Research Tools
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Search Engines and Directories

Search Engines
Directories
Address Finders
Online Discussions
Other

Search Engines

The top search engines according to the Nielsen Net Ratings July 2005 Survey:

Google

Yahoo Web Search

MSN Search

AOL Search

Ask Jeeves

Netscape Search

Directories

Search directories of pre-selected websites that are organized by subject:

about.com

dmoz: the Open Directory Project

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Selected WebLinks at the Minneapolis Public Library

WWW Virtual Library

Yahoo Directory Search

Address Finders

Email Addresses

infospace.com

(First name and state are optional.)
Last:
First:

Nedsite Search Center

WhoWhere? at Lycos

Yahoo! People Search

Street Addresses and Telephone Numbers

Any Who Reverse Lookup

Global Yellow Pages

QwestDex Internet Yellow Pages

SuperPages

Switchboard: People

Online Discussions

CataList (catalog of LISTSERV lists)

Google Newsgroups

Meta-Searches

Search several search engines at the same time:

Dogpile

MetaCrawler

Search.com (formerly SavvySearch)

 

New or Experimental

New or experimental web-based tools for research:

Kartoo: results in "interactive maps"

Mooter: results by "cluster" in diagrams

Technorati: search blog entries, tags, and links from blogs.

Vivísimo: results by "cluster"

WebBrain.com: "dynamic visual displays" of results

Wikipedia, the online collaborative encyclopedia

Windows Live beta