Number 1; Best 2007/2008 Activist's Information Source

Revised: Best 2007 Activist's Information Source, PLUS...
(Your information source to infinity)

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/27/18405859.php

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Top Secret Umbra

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Top+Secret+Umbra&btnG=Search

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Updates on current 2009 Budget Battle

http://www.govexec.com/specialreports/budget09.htm

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Federal budget breakdown for FY 2009:
How agencies, programs fared 02/05/08
Winners and losers in President Bush's fiscal 2009 budget proposal.

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39223&dcn=todaysnews

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Newspaper Websites

http://library.manor.edu/newspapers.htm

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Newspapers, US & Worldwide

http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

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Search Engines

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Search+Engines&btnG=Search

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(CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LINKS BELOW)

http://web.archive.org/web/20070823141133/http://allsearchengines.com/

• Hog Search - Fun new search engine.

• Google - The paradigmatic internet search engine.

• Live Search - New!

• Accoona - Try it.

• Teoma - Great relevancy.

• All The Web - Claims a huge database.

• WiseNut - New contender.

• AltaVista - Lots of neat extras, such as translation.

• Yahoo! - Web index pioneer.

• DMOZ - Similar to Yahoo! Human editted.

• Excite - Owns easy to use Webcrawler.

• Lycos - "Wolfspider" (Latin) . Owns HotBot offering parallel, scalable searches. Search a domain, eg. [.edu].

• Northern Light - Has a special pay collection.

• IX Quick - Highly rated.

• Kanoodle -Paid position SE.

• NBCi/Snap - New respect for this search engine.

• Go/ InfoSeek - Slipping.


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Book SEs

21 N. Main -Used book dealer, 15MM books from over 3500 dealers
Advanced Book Exchange -7000 independent bookstores
Alibris -Rare books
Amazon.Com -The Best
Author's Den -
Barnes & Noble -The Biggest
BCY Book Loft -
BiblioFind -Rare books
Book Browser -Authors, reviews, forthcoming titles and more.
BookFinder -Great used book finder
Booksamillion.com -
Booksense -Independent Bookstores Network
Elgrande.com -
Harvest Book -Out of print books
Ingram -
NetStore USA -
Powell's Books -
SeekBooks -The sure way to locate book sites on the web!
Textbookx.com

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Foreign SEs

Argentina
Ahijuna -Argentina search engine
Donde -
Grippo -
Guia Fe -
Asia
Catcha -
Globe Page -Chinese, Japanese and Asian SE in English and native languages
Australia
Anzwers -Australian search engine
Boomerang! -Australian directory, appears to accept all
Matilda -Australian search engine
Belgium
Search-Belgium -Belgium SE.
Belize
Belize By Natural Light -Belize search engine
Belize Tourist Board -
Bolivia
Bolivia Net -Bolivia search engine
Bolivia Web -in English
Brazil
Cade -Brazilian search engine. The largest and oldest
Surf -Brazilian SEsearch engine. Big!
Guiaweb -Brazilian search engine
Zeek -Portal site
Bulgaria
Search.BG -Bulgarian search enginein English and In Native Language (INL)
Chile
Chile Online Networks -Chile search engine
China
Channel Hong Kong -Hong Kong Search Engine
Globe Page -Chinese, Japanese and Asian SE in English and native languages
Czech Republic
Seznam -Czech search engine in native language
Ecuador
Bacan -Ecuador search engine
Europe
EuroFerret -30 million European web pages. No [.com] listings
EuroInfo -International directories
EuroSeek -Multilingual SE.
Finland
Alku -Finnish search engine and directory INL
Luuska -Finnish search engine INL
France
Carrefour.net -French search engine
CoCorico! -French search engine
Ecila -French search engine
EuroSeek en français -French SE
Francité -French SE
Lokace -French SE
Netscan -French SE
Nomade -French SE
Qui Quoi Où/ Wanadoo -French SE
Yahoo! France -French SE
Voila/ Wanadoo -French SE
Germany
AltaVista.De -German version of AltaVista
AdGuide Germany -German directory specializing in iadvertising and e-commerce
Excite.De -German search engine
Fireball.De -German search engine
Uni-Search -
Web.De -
Greece
Webindex -Greek and Italian search engine
Hong Kong
Search HK -Hong Kong search engine
Hungary
Heureka -Hungarian search engine, INL
Iceland
Iceland on the Web -Iceland SE/ directory
IceSeek -Iceland meta SE
India
Khoj.com -Indian search engine
Iran
Search IR -Iranian search engine
Ireland
In2Ireland -Irish search engine
Israel
Zooloo -Jewish search engine, in Hebrew
Italy
Ragno Italiano -Italian search engine
Korea
Any Search -Korean search engine, INL
Simmany -Korean SE INL
Wakano -Korean SE
Mexico
Explora Mexico -Mexican search engine
Iguana -Mexican search engine
Mex Search Yellow Pages -
Netherlands
Ilse -Dutch search engine
NieuwsNet -Dutch directory
Search.NL -Dutch search engine
Vindex -Dutch search engine
New Zealand
Search NZ -"New Zealand's leading search engine"
Norway
Fast FTP -Fast FTP search and transfer out of Norway
Philippines
G Spot -"The Philippines' First Web Search Engine! (c. 1995)"
RPDIR -Directory of Filipino sites
Yehey -
Peru
Peru Online -Peruvian search engine
Portugal
AEIOU -Portugese search engine
Cusco -Portugese search engine
Sapo -
Russia
Aport -Russian search engine
Atrus -Russian search engine
Yandex -
Rambler -
Up -
Scandinavia
Nordic Web Index -Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
Polar Search -Scandinavian database
Singapore
Search Singapore -Singapore search engine
TechnoFind -Singapore search engine
South Africa
Aardvark -South African search engine
Ananzi -South African search engine
Max -South African search engine
Zebra -"The black and white search engine"
Spain
Buscopio -in Catalan
Cercador -in Catalan
CerCAT -in Catalan
Mundo Latino -Spanish language SE
Nosaltres -Spanish search engine
Ozu -Spanish search engine
Red Aragon -
Som-hi! -in Catalan
Switzerland
Swiss Search -Swiss search engine INL and English, German, French and Italian
Ukraine
Sesna -Ukrainian search engine
United Kingdom
2B -"UK content portal"
GOD -UK directory
Interview -"The guide to the best UK sites"
Lifestyle.UK -Consumer oriented
Mirago -"The UK search engine"
Search UK -"Covers over 95% of the .uk domain, making it the most extensive search engine in the world"
UK Directory -Business focus
UK Index -
UKLinks4 -
Uruguay
Reduy -Uruguay search engine
Venezuela
Piranha -Venezuelan search engine
World geographic search engines
Orientation -Asia, Africa, E. Europe, Caribbean, Mid East, etc..

