Search Tools and Subject Directories

Search the Libraries Website

Use search tools to look for information on the Web using keywords which appear in pages and page descriptions. The search tools are based on an automatic indexing of keywords and phrases. Online dictionaries, thesauri, and encyclopedias can help you identify related terms to broaden your search.

Use subject directories when you want to browse for information by topic. Directories are compilations of web resources organized in topics by human editors.

Search Tools for Government Sites | Search Tools--General | Meta Search Tools | People and Organizations | Databases, Directories | Subject Directories

Search Tools for Government Sites

• USA.gov provides a keyword search of government sites, a directory of government information by topic, and a directory of government websites arranged by the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial).
• Google Search: Uncle Sam "database of U.S. Government-hosted pages (.MIL and .GOV sites)"
• GovEngine.com directory of federal, state and local government web sites.
• GPOAccess allows searching across government databases, as well as provides links to various agencies and branches of the government.
• