Search Engines (Comprehensive Listing from the University at Albany Libraries)

Individual Search Engines

AllTheWeb - returns results quickly from an extremely large database; also offers multimedia and FTP searches

AltaVista - very large database of Web sites and Usenet newsgroups with advanced Boolean and field search options. Also try Babelfish, the AltaVista translation service

Ask Jeeves - submit questions in plain English and view suggested relevant sites

Excite - large, current database with concept searching available to focus results; includes its channel content with results for searches on broad or popular terms

Google - ranks pages by the number of links from pages ranked high by the service; offers the option to view sites quickly if they are in the service's cache. Also try Google Search: Unclesam, a searchable database of U.S. government Web sites (.gov and .mil) ranked by linking popularity.

FirstGov- extensive database of U.S. Government Web pages

HotBot - very large database with easy form-based Boolean, field, and media search options; includes its channel content with the results for searches on broad or popular terms; clusters results by presenting one hit per site

Go.com- accurate search engine of Web sites, Usenet newsgroups, Reuters news, and companies with field search options; clusters results by presenting one hit per site; offers recommended and/or reviewed Web sites for certain topics. Also try GO Translator, the Infoseek translation service

Web Crawler - search on a topic and retrieve a list of hits along with suggested Shortcuts to locate related information

Meta-search Engines (Comprehensive Listing from the University at Albany Libraries) <back to top>

Dogpile - search 20+ search engines and retrieve results separately, offering custom search options

MetaCrawler - retrieve results in relevancy ranked order; useful power search available with a template of search options

Subject Directories (Comprehensive Listing from the University at Albany Libraries) <back to top>

The Argus Clearinghouse - rated guides to high-quality subject collections on the Internet

INFOMINE - large collection of scholarly Internet resources collectively maintained by libraries of the University of California

The Internet Public Library - large, selective collection from the University of Michigan

Librarians' Index to the Internet - carefully chosen, organized, and annotated directory coordinated by Carole Leita

Commercial Directories and Portals <back to top>

About.com - large collection of topical collections gathered by company-certified subject specialists

Yahoo! - largest directory on the Internet but lacks site evaluation; offers news, stock quotes, maps, free e-mail and many other services

Internet Guides and Tutorials <back to top>

Boolean Searching on the Internet ( University at Albany Libraries)

Guide to choosing the best search engine for a partucular search ( University at Albany Libraries)

Librarian's Index to the Internet listing of recommended Interent Tutorials