An outstanding assortment of useful articles including info about Internet directories, search engines, online databases, etc. including The Interactive Search Engine Tutorial, an excellent step-by-step guide which includes an overview (in plain english with examples) of advanced search techniques.
Includes the basics of search methods and tools along with the proper use of keyword search operators; more detailed and advanced information is provided separately in the Appendix.
Review of top Internet search tools. Evaluations are provided for search engines, directories and online libraries -- find out which will work best for specific tasks. Includes specific suggestions and instructions for conducting effective searches (and make sense of the advance search techniques for each engine).
Independent search engine and directory reviews and tips. Major search engines are evaluated and listed with their searchIQ score so you can evaluate their
performance and determine WHICH will work best for you.
Extremely fast-loading, minimal graphics page with forms for many search engines. If you know which ones you want to try, this page is MUCH quicker to access than the search engines, themselves. The page of Metasearch Engines is especially helpful, since each one collects resources from many other engines.
This site provides a compilation of various Internet search engines; each one is presented with a brief description and includes a standardized search form.
This easy-to-use site provides rapid translations when you need to get the "gist" of foreign language text or web pages; this free service (for personal, non-commercial use only) translates to and from French, German and Spanish as well as into Italian and Portugese.
Google returns high-quality search results so you don't have to sift through
junk. They also retain cached copies of pages, so you may be able to find
what's no longer online!! More about Google answers all your questions.
Allows you to try a variety of search engines on the same keyword(s). Also available: PowerSearch Reference: The fastest way to search reference resources on the web.
Provides a summary of results from several major search engines. It provides fewer "hits" but seems to target them better. NOTE: If you have a "slow" connection and you turn off "images" this site is outrageously fast!
Download this powerful search utility for finding web pages on the Net. Not only is this a very easy-to-use software program, it's FREE!! Web Ferret's key features include:
uses standard Windows95/NT4.0 interface
search for any or all keywords, or an exact phrase
provides VERY rapid search results
double click the results for easy access using your preferred browser
Trying to figure out if a Domain Name has already been reserved (and by whom), or WHO to contact about a site, etc.? For non-military and non-US government domains and contacts, Whois is the tool you want (links are included to other whois servers).
Find a person in North America or Europe (does NOT provide the email address). Handy Region/Metro Search feature is available (U.S. only) which allows you to check an entire region or metro area containing the specified city, also available: Email, Yellow Pages and Reverse Look-up!!
The good ol' Lycos PeopleFind is no longer available; instead, you can try out the beta version of this search utility. You may want to read the system requirements before using this relatively large Java applet.
Allows you to try a variety of resource search engines on the same name, business, organization, etc. The fastest way to search reference resources on the web.
Trying to locate a newspaper in a particular area? Check this state-by-state listing of local newspapers (the menu provides pages for other countries, too).
Central California Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists
Browse a Tiger Map of a specified area or look up 1990 Census data. You can even specify which of the dozens of census data fields you want included.
US Gazetteer
http://tiger.census.gov/links.html
Use these search forms to track your parcel with a variety of different carriers, including: FedEx, UPS, US Postal Service, Airborne Express, and Eagle USA.
International Weather Conditions for the past 24 hours world-wide
Use the NOAA Site Map
to check the resources available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
or explore local or regional resources, such as
Pittsburgh Climate Data for Current and Prior Months.
UM Weather, the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of weather data on the Web, provides access to thousands of forecasts and images, as well as a vast collection of weather links.
The Weather Underground / University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
This site provides a consise summary of climactic conditions for selected cities. Includes both average and record high and low temperatures for each month, as well as the average dew point and the average precipitation. Find out what it's typically like "elsewhere" and easily compare cities in the Caribbean, Europe, or the US , such as Pittsburgh, PA and sister city Edinburgh, Scotland.
Extremely fast-loading, minimal graphics page with forms for many search engines. If you know which ones you want to try, this page is MUCH quicker to access than the search engines, themselves. The page of Metasearch Engines is especially helpful, since each one collects resources from many other engines.
This site provides a compilation of various Internet search engines; each one is presented with a brief description and includes a standardized search form.
If you know what you're looking for, Infoseek will allow you to narrow down the sites returned by searching only within the previous results. Depending on the topic, you could start with millions of hits, narrow it to thousands, then hundreds and finally just to a dozen or so.... Also available:
Ultra Infoseek which provides additional options; you can even narrow the search to a specific nation.
Allows you to try a variety of search engines on the same keyword(s). Also available: PowerSearch Reference: The fastest way to search reference resources on the web.
Download this powerful search utility for finding web pages on the Net. Not only is this a very easy-to-use software program, it's FREE!! Web Ferret's key features include:
uses standard Windows95/NT4.0 interface
search for any or all keywords, or an exact phrase
provides VERY rapid search results
double click the results for easy access using your preferred browser
Trying to figure out if a Domain Name has already been reserved (and by whom), or WHO to contact about a site, etc.? For non-military and non-US government domains and contacts, Whois is the tool you want (links are included to other whois servers).
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