Internet Search Tools
When you use the web for research, do not assume all the information you find is reliable. Remember that anyone can publish on the web. It's vital to evaluate the web pages that you find. See Evaluating Web Pages (.pdf) for factors to consider when evaluating a web page.
Search Engines (retrieve lots of results, but many may not be relevant)
Subject Directories (find less results than using search engines, but results are more selective and are categorized)
- BUBL
- Infomine Rated by Choice Magazine as: Highly recommended
- Internet Public Library
- Internet Scout Project
- Open Directory Project
- WWW Virtual Library
MetaSearch Engines
- All the Web
- Canada.com
- Dogpile
- Euroseek
- Highway 61
- iTools Rated by Choice Magazine as: Highly recommended
- Ixquick
- Metacrawler
- Pandia
- WebCrawler
- ZapMeta
Indexes