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| Internet Search Engines & Site Lists |
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 General Purpose Robotic Search Engines |
| AllTheWeb |
"Includes more than 300 million unique URLs in its database, and if you're looking for the biggest of search engines, this just might be it." |
| ALTA VISTA |
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| Ask.com |
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| Google Groups |
| HOTBOT |
| MSN Search | Rated #1 by PC World |
| Netscape's Search |
Netscape's search engine |
| Yahoo |
Major competitor for Google |
| Web Directories |
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| About.com |
Excellent resource list, formerly, the Mining Company. "Expert guidance from real people searching for the best the Internet has to offer in games, music, travel, maps, jobs, free stuff, books, news, chat, strategy, auctions, airlines, gifts, weather, links, cds, movies, and more." |
| CEOexpress |
Excellent business-oriented directory list |
| DMOZ.org |
Large humanly-created and maintained directory list |
| FindArticles.com |
"Search for quality articles in more than 300 reputable magazines and journals." |
| Infoplease |
"Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records" |
| Internet Navigation |
Another large categorized collection of search tool links |
| LookSmart |
Large Yahoo-like directory list |
| MSN |
Microsoft's portal to the Internet |
| RefDesk | Designed to be a one-stop reference guide to the Internet |
| VirtualGumshoe |
Investigative Resources on the Web |
| Parallel (Meta) Search Engines |
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| ixquick |
"Ixquick submits your search to the major search engines and finds sites that are universally ranked in the top ten!" |
| Mamma |
Yet another parallel search engine like Metacrawler |
| Metacrawler |
Very fast, efficient parallel search engine |
| Netscape's Multi-Search |
Netscape's interface to multiple search engines |
| search.com |
Use multiple engines easily |
| WebFerret |
This is software that queries multiple search engines for you. You must download and install the client software in order to use it. |
| Guides to using Search Engines |
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| Search Engine Watch |
Includes a summary of major search engine features,tutorials and reviews,how to use advance search techniques,how search engines work,how search engines rank web pages
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| Google Guide | Tutorial on how to use Google. |
| Searching the Internet | Guides to the major search engines and other directories |
| Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques | A hands-on workshop |
| Phone Numbers/Addresses |
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| Infospace |
Extensive directory database: Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business, City, Government |
| AT&T's AnyWho |
"Integrates traditional business and consumer white and yellow pages telephone listings with enhanced, Internet-based contact information such as E-mail Addresses and Web Site URLs. Toll Free and FAX numbers can also be listed." |
| PeopleSearch.net | People finder, multiple search engines, includes reverse search |
| Yahoo's Phone Books |
Look up individual's phones numbers, email addresses, home pages |
| Real Yellow Pages |
Extensive directory database of business phone numbers |
| AT&T Toll-Free Directory |
This Directory includes companies with AT&T National 800 & 888 Service |
| SuperPages.com |
Find over 16 million different businesses here |
| Switchboard |
Look phone numbers by last & first name, city and/or state. |
| Telephone Directories on the Web |
Links to online telephone, fax and business directories from around the world |
| US Postal Service |
Zip codes, postal rates, much more |
| E-mail Search Engines |
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| WhoWhere? |
Internet directory of e-mail addresses, individual and company URLs, phone numbers, & street addresses |
E-mail Automated Postcards |
| 123greetings.com |
Free email greeting cards using Flash animation |
| Ecards from Hallmark |
Free email greeting card site featuring amny different styles |
| We Got Cards |
Free email greeting card site - lots of neat cards - many humorous |
| E-greetings |
Extensive email greeting card site - requires free registration |
| Peanuts Postcards |
"Whether you forgot to wish your friend a happy birthday or you're just too shy to talk to that fantastic red-haired girl, you can say it all on a Peanuts post card." |
| regards.com | Offers two levels of customization |
| All Occasion Cards |
"Send free with or without music for any occasion - each card has a changeable suggested greetings" |
| Magical Kingdom Free ECards Library | Nice collection of ecards and printable cards |
| Search for Software |
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| Software and files search has been moved to the Internet Resources Software page |
| Homebuyers |
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| HomeStore.com | "Our mission is to give you the information you need to keep more of your own money when you buy a home, sell a home, or relocate" |
| Real Estate Advisor |