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Games SEs

Console Domain -From TheGlobe.Com
EA.Com -Online game distributor for AOL.
Everquest -"Best game ever"
Hog Games -
GameSages -
iWin -A major online gaming portal. By Flipside.
Jackpot.Com -
Pogo -Affiliated with EA.
Sandbox -Online games
ToysRUs -
vgol -Video
Uproar -Great online games. By Flipside.
Vozo -Cheats, emulation, mp3, babes, & more!

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Government & Politics SEs

1040.Com -Tax info.
All US Govt Servers -Plus email addresses.
BLS -Bureau of Labor Statistics, job outlook .
Business Advisor -Business to government link.
CDC -Center for Disease Control.
Census Bureau -
CIA -Central Intelligence Agency.
CIC -Consumer Information Center in Pueblo, CO. Free govt info.
Congressional Email Directory -
DOC -U.S. Department Of Commerce.
DOE -U.S. Department of Energy.
DOEd -U.S. Department of Education.
DOI -U.S. Department of the Interior.
DOJ -U.S. Department of Justice.
DOT -U.S. Department of Transportation.
EDGAR -SEC's database of corporae information.
EPA -Environmental Protection Agency.
FBI -Federal Bureau of Investigation.
FCC -Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Jobs Digest -Private source of federal job info.
FEMA -Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FedWorld - An index of U.S. government information servers.
FindLaw -Legal search engine, great for searching statutes.
FirstGov -Portal to all US government info
GovBot -Search over 500,000 govt web pages.
GPO/ Access -Government Printing Office.
GPO/ GILS -Government Information Locator Service.
GPO/ Pathway -Another GPO SE
GSA -U.S. General Services Administration
Heritage Foundation -Conservative group.
HHS -U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
IRS -Internal Revenue Service, tax info, forms and updates.
Judicial Watch -Battling government corruption
LLF -Landmark legal foundation, challenged Clinton corruption.
LOC -Library of Congress.
MOCAT -Monthly catalog of govt publications
NASA -National Aeronautical and Space Administration.
NARA -National Archives and Records Administration.
NCO -National Coordination Office.
NII -National Information Infrastructure Bluebook.
NPR -National Performance Review.
NREL -National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
NSF -National Science Foundation.
NTIA -National Telecommunications Information Administration.
OCG -Operation Clean Government, volunteer govt reform group in RI.
ORCA -Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment.
Political Information -A Search Engine for Politics & Policy
Public Safety -Public safety search engine
SBA -Small Business Administration.
The Smithsonian Institution -
SSA -Social Security Administration.
STAWRS (AKA Tax.Gov) -The Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System offersemployers/ businesses a one-stop guide to federal and state tax and wage reportinginformation, hiring employees, and
reporting requirements.
THOMAS -U.S. Congress on the internet. Legislation information.
USTREAS -U.S. Department of the Treasury.
USF&W -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USF&W/ RS -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge System.
USGS -U.S. Geological Survey.
US House -U.S. House Of Representatives.
US Senate -U.S. Senate.
USPTO -U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
USPS -U.S. Postal Service, zip codes, address changes, etc..
U.S. State Department Travel Advisories -Warnings about terrorism.
VA -U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
White House -Step right into the Oval Office.

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Library SEs

LibDex -Searchable database of world libraries - very comprehensive!

