 Recommended
Internet Search Engines
- Alta
Vista -
- Search the entire
full-text of Web pages and Usenet articles; has many advanced search
features such as Boolean logic
- Excite -
- Searches Web pages
and the past two weeks of Usenet postings
- Google -
- One of the Internet's
most popular search engines. Rankings based on popularity (the degree
to which other pages link to the page) result in high relevancy.
- HotBot -
- Searches full
descriptions of the Web, Usenet, and top news sites
- Go.com -
- Searches Web pages,
Usenet articles, and Usenet FAQs; retrieves up to 100 hits for no
charge
- Lycos -
- Searches the Web,
sounds, pictures, and personal homepages
- OpenText -
- Offers the most
advanced search options of any Internet search service
- WebCrawler -
- Searches well-traveled
Web sites; displays relevancy ranking
- Yahoo -
- Searches Web sites
that are submitted by users and catalogued manually
-
Ready
Reference Directories (Meta-Indexes)
- Librarians'
Index to the Internet-
- Outstanding collection
arranged in about 40 categories covering a wide range of subjects
and ultimately linking over 1,200 sites. Most entries have a brief
abstract
- Reference
Desk-
- The single best
source for facts on the Web
- Internet
Public Library -
- The IPL provides
services and information which enhance the value of the Internet
to its users.
- CyberDewey -
- A guide to Internet
resources organized using Dewey Decimal Classification codes
- Yahoo
- Reference
- A
sub-directory within the Yahoo Search Engine
- The
Internet Detective
- A widely-praised
interactive tutorial designed to help users evaluate the quality
of Internet resources. Free, but requires online registration.
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Dictionaries/Thesaurus
Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 edition)
Merriam-Webster
Dictionary
Internet
Public Library's Dictionary Sites
Roget's
Thesaurus
Encyclopedias
and Almanacs
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian
Internet Public
Library's Encyclopedia Site
CIA
World Factbook
Directories/Phone
Numbers/Zip Codes
AT&T
- Internet Toll Free 800 Directory
The
New Interactive Yellow Pages
Switchboard
U.S.
Postal Service Address and Zip Code Information
Yahoo!
People Search
U.S.
Government Information and Statistical Sources
GPO
Access- Includes access to Congressional Record, Federal
Register, laws, etc.
Contacting
the Congress
U.S.
Customs Office
U.S.
Department of Defense
USA.gov -
The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
Social
Security Administration
Thomas -
Legislative Information on the Internet
U.S.
Government Manual
U.S.
White House
FedStats:
One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
Statistical
Abstracts of the United States
Internal
Revenue Service
Census
Data and Demographics
Bureau
of the Census
County
and City Data Book
USA
City Link
Information
about People
Biographical
Dictionary
Biography
Find-A-Grave
Presidents
of the United States
Quotations
and Writing Aids
Bartlett's
Quotations
William
Strunk Jr's Elements of Style (1918)
Quote
Search
News
BBC
International
CNN
Interactive
The
New York Times
USA
Today
Weather
The
Weather Channel
National
Weather Service
Jobs
CareerBuilder
America's
Job Bank
Illinois
Department of Employment Security
Maps/Atlases
Map
Machine
Color
Landform Atlas of the United States
Geographic
Nameserver
Google Maps
MapQuest
Travel
U.S.
National Park Service
Center
for Disease Control Travel Information
Tourism
Offices Worldwide Directory
U.S.
State Department Passport Information
Business
Universal
Currency Converter
U.S.
Patent Database
Better
Business Bureau
U.S.
Copyright Office
EDGAR -
Full text of publicly available 1994-1996 U.S. 10Ks & other
documents filed in electronic format with the SEC
Stock
Market Data
ThomasNet -
Internet's largest industrial buying and specifying guide
Hoovers
Online - Information about more than 10,000 worldwide companies
U.S.
State Department Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade
Practices--This report was abolished by Congress in 2002.
This site serves as an archive of the reports that were published
prior to 2001.
U.S.
Tax Resources
Internal
Revenue Service
Consumer
Health
HealthFinder
Center
for Disease Control and Prevention
The
Merck Manual
CancerNet
Illinois
Information
State
of Illinois
Illinois
Tourism
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois
Fact Sheet
Genealogy
Genealogy
Subject Indexes:
Cyndi's
List of Geneology Sites on the Internet
USGenWeb
World Genealogy Web Project Headquarters
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