Web Searching Links

GMU & Online Library Resources

GMU Library Catalog

Washington Research Library Consortium

The Virtual Library of Virginia

University Libraries Databases

Library of Congress

Center for Research Libraries

Library Web Pages

WWW Virtual Library

Locating EDUCATIONAL WEB SITES & Information

The Scholarly Journal Archive

Search EDU

Librarian’s Index to the Internet

Academic Information’s List of Search Engines

InfoMine – Scholarly Internet Resource Collections

Tutorials: Finding Information on the Web

Internet Searching – from the U of Queensland

Academic Internet Resources – from the United Kingdom

Locating GOVERNMENT Web Sites

Search GOV

FirstGov

Google US Government Search

Locating MILITARY Web Sites

Search MIL

Locating SPECIFIC COMPANY Web Sites

Company Locator

Locating LEGAL Web Sites / Information

FindLaw LawCrawler

General Search Engines

Chances are you know some of the "big name" search engines (altavista, excite, hotbot, go.com, google, lycos, webcrawler, yahoo). But if you’re like most people, you get in the habit of using one or two and often limit your search to these. Two suggestions:

  1. Try some new search engines every so often
  2. Try the ones below – they were very highly rated in recent independent tests

Ixquick metasearch

Open Text’s Query Server

Vivisimo

100s of Search Engines in One Location

Locating Distribution Lists (Listservs)

The Official Catalog of Listservs

Locating People and Businesses (White and Yellow Pages)

411 Locate

AnyWho – AT&T’s Online Directories

White Pages.com

Yahoo Directory Assistance

World E-mail Directory

Who’s Who Online (Biographical Sketches)

Directory of ISPs Serving Your Area

The List: of ISPs in Your Area

Computers & Consumer Electronics

Price Watch - Comparing Prices and Buying

Internet Product Watch – Leading Edge Reviews

CNET - Technology Product Reviews, Prices, and Downloads