Federal Libraries
LOC -Library of Congress.
Public Libraries (by holdings size)
Cal State Library -Sunsite, librarians' index of the web
New York Public Library -Over 11 million volumes.
Chicago Public Library -9+MM
Queens Borough Public Library -8+MM
Cincinnati & Hamilton County PL of -8+MM
County of Los Angeles Public Library -7+MM
Philadelphia Free Library -7+MM
Pittsburgh Carnegie Library -6+MM
Brooklyn Public Library -6+MM
Los Angeles Public Library -5+MM
Houston Public Library -5+MM
Miami-Dade Public Library System -3.5+MM
Hawaii State Public Library System -3.5+MM
St. Louis County Library -3MM
Dallas Public Library -2.5+MM
Detroit Public Library -2.5+MM
Jacksonville Public Library -2.5+MM
Baltimore Enoch Pratt Free Library -2.5+MM
Orange County Public Library -2.5+MM
Montgomery County MD Dept. of PL -2.5+MM
San Diego Public Library -2.5MM
San Francisco Public Library -2.5MM
Fairfax County Public Library -2+MM
Columbus Metropolitan Library -2+MM
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library -2MM
Phoenix Public Library -1.5+MM
Kansas City Public Library -
University Libraries
Brown University Library -
Columbia University Library -
Cornell University Library -
Dartmouth College Library -
Harvard University Library -
MIT Library -
Princeton University Library -
Stanford University Library -
University of Chicago Library -
University of Pennsylvania Library -
Yale University Library -

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Legal SEs

FindLaw -
LawCrawler -
West Law -For pay databases to search case law.
WLD -West legal directory, search for an attorney.

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Music Search Engines

Amazon.Com -World's biggest selection
BuyMusic.com -Download digital songs for 99 cents.
CDNow -CDs
CDWorld -One of the best selections of CDs we've seen
Cheap-CDs -Very good.
GetMusic -Universal Music and BMG's new site
iTunes -Digital music service. Good
Listen.com -eMusic vendor.
LyricsH -World's largest music database
MP3.com -A biggie. More than 750,000 downloadable songs.
MusicNet -Digital music service.
MusicNow -Digital music service. Fair.
Music Searcher -By artist, album or song title.
Music Web Hunter -Guide to major music sources.
PressPlay -Digital music service.
Rhapsody -Digital music leader.
World Records -A search engine for information about music.

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People SEs

Abika -
Any Student -People search for college students.
AnyWho -AT&T tollfree, tel, fax, email. 90 million consumer listings.
Bigfoot -Advanced people search.
DocuSearch -DMV, telephone, criminal, etc..
IAF -Internet Address Finder, smaller email directory.
IQ Data -Sec's states, county, criminal, civil, UCC, tax lien, judgment, federal & bankruptcy.
InfoSpace -The best people finder, white pages, reverse lookup.
nfoUSA -Find people.
KnowX -Public records, assets, etc.
LostPeople -Asset search, criminal records, FBI files.
Switchboard -People, addresses, phone numbers.
Tel -Telephone directories of the web
Whitepages.com -Phone directory with free people search
WhoWhere? -From Lycos. Look for people, celebrities.
World Email -World Email Directory.
Yahoo -People search.
Zaba Search -People search.

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Geneaology SEs

American Plantations and Colonies -
Ancestry -
Census Online -
CyndisList -
Everton Publishers -
Family Search -Mormon site
Family Tree Maker Online -
Family Tree Searcher -Enter your ancestor data just once to search for family trees at multiple web sites.
Gendex -
Kindred Konnections -
The Olive Tree Genealogy -
RootsWeb -
Social Security Death Index -
U.S. GenWeb Project -
Westland Publications -

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News SEs

7AM News -World news page, sponsored by All SE.
ABCNews -
AJR -Links to individual newspapers, etc..
CNN -One of the best news sites
CRAYON -National & World
DayPop - A current events/ webblog/ news search engine
DejaNews -
Fox News -
Google News -The king.
Internet Press -News listings, by state and country, worldwide.
Just The News -Radio and TV news links from around the world.
My Virtual Newspaper -Newspaper listings by state.
NAA -Hot links to newspapers online.
New York Post -
News.Com -CNET. Focus on web/ business.
News Alert -
News Bot -HotBot's news SE
News Index -
News Page -
News Tracker -By Excite
N-NET -Thousands of papers listed.
Reuters -
SuperNews -
Total News -
Ultimate Collection of News Links -6300+ global links
USA Today -
Washington Post -Excellent coverage.
Wired -
World Wide News -Online newspapers, news and sports resources.
Yahoo! -Daily news. What's new on the web.
ZDNet -News, lots of internet & tech. Excellent!

Internet Radio

Broadcast.Com -Owned by Yahoo!
GoGaGa -
ImagineRadio -
MIT -Links to 7500 internet radio stations
Music Radio -Links to a couple thousand i radio stations
NetRadio -150 free music stations
Rolling Stone Radio -
TalkRadio -

Weather SEs

Intellicast -National and world
NWS/ IWS -National Weather Service/ Internet Weather Source.
USGS -Water data, navigation, water quality, flooding, and forecasts.
Weather.Com -The Weather Channel. Comprehensive weather info.

