Below are links to some search engines and directories selected by librarians. For detailed reviews, ratings, and statistics, as well as tips on using search engines see Search Engine Watch or Search Engine Showdown. See also Citation Help and our Web Page Checklist.
Yahoo!
Yahoo!'s strength lies in the fact that it is subject index that has been
cataloged by humans rather than indexed by machines, thus eliminating many
irrelevant sites. Help
Scout Report Archives
The Scout Report Archives contains only the best Internet resources, as chosen
by the editorial staff of the Scout Report, which have been cataloged and
organized for efficient browsing and searching.
Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is a public service organization and a learning/teaching
environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. They also
provide an on-line reference service.
Invisible Web Directory
A directory of some of the best resources the Invisible Web has to offer from
reliable information providers that are not visible to general-purpose search
engines. It is compiled by Chris Sherman and Gary Price.
Bubl Links
British directory of selected resources covering all academic subject areas.
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INFOMINE
14,000+ scholarly internet resource collections. Help
Librarians' Index to the Internet
A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 5,000 Internet resources
selected and evaluated by librarians. Help
WWW Virtual Library
Selective catalog of resources oriented primarily, though not exclusively,
toward academic research. Help
Beaucoup!
Directory of 2,500+ search engines organized by category and subject.
Yahoo's
Searching the Web List
Lots of other choices.
For a more focused search, try these subject-specific tools.
Eco-Portal
Perform full-text searches of reviewed environmental Internet content. "Dedicated
to Making the Internet Useful for the Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability..."
Environmental Organization WebDirectory
Annotated, searchable subject directory.
Femina: Web Search for Women
Searchable directory of links to female-friendly sites and information.
FindHow
Searches How-To content on the Internet.
FindLaw - LawCrawler
Search engine for internet law sites.
Firstgov
Portal to federal government resources on the web. Indexes over 20,000 federal
website, plus reports and documents. Lists federal web servers.
Google Uncle Sam
Fast search engine for U.S. federal government and military sites.
Medical Matrix
Ranked, peer-reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medicine resources. Requires
registration.
Neurosciences on the Internet
Covers neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive
science sites and information on human neurological diseases.
PhysicsWeb
A comprehensive listing of physics and related WWW resources. Lists include
all the major fields in physics, education, history of science, science news,
student information and more.
PsychCrawler
A product of the American Psychological Association created to provide quick
access to quality content in the field of psychology on the web.
Science.gov
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided
by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
Scirus.com
Focuses on sites with scientific content and provides links to some full-text
articles and citations for others articles.
The SocioWeb
Guide to sociological resources on the Internet. Designed and maintained by
a Mark Blair, a sociology graduate student at Sonoma State University.
WWWomen!
"The Premier Search Directory for Women Online!"
These services allow you to search two or more search engines simultaneously.
Beaucoup Meta and Parallel
Engines
List of meta search engines plus Beacoup Super Search that searches ten engines
simultaneously.
Dogpile
Uses over 20 different search engines to "fetch" results from Web,
Usenet, FTP and Newswire sources.
MetaCrawler (from go2net)
Fast searches; easy to read summaries. Sends your search to Lycos, Infoseek,
WebCrawler, Excite, AltaVista, and Yahoo!.
ProFusion
Uses 9 different search engines. Merges and ranks search results in a single
list with URLs.
Search.com
Limits to 50 hits per search engine. Many options for refining searches. Allows
searching in 24 languages.
Vivisimo.com
Uses other search engines and classifies the results.
Google Scholar searches the scholarly literature. You can set up links to full text at BU within Scholar Preferences. For more informaton, see About Google Scholar.
Yahoo! Babel Fish
Computerized translation of a web page from/to a variety of languages.
Bookfinder.com
Search engine that scans top book databases to find new, used, rare, and
out-of-print books.
Technorati Search the blogosphere.
Google groups
Access to archived Usenet groups of various subjects including what was
Deja News.
