law firm, location and
area of practice, and corporate name.
Can also locate government lawyers and law faculty.
- RingThem.com
- A comprehensive
listing of world telephone directories online.
- Search
Systems
- Links to public
records databases.
- SuperPages.com
- U.S. businesses
are searchable by name and type of business.
Includes a distance search feature which locates
similar businesses within a selected distance,
and a detailed search mode. Includes SuperPage
links for Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as
a link for Spanish.
- Switchboard
- Find people,
businesses, products and maps & directions.
- Telephone
Directories on the Web
- Index of international
telephone directories. Choices differ from country
to country, but generally include white and
yellow pages.
- The
Ultimate White Pages
- Provides a
common interface to search six different phone
number directories: Yahoo, WhoWhere, Switchboard,
AnyWho, InfoSpace and Whitepages.com.
Can also search by phone number and for maps.
- West
Legal Directory
- Locate a lawyer
or a law firm. Search options include:
government, corporate, location, area of practice,
international, law firm and lawyer name.
- WhitePages.com
- Find a person,
area code, zip code, email address, toll free
number, web site, international telephone directory
or make a map. Can also search by phone
number or address.
- WhoWhere
- Search for
e-mail addresses, residential phone numbers,
business listings, celebrities, home pages and
ancestors.
- Yahoo!
People Search
- Searchable
white pages and e-mail directories.
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Toll-Free Directories
- AnyWho
Toll-Free Listing
- The
Internet 800 Directory
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