Finding Things on the Internet

In addition to death and taxes, there is one more thing you can always count on - if you are interested in something, no matter how seemingly obscure, 100 people have already written about it somewhere on the Internet. The seemingly daunting task is to actually track down and locate the stuff you're looking for. Just remember - Don't Panic! There are many easy to use searching tools that can help you find out information on the Internet about almost any subject. Many different information search and retrieval systems have been built to help Internet users wade through the morass of terabyte after terabyte of information goo with some logical, organized approach. A listing of some of the more popular search engines, including a brief description and actual hot link to their sites, is as follows:

1. Yahoo

The granddaddy of all the search engines. Search through categorized listings of web resources, as well as newsfeeds and other web site information.

2. Infoseek Guide

Performs word and phrase level searches across huge indexed and categorized databases of web pages, gopher pages, ftp sites, and more.

3. Excite

Search through a vast database of indexed web page subjects and categories, as well as reviews of web pages.

4. Lycos

Search through categorized web information, including sound, graphics and video file listings.

5. Webcrawler Perform keyword and phrase searches on a vast array of web pages.

6. Open Text Index

Search through an indexed database of over 21 billion words taken from the actual text of web pages.

7. Magellan

Search through categorized and indexed lists of web pages, gopher pages, and other Internet resources which have been reviewed and rated as to content.

8. Alta Vista

Created by Digital Equipment using their DEC Alpha system as the search engine, this site provides indexed searches of more than 16 million web pages and 13,000 newsgroups.

9. Search.com

A compendium of hundreds of search engines all under one roof, accesible individually or in groups.

10. Shareware.com

Search through a comprehensive archive of shareware and freeware computer programs for many popular computer types.

11. Who Where?

Search through databases with information on individuals and companies.

12. The Electric Library

A fee based library of searchable magazines, books, periodicals, reference materials, databases and news feeds.

13. Deja News

Search through a huge database of Usenet Newsgroup postings.

14. The Net Locator

Creates multiple searches through different search engines from a single user entry.

15. Galaxy

Directory of information and services.

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