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Complete SE list

7Search -Pay for position SE.
Acclaim Search -by ValueCom.
AOL -Lousy web search.
AllCrawl -"Why Choose, When You Can Have It All?"
All The Web -Claims alot of pages, but disappointing.
AltaVista -Also offers translation.
Amnesi -Search internet server names (DNS names).
Ampleo -Human interactive search engine. Free.
Ask Jeeves -Uses natual language input. Mediocre.
Deja.Com -Search UseNet newsgroups.
Deoji -Includes tools for WebTV.
Dewa -
DevSearch -The web developer's SE.
DirectHit -One of the biggies. Pretty good.
DMOZ -Open directory project
Excite -Rated as one of the best SEs.
Findit2000 -
FindWhat -Pay for position.
Frequent Finders -Search for words in the actual URLs.
Funkycat -International search engine with a broad index.
GenieKnows -
Google -Huge *and* accurate, a favorite. Weighs popularity.
Go -Mis-managed by Mickey Mouse & Co.
Go2Net -
GoshDarn! -Hot new search engine
HotBot -Scalable. Search a domain, eg. [.edu].
iBound -
Info Hiway -
Infomak -
InfoSeek -Owned by Disney. Average.
Intelliseek -Their Profusion site allows searching 1000 sites, including many on the 'invisible web'
IXQuick -Highly rated.
Jump City -
Kanoodle -Pay for position SE.
Link Centre -
Link Master -
Links2Go -Most-referenced pages by topics; it's also personalizable.
Look Up -
Lost Link/ Web Links -Great site, adds links instantly... with banners!
Lycos -"Wolf spider" (Latin). Another SE biggie.
MSN -
NBCi -New respect for this search engine
TheNet1 -
Nexor Aliweb -
NorthernLight -Recommended, plus a special pay collection.
Overture -Top pay for position SE, high commercial relevance.
Pathfinder/ Time-Warner -Time, People, Money, Fortune, etc...
Reference.Com -UseNet resources
Rocket Links -Pay for position SE.
Scrub The Web -Robot SE claims to have indexed 80 MM pages. Search.Com -CNET. Infoseek SE, own db for subjects.
Search4Info -
Search Hound -Pay for position. Slow?
Search King -Indexes instantly. Surfers votes determine ranking.
Snap -Advanced setting allows excluding words, eg. xxx, porn, etc..
Splat Search -
Subjex -
Super Cyber Search -Pay for position.
ToggleBot -10MM URLs. MetaSearch, Directory, Auction Search, etc..
TopClick -The Private SE. Claims to protect privacy. No cookies.
WebCrawler -Very user friendly interface. Owned by Excite.
Web Direct -
WebSearch2K -New SE, pay for position, no adult.
WebVentureHotlist -
What-U-Seek-
Where2Go -TOP 20 search engine, directory of URLs.
WWWHunter -
Yahoo! -Leading net directory.
Zen Search -
Z Search -"The last name in searching"

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Meta SEs (search multiple SEs at once)

1Blink -
2Trom -
800Go -
All4One -Meta SE service, plus free submissions.
Ask Jeeves -Accepts natural language Qs, 5 SEs, plus own DB.
Brightgate -Meta search 94+ search engines.
Copernic -
Cyber411 -
Debriefing -Searches 7 other SEs.
Dogpile -Very highly rated.
FindIt! -
Fly-Catcher -
GenieKnows -
GoshDarn! -Hot new meta search engine
Go Hip -
Highway 61 -
Inference -A good meta SE.
Internav -Multi-search, web directory, free email.
Inforian Quest 98 -Download. Searches and organizes hundreds of SEs
IXQuick -Another highly rated meta SE.
Mamma -
Match Site -
Meta Bug -
MetaCrawler -Excellent, 8 SEs. Complex searches, can search a continent. Developed at the U. of Washington.
MetaFind -Searches 6 SEs, merges results.
Meta Gopher -
MultiMeta -Bi-lingual Meta SE.
Meta Search -
Net Acer -
Northern Light -Plus pay "special collection."
One Seek -
ProFusion -
SavvySearch -
SearchSpaniel -"Fetch, boy, fetch!"
SearchSpell -Spellcheck portal to search engines.
SurfWax -
Surfy -
The Big Hub -
To Crawl -
WebAssyst -11 SEs.
Web Info Search -Search websites, search engines, job, MP3 audio, person search, business, reverse phone, reverse address.
Web Taxi -
zInternet -

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People SEs

Abika -
Any Student -People search for college students.
AnyWho -AT&T tollfree, tel, fax, email. 90 million consumer listings.
Bigfoot -Advanced people search.
DocuSearch -DMV, telephone, criminal, etc..
IAF -Internet Address Finder, smaller email directory.
IQ Data -Sec's states, county, criminal, civil, UCC, tax lien, judgment, federal & bankruptcy.
InfoSpace -The best people finder, white pages, reverse lookup.
nfoUSA -Find people.
KnowX -Public records, assets, etc.
LostPeople -Asset search, criminal records, FBI files.
Switchboard -People, addresses, phone numbers.
Tel -Telephone directories of the web
Whitepages.com -Phone directory with free people search
WhoWhere? -From Lycos. Look for people, celebrities.
World Email -World Email Directory.
Yahoo -People search.
Zaba Search -People search.


geneaology SEs

American Plantations and Colonies -
Ancestry -
Census Online -
CyndisList -
Everton Publishers -
Family Search -Mormon site
Family Tree Maker Online -
Family Tree Searcher -Enter your ancestor data just once to search for family trees at multiple web sites.
Gendex -
Kindred Konnections -
The Olive Tree Genealogy -
RootsWeb -
Social Security Death Index -
U.S. GenWeb Project -
Westland Publications -

