Subject Directories
Browse subject directories of Internet resources as well as search by keyword.

Librarians' Index to the Internet for the State of Washington
(http://wa.lii.org/)
"Information You Can Trust." The Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 11,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries.

LibrarySmart
(www.librarysmart.com/working/home.asp)
"Your online guide to smart information." A guide to finding reliable information online.

Yahoo
(www.yahoo.com)
A hierarchical subject-oriented guide for the World Wide Web and Internet; includes Web pages, Usenet groups, Email addresses, as well as a growing list of sites specifically for kids (Yahooligans).

Internet Public Library
(http://www.ipl.org/)
A public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. Provide library services to Internet users. Activities include: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources; and direct assistance to individuals.

Britannica.com
(http://britannica.com)
Use the outline of topics or the search to find sites reviewed and rated by Encyclopedia Britannica.

Internet Scout
(http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/)
The "best Internet resources"; chosen and organized by librarians and other educators.

Webseek
(http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~mm/cache/WebSeek.htm)
Find images and videos on the web.

The WWW Virtual Library
(http://conbio.net/VL/database/index.cfm)
Provides a catalog of Web sites arranged in hundreds of subject categories and subcategories by volunteer experts in each field.

Search Engines
Search very large indexes of Internet resources by keyword.

Google
(http://www.google.com/)
Advanced search technology designed to return results most important to the user first.

Ask
(http://www.ask.com/)
Utilizes innovative search technologies to find relevant information in a timely manner.

Alta Vista
(http://www.altavista.com/)
Provides simple and advanced searches of over 30 million Web pages and 17,000 Usenet postings; excels at finding obscure bits of information on the Web quickly.

Excite
(http://www.excite.com/)
Tracks down information by searching for concepts, not just keywords; searches over 50 million Web pages and includes over 60,000 Web site reviews by subject.

HotBot
(http://hotbot.lycos.com/)
A full-text search engine that indexes over 50 million Web pages; offers the ability to search by date, resource, and location; supports Boolean AND/OR/NOT and phrase searching.

Lycos
(http://www.lycos.com/)
A comprehensive Web search site; includes a large number of binary files ( GIF, JPEG, wav, MPEG, etc. ) in its database; also indexes FTP, archives and Gopher menus; excels at finding relevant information.

RefSeek
(http://www.refseek.com)
This search engine is designed for students and researchers and makes academic information readily accesible to users.

WebCrawler
(http://webcrawler.com/)
Surveys the entire Web, evaluates the popularity of each site and stores only the contents of pages that seem well traveled; covers over 500,000 Web pages.

Meta-Search Engines
Query multiple search engines simultaneously or provide direct access to a large collection of search engines.

MetaCrawler
(http://www.metacrawler.com/)
Sends queries to nine different services: Open Text, Lycos, WebCrawler, InfoSeek, Excite, Inkotomi, Alta Vista, Yahoo and Galaxy; offers a number of options for sorting search results.