Internet Search Engines

Directory/Keyword Searching

• About
• AltaVista
• CNET Search.com
• Excite
• Google!
• Look Smart
• Lycos
• Yahoo

Meta Search Engines (a unified search interface using multiple search engines)

• Dogpile
  Search the web, Usenet, and FTP and 10 search engines.
• Findspot
• Mamma: Mother of all Search Engines
  Mamma analyses your search, properly formats the words for each source. Results are organized into a uniform format and present by relevance.
• MetaCrawler
• MetaGopher
  ...search the web fast, 7 search engines
• Vivisimo

Collections of Search Engines

• Amazing Internet Guide
  Provides access to over 20 search engines.
• Big Search Engine Index
• Easy Searcher 2
• Starting Page!
  A quick reference guide to the best search engines, specialized search engines, search engine consultants, internet directories, and search engine tutorials.
• StartingPoint
  Search 12 popular search engines.
• Virtual Search Engines
  Over 1,000 specialized search engines within 50 categories.
• Search Engine Watch

Evaluating Web Sites

• Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites 
• Evaluation of Information Sources
• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask [UC Berkeley - Teaching Library]
• Evaluating Web Resources [Cornell University Gateway]
• Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools [Cornell University Library]
• How To Evaluate A Web Site [LaJean Humphries]
• MARS Best Free Reference Web Sites [bibliography]
• Search Engine Watch
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources [Beck]
• Thinking Critically about Discipline-Based World Wide Web Resources [Grassian at UCLA College Library]
• Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources [Grassian at UCLA College Library]
• WWW CyberGuide Ratings [forms]