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Kids' SEs

Cyber Kids -
Disney Blast -
Free Zone -
Planet Zoom -
Yahooligans -

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Web Directories

411 Locate -
411 Now -The business directory
555-1212.com -Find people, maps
About -Reviewed, mined info
AllDeal -Directory plus Mamma meta search.
AllSearchEngines.Com -Handy site lists 'em all!
AnyWho -AT&T directory includes toll free.
Bigfoot -Advanced people search.
Dig -
DotComDirectory -Find online businesses --FAST!
EBig -
Four11 -Find people.
GTE/ BigBook -Superpages. Good company info
IAF -Internet Address Finder, 4MM listings.
Info Links -
Information Please Almanac -Almanac, encyclopedia and dictionary.
InfoSpace -A good people finder.
Jayde -Online directory.
MacMillan Yellow Pages -
Lecktronix -Human Built Directory.
Link Monster -Directory of links.
Liszt -Mailing list directory with email discussion groups!
Look Smart -Reader's Digest backed directory, medium size.
LookUp -People and businesses.
LookUpUSA -Find people/ email addresses.
LYcomm Net Guide -
Lycos -Lycos Point.
Lycos -Lycos A to Z.
Magellan -Smaller directory, Excite underneath.
Nerd World Media -SE and subject index, similar to Yahoo.
Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages -
Open Directory Project -Human edited.
PC 411 -
PortalSeek -Includes weekly portal reviews
Ref. Desk -Internet reference desk.
Reference.Com -Search for organizations and groups.
Research It -Dictionary, and more..
Resource One -
Rex -15 major directories.
Search Up -"Directory service allowing higher visibility"
SNAP -One of my favorites! A new biggie.
Switchboard -People, addresses, phone numbers.
Vital Search -GoTo and Amazon content, plus meta search.
WebBound -Massive printed directory lists 150,000 websites!
Web World Internet Directory -
White NetPages -
Who Where -Great for searching people's email address.
World Pages -Business, people, government.
World Wide Web Worm -looks interesting, categories.
WWW Virtual Library -Non-commercial/ academic
XPlore -
Yahoo! -HUGE directory organized by category.
YellowNet -
YellowPages -

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Web & Online SEs

BetterWhoIs -Find out who owns any domain.
DevSearch -The developers search engine.
DotCom Directory -From Network Solutions
eZines Db -Online pubs, e-zines, journals, newsletters.
Forum One -Search a quarter million web forums, BBs, etc..
Google Groups -Search newsgroups.
Great Domains -Domain broker.
The List -The definitive list of ISPs.
NCSA -Tips.
NetSearcher -"Reviewed, credible, and reliable."
Newsletter Access -Searchable directory of over 5,000 newsletters.
Tile.Net -Discussion lists, newsgroups, FTP sites.
W3C -World Wide Web Consortium.

Web Email Lists/ Listservers

EzineDepot -Ezine and newsletter directory and search engine.
FindMail -Listserve
GlobeLists -Email discussion groups
Impulse -Email discussion groups
List of Lists -Listserver index/ SE.
List Universe -Resouces. Search its New Lists.
Lists Net -Directory of over 2,000 mailing lists.
Liszt -Listserver index/ SE.
LSoft -
PAML -Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists.
Tile.Net -Listserve info.
Topica -Listserver with 50,000 lists. Very user friendly. Hosts some nice specialty lists such as AllSearchEngines!
Yahoo! Groups -Listserver has 300,000 groups.

Hosts

Frogsmart -Great hosting, personal service, bulk prices.
Hurricane Electric -My second favorite.Starts at $9
DigiWeb -Free shopping cart/ message board, CGI, more.
Host Index -Host rankings.
Interland -Top 5 host.
Top Hosts -Host rankings.
Verio -Biggest hosting company
XO -2nd largest host. Formerly Concentric. Owns 9NetAve
Webhosters.com -The largest free database of web hosting
WebHosting -Another big host, formerly Dynamic Web.
WebHostList -Lists hosting companies.

Domains

AOK Domains -Stake Your Claim at AOK Domains! Domain registration, WhoIs info, bulk checker, domain transfers, URL forwarding, email forwarding, and more!
BetterWhoIs -
BulkRegister -Good registrar
Network Solutions -Bloated bureaucracy, and very expensive.
ICANN -Accredits the various registrars
InternetNamesWW -Australian company.
Dotster -
eNom-Pretty good for domain transfers

File Extensions

ExtSearch -Helpful searchable database of file extensions.
Webopedia -Extensive listing of file extensions.
WhatIs -Great index of acronyms and file extensions

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Software and Computer SEs

2HaveIt -Freeware and shareware.
Big Nose Bird -Free CGI, PERL scripts, tutorials.
Bookmark Software -
BrainPlay.Com -Educational software/ childrens' software.
CGI Resources -Extremely helpful site, free programs and scripts.
Database Central -Directory of db and db-to-web connectivity
Download.Com -CNET.
Earth Web -IT industry portal.
Elsewhere -Definitions of computer acronyms and jargon.
eToys -Software dept.
Filez -Search for software, claims tens of millions of files.
InfoHiway -Free JavaScript resources.
Internet.Com -
JavaScript Source -Free Java scripts.
Jumbo -Approx. 100,000 shareware and freeware programs in several dozen categories.
Matt's Script Archive -A web legend.
NCSA -Software info, state of the art web info, uses HotBot.
Script Search -Host recommended
Shareware.Com -CNET. About 200,000 shareware, freeware, demos and upgrade programs.
Stroud/ Mecklermedia -Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications.
Surfzilla -Free scripts
Tucows -
Tudogs -Free software index.
Windows95.com -32-bit shareware.
World Wide Mart -Free scripts
Xoom -Hotfiles. 34,000 free downloads.
ZD Net -Ziff Davis Publishing's hot files software library.

