Searching Services
This is a list of services you can use to automatically search
parts of the web. Some services, not listed here, have people behind
them doing the searching and selecting for you.
Here are some directories of directories which are searchable lists of
search services.
- GlOSS
(Glossary-of-Servers Server) returns a ranked list of the
sources likely to contain the documents you're looking
for. Clicking on those references will, in most cases,
cause the search to commence.
- The
Internet Sleuth is a subject based two-level tree of
searchable indexes. They index over 1500 searchable databases
and support parallel searching of up to 10 databases within
categories. Internet
Tools and Information is a list of mostly comprehensive
indexes.
- WAIS
Directory of Servers , and another one at
Think.com.
- The
MetaCrawler differs from other services in that it doesn't
maintain any internal database. Rather, it relies on the
databases of Open Text, Lycos, and others.
Other Lists of Search Services
This is a list of references to other non-searchable lists of
searching services.
-
All-in-One Search Page - A compilation of over 100
forms-based search tools found on the Internet.
- Configurable
Unified Search Interface (CUSI) extends the Simple Unified
Search Engine concept to use forms so you can copy and
customize it. This service is mirrored
several places
- Charm Net's
Pointers to Information Search Services
- CityScape
Internet Services lists and describes several WWW search
engines.
-
Databases and Searching at Yahoo.
- EINet Galaxy
lists several other search services and reference
materials.
-
External info is another working list of search engines.
-
Barry B. Floyd's Search Engines and Links (and lots of other
pointers)
- Harvest
Demonstration Brokers - which search previously gathered
information.
- HelpnHand's
Search Engines - Almost 100 of the hottest Search Engines on
the Internet, whether you are searching for Web Pages, Keywords,
News Articles, People or Software this is one of the best places
to start!!
- Internet
Search at NCOM is a small list of services.
-
Japanese Search Engines
- Libraries'
forms list is a list of library web sites that offer forms
for ILL and document delivery requests, reference question
submissions, literature search requests, acquisition
recommendations, and other types of customer feedback.
-
The Planet Earth Search Engines
- RiceInfo:
Internet Navigation Tools lists searching and browsing
tools to find resources by subject, keyword, location, media, or
to find forums, newsgroups, mailing lists, and people.
-
Searching the Internet (mostly WWW) - An introduction and
links to some search tools
- Searching
the Web - lists tools, compares WWW with FTP, Gopher, and
WAIS.
- Searching
the Web at Yahoo
- (BOBAWORLD)
Searchers lists search and retrieve engines, such as
Archie, Veronica, Jughead, the Web Crawler, plus indices,
databases, etc. Plus multiple search devices that will check
several databases at once.
- SearchPlex at
Online Image, is another working list of search engines.
- Simple
Unified Search Interface (SUSI) is another working list of
search engines.
- Starting
Points for Information Search & Retrieval
-
Subject-Oriented Searching--Narrative by John
December
- Virtual
Library/CyberWeb: Search
- W3 Search
Engines collects some of the most useful search services
available on the WWW - and you can submit queries from
there.
- WebEssence
list of 200 search engines
- A
World of Information may be used more conveniently from
The Search Form to End All Search Forms which fills in all
the individual search forms with the same query.
Daniel LaLiberte
(liberte@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Last modified: Wed May 7 11:16:56 CDT 1997
