Search Tools
Yahoo
This search tool is great for beginners and subject browsing.
Google
Indexes more than 1 billion URLs. The search page is very clean and easy to use.
Northern Light
A more "scholarly" search engine.
Altavista
Altavista has powerful search capabilities. Take a look at the search tips.
Invisible Web Catalog
A subject directory of targeted databases.
Infomine
"INFOMINE is a comprehensive virtual library and reference tool for academic and scholarly Internet resources, including Web sites, databases, electronic journals, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and other types of information."
Profusion
This metasearcher allows you to limit your search to specialized databases and search engines.
Dogpile
Dogpile is a meta-engine - it searches multiple search tools at once.
Lycos
Lycos is a search engine that also includes reviews of the top 5%
of the web.
Magellan
Magellan offers reviews of sites, and keyword and subject searching.
Inference Find
This search tool organizes results into neat groupings.