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There is no SUPERINDEX or Ultimate Guide to the Internet, although Google comes close.
List does NOT include multiple-searchers (metasearchers)
such as Dogpile.Com or
Clusty.
* = Top Search Sites. (DIR) = Directory (compiled subject lists from people.)
- About.Com (DIR) -- About.com/ -- subject guides
from specialists (was MiningCo.)
- Ask.Com -- Ask.com/ gives ready-made answers or points to sites, "natural language" OK
- Best of the Web (DIR) -- botw.org Best of the Web, good list.
- BING --Bing.Com (MSN) Microsoft.
- BUBL Link / 5:15 (DIR)-- http://bubl.ac.uk/library-selected
academic links from UK
- Cranky.Com -- Cranky.Com Search site for older people, 50 and above (noticed June '07)
.
- Digital Librarian (DIR)-- Digital Librarian fine directory from Margaret V. Anderson
- FindArticles.Com -- FindArticles.Com Magazine / journal articles (from LookSmart).
BE SURE TO USE LIBR. DATABASES TOO.
- *Google! --
http://www.google.com/ - ranks by link popularity. Often top results found. Since '98.
- Jux2.Com --Jux2.Com.
Searches Google, Yahoo, and MSN and compares results.
- Kartoo.Com (Visual Search Engine -- uses Flash) -- Kartoo.com
- *Librarian's Index (DIR)--
http://lii.org/ librarian-selected list (Berkeley). Top sites.
- LibrarySpot (DIR)-- Libraryspot.com/ lists best library and reference sites.
- *MagPortal.Com -- MagPortal.Com -- finds free journal articles currently available.
- Open Directory (DMOZ) (DIR)-- Dmoz.org/
- good, very large...compiled by volunteers.
- Pinakes (DIR)-- www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html
(Scot. links to subj. gateways).
- RefSeek.Com (Search Engine) --www.refseek.com Don't know much yet, but it's like Google without commercial sites.
- USA.GOV -- www.usa.gov/ Government site finder.
- Yahoo! (DIR)-- Yahoo.com/
- famous long-time guide, not as well-evaluated as others.
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