Find and compare homes for sale, compare mortgage rates, financing options, closing, inspection - loaded with info for the new or experienced home buyer - from Microsoft |
| Dictionaries |
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| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary/Thesaurus |
"Search more than 160,000 entries in the Web's most up-to-date dictionary." Lots of other neat word-related stuff. |
| Dictionary.com | |
| Encarta World English Dictionary | "This free, online dictionary provides definitions, audio pronunciations, and a glossary of computer terms." |
| Compact Oxford English Dictionary | "The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English contains 145,000 words, phrases, and definitions." Also, you will find here the Concise Dictionary of First Names and Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations |
| YourDictionary | "The Web's most comprehensive index of on-line dictionaries with over 1,000 dictionaries in more than 200 different languages. This conveniently organized index includes glossaries of specialized terminology, synonyms, homonyms, and abbreviations. It is linked to an index of on-line grammars and several pages of linguistic fun." |
| Online Etymology Dictionary | " This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago. The dates beside a word indicate the earliest year for which there is a surviving written record of that word (in English, unless otherwise indicated). This should be taken as approximate, especially before about 1700, since a word may have been used in conversation for hundreds of years before it turns up in a manuscript that has had the good fortune to survive the centuries." |
| Online Etymology Dictionary | For word lovers - a free searchable dictionary of word origins. |
| Symbols.com | "World's largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols...contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti." - fascinating! |
| FreeTranslation.com | "Free automatic computer translation in 8 language directions...FROM English to French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese...TO English from French, German and Spanish. Each translation can be of a web page of or up to 4 or 5 pages of text. FreeTranslation.com is very fast and completely free." |
| SYSTRAN | Translate text you type or paste in or enter the address (URL) of a Web page and it will translate it into : French, German, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese. Also free downloadable version for use on personal documents. |
| Free Online Translator | Translate text and web pages online for free! |
| On-line Encyclopedias |
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| MSN Learning and Research | Encarta encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas |
| Encyclopedia.com | "More than 14,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition" plus over 170,000 Internet links. Third rate compared to Britanica and Encarta, but may have some info they do not. |
| infoplease.com | "Combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and several up-to-the minute almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records" |
| Wikipedia | "Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate free content encyclopedia." |
| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy | "The manifestation of one of the most influential modern educational theories, the 6,900 entries in this major new reference work form the touchstone of what it means to be not only just a literate American but an active citizen in our multicultural democracy." |
| CIA World Factbook | Essential facts, geography, population, etc., on all the countries of the world |
| Nationmaster.com | A data source and comparison tool for national statistics...you can generate maps and graphs easily. |
| ENCYBERPEDIA | Virtually every encyclopedia that's on the Web |
| iTools.com | Everything from anagrams & language translations to UPS rates |
| The North Carolina Encyclopedia | An overview of the people, the government, the history, and the resources of North Carolina. |
| Find NC | The central gateway for searching North Carolina Government Information Locator Service (NC GILS) sources. Provided by the State Library of North Carolina. |
| Internet Resource Lists |
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| The Info Service | Interesting collection of links |
| John December's Resource List | Very comprehensive, annotated |
| The Scout Report |
Internet resources & network tools geared toward researchers & educators |
| The Internet Archive |
"The Internet Archive, working with Alexa Internet, has created the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine makes it possible to surf pages stored in the Internet Archive's web archive." |
| Listservs, Conferences, & FAQs |
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| TILE.NET/LISTS |
Listservs by subject, name, most popular, etc. |
| Topica |
"A searchable directory of Internet email lists and an easy-to-use service allowing users to find, subscribe, manage and participate in email discussions." |
| FAQs |
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| Internet FAQ Archives |
Search newsgroup FAQs By Category | By Newsgroup |
| FAQ Finder |
Over 1800 links to FAQs on almost 300 subjects |
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Robotic Search Engines