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Search Tools

Alexa -
Copernic -
JotBot -Tiny floating input window, searches 7 SEs.
SearchSpell -Spellcheck portal to search engine sites

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Regional US/ Canada SEs

US

Alcanseek -Search Alaska and Canada.
All Florida Directory -All Florida
Arizona.Com -Arizona the cactus state.
Arkansas Direct -The "Land of Clinton," UGH!
CitySearch -Raleigh-Durham, Portland, Austin, Wash., DC, NYC, etc.
CTSeek -Search Connecticut.
Greater Hampton Roads -Virginia Beach, Norfolk, etc.
NorthWest Direct -Oregon and Washington.
NYSid -New York State internet directory
Pathfinder -"A Montana search engine."
SeaCrawler -Seattle website index.
Search Florida Net -Florida SE and directory. Free entries.
Search Los Angeles -Los Angeles the city of angels.
Seattle Sidewalk -Seattle, from local strongman MicroSoft.
SeekOn -10,000 US cities and towns!
Surf Atlanta -Atlanta, 8,000+ links!
TheTrip -City guide.
Yahoo! -Get local. Awesome.
Zip2-City guide.

Canada

Altavista Canada -14MM pages.
Canada.Com -Inktomi based, flags [.ca] domains.
Canada Site -The Canadian Government site.
Canadian, Eh? -Canadian directory.
Maple Square -Searchable Canadian directory.
NTG Cybermall -A Canadian directory.
Search BC -Province of British Columbia.

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Science & Technology SEs

CAS -The most comprehensive source of chemical info.
arXiv -Many scientific articles. Operated by Cornell University.
ChemIndustry -Chemical site
CI -Corporate Intelligence, 6MM US patents, going back to 1790!
COS -Searching in expertise, facilities and inventions.
Delphion -Patent search.
Derwent -Search drug/ biotech abstracts and world patents.
EESE - Engineering E-journal SE, over 100 engineering e-journals.
IBM -IBM's Patent Server, search technology showcase. FREE!
Joe Farmer -Agriculture and farm SE.
Knowledge Express -
Leeds -22 million documents, including patents.
MathWorld -"The web's most extensive mathematics resource."
Novelint -Enforcement, litigation, & licensing for infringed patents.
Pasteur Institute -Search page.
PubSci -Physical Science Literature, FREE government search!
RAM -Recent Advances in Manufacturing, 500+ journals
Questel-Orbit -French Telecom db for patent and scientific searching.
SBIR Research Center -Commercial site about govt SBIR grants. ScienceWorld -Growing.
Scientfic Frontiers -
SciSeek -
SemiSeek -Semi-Conductor Info.
Steelynx -Links to steelmaking and Steel-Related Tech.
USPTO -US Patent and Trademark Office.

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New Stuff

Altavista -Photo & Media Finder
Ampleo -Human interactive search engine. Free.
Brand New Sites -The name says it all!
GuruNet -New search utility searches 'any document!'
HotRate -2nd generation. Highly relevant results.
SearchSpell -Spellcheck portal to search engine sites
Starting Point -Great starting point for new stuff
TopClick -No cookies, no banners, no personal data disclosed.
Yahoo! -What's New OnThe Web
Yep -Ranks popularity

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SE Other

For Pay databases/ services

BrightPlanet -Search the deep web.
Dialog -"World's largest online information company with databases 50 times the size of the WWW."
Electric Library -Full text magazines, books, etc.. Good and cheap.
Factiva -From Dow Jones.
Frost and Sullivan -CI.
GuruNet -Search utility. Dictionary, science and math encyclopedias, and more.
Hoovers -Get names of senior management. Annual subscription.
Information Access Co. -Company profiles database
Intelliscope -Business intelligence.
Intelliseek -Their Profusion site allows searching 1000 sources, including many on the 'invisible web'
Inquisit -Search agent service monitors 300 sources
FindSVP -Worldwide research and advisory service to business.
Knowledge Express -Helpful biomedical information.
KnowX -Public records
Lexis-Nexis -Legal, govt, business and high tech DBs. Find press releases.
NERAC -Information gathering and CI.
News Analyzer -Press releases and other co info. Great for biomed.
NorthernLight -Special for pay databases
One Source -Subscription service for business literature.
ProQuest -Search newspapers, dissertations, etc..
Rand Radius -Federal R&D. Find experts, get CI.

Other

3Potato4 -highly configurable internet search utility
BullsEye -Search utility from Intelliseek
ILF -Internet Lost and Found
SearchSpell -Spellcheck portal to search engine sites
Spirit Search -A spiritual, metaphysical and paranormal search directory.

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Other All-In-One SEs

AllSearchEngines.Com -The ultimate!
700 Search Engines -
ABrody's Home Page -A selection of sites
About -
All in One -
Beaucoup -
Bjorgul -"One page multi search," clean layout.
BotSpot® -Excellent comprehensive list of robot SEs.
Ecki -Grandfather of all links.Thousands of links.
eDirectory -Search engines around the world.
Bob Harrold II -SE links.
NetLaunch -SEs.
Netskills -
Proteus -
Search Page -Huge.
Search Engine Colossus -
Search Engines Galore -
Search Power -Thousands of SEs.
Steve's Guide -Good selection/ comparative info.
Surf Fast -Very nice presentation.
The Search Box -More than fifty search boxes
Yahoo -All in one search pages.

