Internet Tutorials
- Internet Tutorials: Your Basic Guide to the InternetAn introduction to the Internet: what it is, how to search it, and how to use it as a research tool.
Search Engines & Web Directories
Search Engines index the contents of Web pages, so use them to find specific words and phrases. Web Directories organize Web pages into structured categories, so use these when searching for broad topics. Academic Web Directories carefully select the Web pages they choose to include. This produces smaller, but higher quality, results than regular Web Directories.
- Electronic Reference CollectionA searchable collection of free reference materials on the Web (almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc.). When searching the collection, use general instead of specific terms: "history" rather than "lincoln." (Bloomsburg University of PA)
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource CollectionsThis academic directory allows you to browse annotated resources under topical sections, or you can do a search of the whole site.
- Internet Library for LibrariansDesigned to help librarians locate resources related to their profession. Not a librarian? No problem! Any researcher will find the collection of Ready
Reference links helpful. - ipl2: Information You Can Trustipl2 is basically an Internet public library. Unlike regular search engines, Web pages have been carefully selected for inclusion in its database. This means you get fewer, but hopefully better, results. ipl2 is a merger of the Internet Public Library and the Librarians' Internet Index sites.
- Library of Congress: Virtual Reference ShelfWeb resources selected and organized by the Library of Congress--so you know this will be a helpful place to start!
- Scirus: For Scientific Information Only Finds scholarly scientific, technical, and medical data on the Web. Some articles are freely available, but since this site was created by a journal publisher, you may be asked to purchase an article that is freely available to you from another source.
Technical Internet Tools and Information
Find technical Internet information, read Search Engine reviews, etc.
- DNS Stuff"This site has many DNS, networking, and domain registration tools for network administrators, domain owners, users of hosted DNS services, etc. There is no cost for using this site."
- DomainToolsThe place for every type of diagnostic widget related to domain names: Whois, domain history, etc. Covers all top-level domains.
- Domain CodesTop level domains (TLD) can be either a country (.jp=Japan, .uk=United Kingdom) or a type of Web site (.com=commercial, .edu=educational). This handy resource identifies domain codes.
- SamSpade.orgUse this site to look up registry information for Web sites (you can search either by the domain name or IP address).
- Search Engine ShowdownProvides review and analysis of Web search engines.
- 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."
Google Search Engines
- GoogleIt's Google--does it need a description? For more information, see the Google Review in Search Engine Showdown.
- Google Scholar Google Scholar finds scholarly articles, books, papers, etc. Note: When off-campus, using the library's link to Google Scholar will provide more full-text resources than the simple link. Look for "Full-Text @ Cal U" to access items.
- Google Books Search the full-text of books, including Google's Library Project. Full-text is available for pre-1923 (public domain) books. Newer books may provide either part of a sentence, or a limited number of pages. Learn more About Google Books. Note: This is just for books. To search more broadly, use Google Scholar.
- Google Code SearchProgrammers! Find function definitions and sample code in publicly accessible source code hosted on the Internet. Allows you to search using regular expressions (regexp) for code written in a number of programming languages. About Google Code Search.
- Google U.S. Government SearchA specialized Google search focused on U.S. federal, state and local government websites. Searches sites in the .gov, .mil, .us, and other selected domains.
Specialized Searches
Search tools designed for finding specialized kinds of information.
- AnyWho DirectorySearch for people or businesses in the White and Yellow Pages from AT&T. You can also do reverse look ups (identify a phone number).
- Switchboard DirectoryFind people or businesses. You can also do reverse telephone and address lookups.
- Reverse Phone and Address DirectoryFind people by phone number or street address. You can also get a list of everyone on a particular street.
- CataList: the Official Catalog of LISTSERV ListsListservs allow people of similar interests to share ideas and conversations via email. CataList allows you to identify publicly accessible listservs that might appeal to you, and get information about listserv host sites.
- Google Code SearchProgrammers! Find function definitions and sample code in publicly accessible source code hosted on the Internet. Allows you to search using regular expressions (regexp) for code written in a number of programming languages. About Google Code Search.
- Google Groups SearchSearch, read, and even post comments in Usenet newsgroup discussion forums. What is a Usenet Newsgroup? You can find lots of anecdotal information and personal commentary in these discussion forums. Google's Group Search let's you find information from the millions of postings.
- Science.govProvides access to authoritative, selected science information from U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
- Think Tanks DirectoryLooking for public policy information? Many "think tanks" produce valuable resources. This tool lets you search the Web sites of more than 100 centers for research and policy development information. From the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
- Internet Archive: Wayback MachineBrowse through billions of web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. An interesting way to see how a site "used to look," and a valuable tool for finding information no longer available on a site.
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