Table of Contents •Directories •E-mail Addresses •Freeware/Shareware •General Search Engines •Images •Meta Tools •Phone Numbers •Rated Resources •Restricted Searches •Sounds/Multimedia •Virtual Libraries

Use the following information to help identify an appropriate search engine for a particular need. This guide is not indended to be all inclusive. For additional resources, see "How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory" provided by the University at Albany Libraries.

1. Directories to browse by topic --

   Academic Info	http://www.academicinfo.net/
   Library Spot	http://libraryspot.com/
   Yahoo	http://www.yahoo.com/

2. E-mail addresses --

   Big Foot	http://www.bigfoot.com/
   Internet Address Finder	http://www.iaf.net/
   Switchboard	http://www.switchboard.com/
   WhoWhere	http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/

3. Freeware or shareware --

   Jumbo Shareware	http://www.jumbo.com/
   Shareware.com	http://www.shareware.com/

4. General search engines --
   (For a comparison of which search engine retrieves the most, the most often, see Search Engines Statistics found at Search Engines Show Down.)

   Alta Vista	http://www.altavista.com/
   AllTheWeb	http://www.alltheweb.com/
   Excite	http://www.excite.com/
   Go.Com (formerly InfoSeek)	http://www.go.com/
   Google	http://www.google.com/
   HotBot	http://www.hotbot.com/
   Lycos	http://www.lycos.com/
   MSN Search	http://search.msn.com/

   
   
   
5. Images --

   Alta Vista	http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/simage
   Clip Art Search Engines	http://www.webplaces.com/search/
   Hotbot	http://www.hotbot.com/adv.asp?prov=Inktomi&tab=web

6. Meta Tools that simultaneously search several search --
   (More information can be found at Multiple Search Engines provided by Search Engines Show Down.)

   C|Net Search.Com	http://www.search.com/
   DogPile	http://www.dogpile.com/

7. Phone numbers --

   InfoSpace	http://www.infospace.com/
   Switchboard.com	http://www.switchboard.com/

8. Rated resources --

   InfoMine	http://www.infomine.ucr.edu/
   Internet Public Library	http://www.ipl.org
   Librarians' Index to the Internet	http://www.lii.org/

9. Restricted searches --
   (Restrict searches to a specific part of a web page -- title, headings, URL's, linked URL's, etc.)

   Alta Vista Search Assistant	http://www.altavista.com/web/adv
   Hotbot Advanced Search	http://www.hotbot.com/adv.asp?prov=Inktomi&tab=web
   Google Advance Search	http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
   Lycos Advance Search	http://search.lycos.com/adv.asp
   MSN Search Advanced Search	http://search.msn.com/advanced.asp

10. Sound or multimedia files --

    Clip Art Search Engines	http://www.webplaces.com/search/
    Fast Multimedia Search	http://multimedia.alltheweb.com/
    Hotbot Advanced Search	http://www.hotbot.com/adv.asp?prov=Inktomi&tab=web
    Lycos	http://www.lycos.com/
    MSN Search Advanced Search	http://search.msn.com/advanced.asp

    
    
    
11. Virtual Libraries

    InfoMine	http://infomine.ucr.edu/
    Internet Public Library	http://www.ipl.org/
    Librarians Internet Index	http://lii.org/
    WWW Virtual Library	http://www.vlib.org/
    Specialized Search Engines	http://www.baylor.edu/Library/BeyondLib/specialsrch.htm