Web resources

(The list of the best directories for the web is constantly changing. Here are a few good ones that will not doubt become obsolete.)
  • Yahoo (table of contents for Web)
  • Alta Vista (index for Web; options: LiveTopics, +, -, "...", host:any.com, url:any, domain:edu, link:any.com, anchor:"Click here", etc.)
  • Google (indexes most important sites first)

    Some older aids (no guarantees)

  • Open Directory Project (table of contents for the web)
  • Specialty Search Engines
  • Direct Search
  • MySimon (Comparison shopping)
  • News linksCurrent
  • Academic Info (lesson plans, student research papers)
  • Google Uncle Sam (federal and state documents)
  • Ditto.com (photographs and other online images)
  • Hotbot (options: medium (audio, video, Java, image, ...), depth from top level of site, number of results per screen)
  • The Mining Company (over 500 guides to the Web by theme)
  • The Argus Clearinghouse Librarian's guide to the Web
  • Yahooligans Web guide for kids
  • Lycos Has Top 5% category,and ability to view multimedia
  • Infoseek (narrower searches?)
  • Here's the beginner's guide to HTML.
  • ClipArt for Web (Yahoo)
  • Web Consortium
  • Directory of good Web search tools