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Search & Reference Utilities [Internet]
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Top Utilities:
- Alta-Vista
- Digital's entry into the massive web search utility offerings. Searches
a large database and will return various types of specifics. Some complex
searches supported. Seems to be very active at finding new links, rapidly
expanding.
- The Lycos Home Page: Hunting WWW Information
- Somewhat slow but good output format. Scores hits based on their probable
relevancy to search.
- WebCrawler Searching
- Quick and easy search utility, one of the most popular. Now part of
America OnlLine (AOL)
- Spry Internet
Wizard
- Returns top 20 matching web sites. Now owned by Compuserve
- Search of hypertext in
the Yahoo Db.
- Supports all major search parameters. Restricted to words in page titles,
URLs, or comments. Keyword case sensitivity. Boolean and/or operators,
and limited number of displayed hits.
- Point Search
- Top 5% Index
- Here is your opportunity to search the top 5% index by Point Search,
Also you can subscribe (free) to their notification service of breaking
Internet news.
- Open Text Web Index
- a Canadian Utility which liets you search parts of Web pages (titles,
hyperlinks) uing Boolean and word-proximity operators as well as ranked
search terms.
News Group Searches (only):
- DejaNews Research
Service - homepage
- An excellent search utility which scans text in all usenet newsgroups.
Can use boolean searches.
Other Single Data Base Utilities:
- NetMall Search Utility
- Used to locate companies large and small which have a www presence.
Previously NetSearch.
- Magellan
- MetaCrawler
- Galaxy
- Excite
- Search Architext
- World
Wide Web Worm
- Does not work at times.
- Open Text
- Robot
Agents
- A very comprehensive list of robot agents from Webcrawler.
------------Multiple Database Searches----------
Top Utilities:
- Search.com Multi Data-base Search
- A new multi-database search utility with an indexed topic list.
- Savvy
Search
- Unique search option which queries many different search engines.
- InfoSeek
- Free for one month, then they charge. 30 free anytime. Good service
for business uses.
- Internet Sleuth
- Comprehensive database of web databases. Generates hyperlinks to many
other engines from Keywords.
- All-In-One Search
Page
- You can search many of the form based web pages without leaving this
page.
Additional Search Parameters
- On-line Reference
Works
- Search Programs (NASA)
- excite
Netsearch
- Nerd
World Media Internet Subject Index
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On-Line References
Directories
- World
Yellow Pages Network (wyp.net) Yellow White Pages
- Four11
White Page Directory
- LookUP!
Email Search Form
- Switchboard
- United States of
America home page at UNC-CH
- map of usa and links to sources of information
- Computing Dictionary
- Babel: Glossary
of Computer related abreviations and Acronyms
- Directory of Commercial Services
on the Net
- Usenet
FAQ's by Newsgroup
- Find any Listserver
- Stock Server
- MIT Experimental stock market data server.
- Canadian Geneology
Sites
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Libraries on the net
- The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue
- from the W3C
- FILL The Financial Information
Link Library
- Library
Catalogs with Web Interfaces
- Library
WWW Servers
- The Information SuperLibrary (tm)
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News & News Services
- Sources
of News and Information
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Government Links on the Net
- FedWorld Beta Home Page
- The Federal
Web Locator
- U.S. Patent/Full
Text
- United States Postal Service Public
- Defense Link
- Link to all the .mil sites (that can be accessed)
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