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Articles & Sites
About Search Engines:

Search Engine Help
Search Engine Optimizer
How to Search
Comparisons
Search Chart
Search Info
Search Engine Secrets
Search Engine Talk
Search Engine Watch
Terms people search
Meta Spy
Lycos 50
I-S Glossary of SE Terms
I-Search Discussion List
Hypersearching the web

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Links

Premium Players -These guys bet BIG !
Online Casino -Online casino and sportsbook
Free Email -Free web email
MentalInstitution.Com -Free email for web nuts
InstitutionForTheCriminallyInsane.Com -Net's wackiest email addy
Gambling Affiliate Program -Webmasters make big commissions
PsychicLine.Com -Live psychics 24 hours a day!
BubbyMAIL -Free email for Jews
NonnaMAIL -Free email for Italians
Patent Infringement -Strategies for infringed patents.
TourBus -One of the most popular email newsletters
Judicial Watch -Fighting government corruption
Atheists.Org -Promote freedom
Weight Loss -Diet program
Britney Spears -Angel or devil?
Cellular Phone -Get one now
Free Cell Phone -This deal can't be beat
My Domain -Domain Administration

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Health & Medicine SEs

Achoo -
AllerDays - Allergy resources.
AMA -American Medical Association.
The Body - HIV/ AIDS information and resources.
Cancer News - Cancer LINKS and news
CliniWeb -
CSPI -Center for Science in the Public Interest. Nutrition info.
Derwent -Search drug/ biotech abstracts and world patents.
Doctor's Guide to the Internet -
Evaluated Medline -Medline access, medical annotations and links.
Guideline.Gov -Detailed treatment info
HAI -Health Action International, third world, consumer advocate
HealthAtoZ -
Health Finder -Consumer health news, nutrition and disease info.
Healthgate's Medline+ -Medline access plus advanced searching.
Herpes -Free info.
HON -Health On The Net Foundation
Impotence -Free info
Kids Doctor - Children's health information.
Mayo Clinic -Health info from the famous Minnesota clinic.
Medical World Search -
Medicine Net - State of the art medical info, news, diseases and terms. Medline Plus -Gov site, excellent source of disease info.
MedMatrix -
Medscape -Medline access, numerous medical articles.
Medseek - Directory of hospitals and physicians.
Medsite -
MedWeb -From Emory University.
MerckMedco -Drug library. Drug side effects, interactions, etc..
MSF -World's largest independent medical relief organization.
National Health Council -Helpful disease and treatment information, and links to non-profit health organizations.
National Library of Medicine -One of the biggest resources in the field.
NEJM -New England Journal of Medicine Online.
NOAH - NY Online Access to Health, bi-lingual website.
Nutrition Navigator - Tufts U. resource, ranks nutrition websites.
OBC -Online Birth Center. Midwifery, pregnancy, breastfeeding, etc..
OB/GYN -
OncoLink -Simple, popular site. Sponsor:U Penn Cancer Center.
Online Pharmacy -Buy popular pharmaceuticals online
Pasteur Institute -Search page.
PharmInfo - Pharmaceutical Information Network.
Phentermine Pharmacy -
Physicians Online -
RXList -Drug Interaction SE.
Shingles -Free info
WebMD -
Yahoo -Health section. Tons of medical, health and physician subjects.

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Education SEs

Education World -
E Journal -Search page
ERIC -Educational resources information center.
Financial AID Search -
Grad Schools.Com -A directory
InfoMine -
Lionpages-Education -UK educstion SE
Pedagonet -
Review -Princeton review testing services.
Study Abroad -By country
Study Abroad Links -
Web -Web based teaching & learning

by specialty..

Computing -College of computing
Pharmacy Schools -
Music Schools -US music schools.

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Image & Sound SEs

3D Textmaker -Offers free graphics.
Altavista -Image search, one of the biggest and best.
Animation Factory -35,000 animations. 10,000 free.
ArtSearch -
ArtToday -40,000 free, 750,000 total. Photos, anim gifs, fonts, etc.
Artville -Small collection, but nice stuff. Licensible images.
Clip Art Searcher -Image Meta SE, searches 4 SEs.
Comstock -
Cool Text -Offers free graphics.
Corbis -Bill Gates owns it. Licensible images. Tough terms :(
Corel -Download over 80,000 images.
Ditto -Image search. A winner!
Free Graphics -Reviewed searchable db of sites offering free graphics
Getty Images -Owns these companies:

• EyeWire -"Everything you need for great design"

• Photodisc -Huge online gallery. Royalty free licensible images. Nice! Cheap! :)

• Tony Stone -Stock photography.
Google -Image search.
IconBank -
Internet Movie Database -180,000 files.
Lycos Picture This -Images and sounds.
Nova -'Web Explosion' image series for websites.
Picture Quest -Expensive stock images. Tough terms. :(
Photo Spin -
Reel.com -Movies, videos, DVDs
RGB Gallery -
Scour -Audio, video, images
Search By Media -Multimedia search, MP3, video, pictures.
Virage -Searchable video, AV supplier.
Web GFX -Offers free graphics.
Webseek Includes video. 660,000+ images w/ thumbnails.
Webspice -Clip art content supplier.
Yahoo! Image Surfer -

Sounds

MP3.Com -

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Entertainment SEs

Baseline -Movie and TV info, box office stats, bios, etc..
Celebrity Newsletter -Somewhat racy pics of Britney, Christina, etc..
Entertainment Weekly -Great site!
eToys -
Reel.Com -Movies.
Webquests -Entertainment and recreation.
WildWeb -Entertainment SE powered by AltaVista.

