Search Tools and Ways to Improve Obtaining Information on the Internet


This page is undergoing development--I haven't checked these links recently. Thanks for your patience.
(Last edited 5/11/04 ADA)

Suggestions: For more information on internet use try the other links in the Internet section of the Menu on the Computer Literacy at CSUB home page

http://www.google.com/

             My current favorite for accurate and comprehensive return rate
http://www.yahoo.com/
Primarily a hand created directory with some search possibilities, the oldest on-line directory to resources on the Internet. Great organized listing of sources by category. I definitely like this one! My second favorite.
The Spider's Apprentice
A great treatment of web searching including tips, strategies, search engine comparisons My current favorite for accurate and comprehensive return rate
SEARCH.COM
Topic, e-mail address, phone numbers, stock quotes, maps and subject list links
http://disney.ctr.columbia.edu/webseek/
A Content-based Image and Video Search and Catalog system
TechWeb technology Encyclopedia
A searchable database for the definitions of more then 10,000 computer terms
www.dogpile.com:
A multi-engine suggested by Emily
http://www.excite.com/
Excite, a friendly search environment, with continuously improving format. Lists sites with a %confidence rating. Frequently choosen as second to Yahoo.
http://www.lycos.com/
Lycos, a broad search facility. Web searching, news, and a list of the 250 "most popular" sites.
http://cec.wustl.edu/~cs142/articles/MISC/art_of_getting_help--agre
"The art of getting help", which offers some guidelines about using Internet discussion groups to ask for assistance with research projects and the like.
http://www.uncg.edu/lib/news/
Newspaper, newspapers, newspapers and other news sites to search.  Find out how US papers compared to other papers treat the news. This great site was created and is maintained by the Jackson library at The University of North Carolina, Greensboro