Search the Internet

Evaluated Subject Directories
These sites are organized by subject and selected and evaluated by librarians or specialists.

ipl2 (merger of Internet Public Library and Librarians' Index to the Internet)
Annotated collection of high quality Internet resources
Infomine
Scout Archives
WWW Virtual Library
BUBL Information Service
Intute
Virtual Learning Resources Center
Open Directory Project
Academic Info
Veropedia (beta version of verified Wikipedia sites)

Search Engines & Directories
HINT: Try the Advanced Search capabilities and use the Help screens to search efficiently.
Which tool to use? Check this comparison chart or this features chart. These directories are NOT evaluated.

Search Engines

How to Choose a Search Engine

Google | Google Directory
Google Scholar | What is Google Scholar?
Bing
Ask.com
Alta Vista
Live Search
Yahoo
Excite
Exalead

DMOZ: Open Directory Project (sites selected by volunteers)

For the latest information on search engines and reviews, see Search Engine Showdown and Search Engine Watch.

Internet Search Engines is a list of links to search engines and meta search engines with information about each engine from the U. of Albany Libraries.

Search engines for specific subjects are listed on the appropriate research guide.

Search for multimedia:

Videos

OAIster
Internet Archive
History.com
TubeSurf (metasearch for videos--YouTube, My Space, Google, & Yahoo)
Google Video Search
You Tube Video Search
AOL Video Search
Yahoo Video
Exalead Video
Live Search Video
Alta Vista Video
PodScope (searches for spoken words)

Images

Ask.com Image Search
Google Image Search
Alta Vista Image Search
Live Search Images
Picsearch
Exalead Images
Internet for Image Searching (tutorial)
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web

Audio

OAIster
Internet Archive
Alta Vista MP3/Audio
Yahoo Audio
TED (inspired talks by leading thinkers & doers)
PodScope (searches for spoken words)
Archival Sound Recordings (UK)

Multimedia

United Nations Multimedia
Finding Media (from Storymedia)
Digital Resources
Finding Media on the Web

Search multiple search engines and directories at once:

Vivisimo
Ixquick
SurfWax
Dogpile
KartOO
Mamma
Clusty

Multiple Search Engines

Search for Blogs

Google Blog Search
Sphere
Blogdigger
Bloglines
Ice Rocket

News

Google News
Yahoo News

Locate People

Superpages
Switchboard
White Pages
Infobel

The Deep or Invisible Web

The Deep Web is the part of the Internet that is not accessible with search engines, the content stored in searchable databases and subscription services. To learn more about the deep web, see What is the Invisible Web? (from UC Berkeley).

Internet Tutorials and Searching Tips

Internet Tutorials: Your Basic Guide to the Internet (U. of Albany)
Searching the Internet (U. of New Mexico)
Using the Web (Western Michigan U.)
Why the Web? (Kentucky Virtual Library)
Internet Detective (Intute)
Boolean Searching on the Internet
Finding Information on the Internet: a Tutorial (UC Berkeley)
Scholarly Guide to Google (Harvard)
Judge for Yourself (evaluating websites) (UCLA)
Information Found and NOT Found on the Web (Internet Public Library)
Using Wikipedia (Carlton College)
Evaluating Web Content (U. of Albany)
Evaluating Web Pages (UC Berkeley)
Evaluating Web Sites (Indiana University)

What is the Internet and When Did It Begin?

Internet History

Cool Tools

Try Congoo to have limited fee access (4-15 visits per month) to top subscription sites such as the Wall Street Journal--includes images.