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Arts & Humanities SEs

ADAM -UK art, design, architecture and media Information
Artcyclopedia -Fine art search engine. Search by title, artist, or museum.
Art-Bridge - Directory and searchable database of art resources
Getty Information Institute -Bridging art and technology
Librarians' Index -Arts, History, Philosophy, Scieence, etc..
Voice of the Shuttle -Humanities research directory.

See also our Images SEs page

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Travel SEs

1-888-Inn-Seek -Find inns and B&Bs.
Amazing Thailand -Thailand Tourism & Travel Directory.
AllCheapFares -
BargainTravel.Com -Featured on AOL
BedandBreakfast.com -Offers savings and "hot deals" emails
BizTravel -Offers flight status pager alerts
Bus Web -Index of coach and group travel
Cheap Tickets -Low rates
Expedia -Well designed site with tons of options
Fare Chase -Search fares at 20 or so sites.
Hotels.com -
HotWire -Great prices, but you can't select flight times.
Kayak -Life's a trip.TM
KwikFly -Travel made simple.
LastMinuteTravel -Unsold tix to 'anywhere' for cheap cheap!
LateRooms.com -British site, worldwide cottages and villas.
Mobissimo - Cheap fares, internationally.
Orbitz -Founded by an airline cartel.
OneTravel -Can be pricey.
Priceline.Com -An internet innovator.
Qixo -Compare prices from multiple travel sites.
SideStep -Search fares at multiple travel sites.
Site59.com -North American flights, hotels, and tours
SkyAuction.com -Last minute getaways.
Smarter Living -Special deals on airfare.
Southwest -This airline rocks.
Travel Data -Index of B&Bs.
Travelocity -Sends emails of special deals
Travel Now - Super low rates and great service
Travel Zoo -
Trip.Com -

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Business SEs

BBB -Better Business Bureau
Big Book -GTE Directory with 10 million+ business listings.
Big Yellow -16 million business listings
Biz-Lib -
BizBot -
Bizweb -Info on over 34,000 companies.
Business Advisor -Government/ business link.
Com Find -
Company Finder -"Instant profiles of over 4,700 high-tech companies."
CorpTech -Database of 50,000 high tech companies.
CNNfn -CNN Financial Network.
DotComDirectory -Find online businesses --FAST!
Dunn & Bradstreet -
EDGAR -Search the SEC's database of corporate information.
Edgar-Online -Research company offers SEC info.
Edge -Entrepreneurial Edge Online.
Financial Web -Real time quotes, research info.
Fortune 500 -Introduction to the 1998 Fortune 500 list.
Fraud.Org -
Galaxy -Business focus directory, "for professionals"
Hoovers Online -13,000 large public and private co info.
Industry Research Desk -
Kompass -
LogicTeam -Business analysis tools.
MarketWatch -By CBS. Get stock quotes and more.
MoneyWeb -Financial Search Directory
The Motley Fool -Finance and folly, stock tips.
OpenText -Business focus SE. Millions of pages.
Silicon Investor -
Stockmaster -Follow the stock market.
TollFree -AT&T 800 directory, locate competitors.
Web Assurance Bureau -
Yellow.Com -Search for companies, products and services.
Zip2 -Find businesses in a designated city, state.

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Shopping SEs

All-Cybermall -Nicely organized 200 store shopping directory.
Amazon.Com -Books, music, video, auctions.. everything!
Artnet.Com-Collectibles
AuctionWatch -Auction portal.
Auto Web -Cars
Baby Catalog -
AutoByTel -
Bid -
BidSpotter -Live auctions. Carries industrial goods.
Brain Play -Educational software/ childrens' software.
Buy.Com -Our favorite place to buy computers, software, electronics, wireless, books, magazines, music, games, video, and DVD,
Cadabra -Online comparison shopping engine
CDNow -
Candy Direct -Yum!
Citimall -Directory of freebies, shopping sites, etc.
Consumer Reports -
Drugstore.Com -Health and beauty products.
eBay -#1 for auctions.
Flowers.Com -
Furniture.Com -
The Gap -
LL Bean -
Lycos Store -New!
Moma -Museum of Modern Art, classy gifts.
Online Pharmacy -Buy popular pharmaceuticals online
OnSale.Com -Features computers and electronics
OutSmarted -Extensive products range with images
Priceline -Bid on unsold airline fares
Real Estate For Sale By Owner -Buy/ sell real estate FSBO.
Realtor.Com -
Reel -Movies!
Sell Your Item -Auctions. Great for consumer electronics
UBid -Auctions. Computer stuff, plus lots more.
Yahoo! Auctions -#2 for auctions.

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Site Award & Best of Web SEs

Ampersand -The best of the web.
A2Z -Lycos directory of popularly linked websites.
Dr.Matrix Science Awards -
Eye On The Web -Personalizable
PC Magazine Site Awards -
Point -
Scout -Internet scout project.
Starting Point -Has New Site listings and also a daily Hot Site.
Top 5% -Lycos Reviewed sites.