Search Engines and Directories

• All Web Directories
  http://www.allwebdirectories.com/
  "Allwebdirectories.com is a collection of smaller directories categorized by specific topic."
  
  
• AltaVista
  http://www.altavista.com
  Search engine that searches for web pages, images, video, and audio.
  
  
• Best Information on the Net
  http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Default.htm
  From the O'Keefe Library of St. Ambrose University, a collection of websites selected for quality and usefulness.
  
  
• BUBL Link
  http://bubl.ac.uk/link/
  BUBL LINK is the name of a catalogue of selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas and catalogued according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification). All items are selected, evaluated, catalogued and described. Links are checked and fixed each month. LINK stands for Libraries of Networked Knowledge.
  
  
• Chicago Public Library Ready Reference Shelf
  http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/008subject/005genref/readyref.html
  The Reference Shelf is part of Chicago Public Library's Selected Internet Resources. It is a one-stop source for links to a variety of sites that feature basic reference information.
  
  
• Digital Librarian
  http://www.digital-librarian.com/
  "A librarian's choice for the best of the Web", this site lists websites arranged by subject and is maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York.
  
  
• Google
  http://www.google.com
  Searches over 4 billion web pages. Also can search for images, Usenet postings, news, and much more.
  
  
• Google Directory
  http://directory.google.com/
  A collection of websites organized by topics into categories including Arts, Home, Science, Business, Computers, Kids and Teens, Shopping, and Sports.
  
  
• The Internet Public Library Reference Center
  http://www.ipl.org/
  The Library is hosted by the School of Information at the University of Michigan, this site provides links to reference sources in various academic subject disciplines.
  
  
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
  http://lii.org/
  The Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 9,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries.
  
  
• Search Engine Watch
  http://www.searchenginewatch.com
  "Search Engine Watch provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners trying to improve their ability to be found in search engines."
  
  
• Teoma
  http://www.teoma.com
  Search engine that uses "Subject-Specific Popularity" which ranks a web site based on the number of same-subject pages that reference it.
  
  
• Virtual Reference Shelf Library of Congress
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
  Selected resources from the Library of Congress.
  
  
• Vivisimo
  http://www.vivisimo.com
  Search engine that clusters results into different categories.
  
  
• Yahoo
  http://www.yahoo.com/
  Contains a directory, a search engine, free email accounts, games, and much more.