Search the internet

Subject gateways

Directories of internet sites which list web documents by subject.

BUBL Information Service selected academic web resources arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification
Librarians' Internet Index
Open Directory Project constructed and maintained by a global community of volunteer editors
Pinakes links to the major academic subject gateways
Intute (UK) aimed at users in further and higher education and contains descriptions of high quality web sites
WWW Virtual Library the oldest web catalogue of quality resources, started by Tim Berners-Lee

A selection of search and metasearch engines:

More seach engines and directories:

Yahoo! Directory > Computers and Internet > Internet > World Wide Web > Searching the Web > Search Engines and Directories for more search engines
Search Engine Colossus international directory of search engines, by country

For detailed analysis of the ever changing features of search tools investigate the following key sites:

Best Search Tools Chart Infopeople Project chart of supported search functions of key tools
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need from NoodleTools
List of search engines comprehensive Wikipedia article/s
Search Engine Showdown, The Users' Guide to Web Searching, particularly:
- Search Engine Features Chart tabular presentation of search engines and their search features
- Web Subject Directories comparitive table of search features of six major directories
Search Engine Watch, guide to search engine marketing and search engine optimization

Internet Archive
Digital library of internet pages archived from 1996 to the present.

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