E-Reference - Web Search Tools

Web Directories

• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Internet Public Library
• About.com
• Open Directory
• Academic Info
• Yahoo!

Multimedia Search Engines

• Google Video Search
• Google Image Search
• AltaVista Photo Finder
• Lycos Multimedia
• C|Net's Download.com: for software

Learn About Web Searching

• Web Searching Tips: from Search Engine Watch
• The Spider's Apprentice: how web searches work
• Download Adobe Reader

Blogs

• TypePad
• Blogger
• LiveJournal
• Xanga
• MindSay
• Technorati
• Bloglines
• What is a Blog?

RSS

• Feedster
• What is RSS?

Web Search Engines

• Google
• Bing
• Yahoo! Search
• MSN Search
• AOL Search
• Clusty
• A9
• Ask Jeeves
• Excite
• Alta Vista
• All The Web
• HotBot

Specialized Search Tools

• Google Groups: Internet newsgroup search
• Total News: online news reports
• Search Adobe PDF Online
• FindLaw: legal information and documents search
• Google Uncle Sam: Search for US government publications
• ProFusion: search from over 10,000 databases, archives, and search engines that traditional search engines don't access.

Email

• Mail2Web: check email anywhere
• Marshall Univ. Outlookweb

Software Training

• Lynda.com: software training videos

Meta-Search Engines

• Dogpile
• Mamma
• My Web Search
• IxQuick
• SurfWax

Telephone Directories

• Big Yellow
• Switchboard
• AnyWho
• White Pages
• Smart Pages
• Global Yellow Pages
• Marshall University Directory

Cool Web Gadgets

• Yahoo toolbar with OCLC Worldcat book search
• TinyURL: make long URLs smaller
• Mailinator: fake email generator
• Bug Me Not: bypass web registration
• Webmonkey: the Web developer's resource

News Feeds via RSS/Blogs

• Findory
• Topix
• Feedroll
• What are News Feeds?