Searching the Web

  Major Search Engines

Top sites in terms of number of documents indexed:

Google | Yahoo! | MSN Search | Ask Jeeves (more listings)

 Meta-Search Engines

Sites that search multiple engines at once:

  Jux2 | Dogpile | Clusty | Mamma (more listings)

 Academic Subject Directories

Annotated guides to sites selected for academic users:

• BUBL Link
• INFOMINE
• Internet Scout Project
• Librarians' Index
• Resource Discovery Network (RDN)
• WWW Virtual Library

 General Subject Directories

General sites selected by individuals:

• About.com
• Google Directory
• Internet Public Library
• LookSmart
• MEL (Michigan Electronic Library)
• Open Directory (DMOZ)
• Yahoo! Directory

 Invisible/Deep Web

Information on the web not covered by conventional search engines

• Invisible-Web.Net
• CompletePlanet
• Internet Archive

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