Search Engines

• AltaVista.
• Excite.
• FastSearch.
• Go (Infoseek).
• Google.
• HotBot.
• Lycos.
• Northern Light.

Metasearch Engines

• Dogpile.
• Highway61.
• Mamma.
• MetaCrawler.
• Profusion.
• SavvySearch.

Subject Directories

• Britannica Internet Guide.
• Infomine.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet.
• MEL-Michigan Electronic Library.
• Yahoo.

Invisible Web

• All-In-One Search.
• Alpha Search.
• BeauCoup.
• BigHub.
• Direct Search.
• Infomine Multiple Database Search.
• Lyco's Invisible Web Catalog.
• Search.com.

Finding Resources

These are all tutorials developed by the library and the University of California, Berkeley.

• Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL.
• Searching the World Wide Web: Strategies, Analyzing your topic, Choosing search tools.
• Beyond General World Wide Web Searching.

Web Search: the Invisible Web.

The Scout Report. A weekly awareness publication announcing important new and newly discovered resources if interest to librarians, faculty and researchers. Archives can be searched.

Evaluating Resources

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
• Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist. This excellent resource was compiled by Caroly Kotlas.
• Evaluation of Information Sources. Part of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library, this page has links to criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly Internet resources.
• Gilster, P. (1997) A Primer on Digital Literacy adapted from the book Digital Literacy. New York: John Wiley & Sons. http://metalab.unc.edu/cisco/noc/primer.html

Using the Internet and the Web in the Classroom

• Tips for Effective Library Assignments. One librarian's tips to faculty.
• Teaching With Electronic Technology. An extensive collection of links well organized.
• Term Paper Alternatives. Alternative ways to incorporate the library into the classroom.