| Search The Internet (Beyond The Web) | ![]() |
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About Searching The Internet |
| Richard A. Lawhern, Quick Search the Internet (guide to net-search resources written for VoS by a former professional data "miner"; Dr. Lawhern is also available by email to help beginners learn the Internet medium) |
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"Giving Something Back" Search Help (Richard "Red" Lawhern's page with resources to assist in using the net as an information source) |
| Homepage of "Red" Lawhern's Internet Search Help |
| Finding People On Line and Off |
| Personalized Search Help (ask an expert) |
| Internet Searching Services (annotated guide to major search engines and indexes) (Palimpsest / Western Civilization) |
| Search Engine Watch (extensive information, technical discussion, and reviews of Internet search engines) (Danny Sullivan) |
| Searching (New Mexico Highlands U.) |
| Multi-Search Sites (For Querying Multiple Search Engines) (see under Web Search above) |
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Search Discussion Lists |
| Lizst, The Mailing List Directory (searchable database of e-mail discussion list names and addresses) (Scott Southwick / Topica, Inc.) |
| Reference.com (searchable directories of Usenet newsgroups, e-mail discussion lists, and Web discussion forums; advanced search features) (InReference, Inc.) |
| Tile.Net Lists (index of discussion lists and Usenet newsgroups) (Walter Shelby Group Ltd.) |
| Topica (free service that allows users to subscribe to and manage all their e-mail discussions lists; also allows users to create their own lists) (Topica, Inc.) |
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Search For E-Mail Addresses |
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Finger And Whois Services |
| IntelliNet WHOIS Query Web Server (IntelliNet ISP) |
| WWW Finger Gateway (Doug Stevenson) |
| The WWW to Finger Gateway (Indiana U.) |
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Guides To Searching For People On The Net |
| Finding an E-Mail Address (good collection of links and info) (Masha Boitchouk, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
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Multipurpose Search Sites (Many Of The Following Sites Assist In Finding Such Other Information As Phone Number, Mailing Address, Company Name, Etc.; Also See |
| 411 Locate (Ultimate Technologies, Inc.) |
| Ahoy! The Homepage Finder (Jonathan Shakes, Marc Langheinrich, Oren Etzioni) |
| Bigfoot Global E-Mail Directory (Bigfoot Partners L. P.) |
| Four11 White Page Directory (Four11 Corp.) |
| Switchboard (Switchboard, Inc.) |
| WED - World E-Mail Directory (De Postel BV,WED) |
| Yahoo! People Search (Yahoo!) |
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Search For Internet Servers By Domain Name, Industry, Or Location |
| Internet.Org! (also offers statistical and historical info about the net organizations) (Imperative!) |
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Search For Telnet Sites |
| Hytelnet (Peter Scott) |
| Hytelnet on WWW (Web gateway to Hytelnet database of telnet sites, especially library catalogues around the world) (Peter Scott) |
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Search Ftp Servers |
| Dogpile: A Multi-Engine Search Tool (Siprelle & Associates) |
| FTP Search v3.6 (Tor Egge) |
| MetaCrawler (use "search for files" option) (go2net, Inc.) |
| Reference.com (InReference, Inc.) |
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Search For Files On Anonymous Ftp Sites Using Archie: |
| Archie Services (large list of Archie sites, including sites searchable through Web forms) (Nexor, Ltd.) |
| Tile.Net FTP (searchable index of anonymous FTP servers; shows file lists on public directories on the servers) (Walter Shelby Group Ltd.) |
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Search Gopher Menus |
| Gopher Search |
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Search Usenet Newsgroups |
| Alta Vista (Digital Equipment Corp.) |
| Dogpile: A Multi-Engine Search Tool (Siprelle & Associates) |
| Excite NetSearch (search engine for large database of Web pages and Usenet newsgroups; also includes many |
| Find-It! (iTools) |
| Google Groups (archived Usenet messages) (previously Deja News) |
| HotBot (Wired Digital, Inc.) |
| MetaCrawler (go2net, Inc.) |
| Reference.com (searchable directories of Usenet newsgroups, e-mail discussion lists, and Web discussion forums; advanced search features) (InReference, Inc.) |
| Search Usenet FAQs |
| Tile.Net News (searchable index of Usenet newsgroups) (Walter Shelby Group Ltd.) |
| Usenet Newstand (search Usenet) (Critical Mass Communications) |
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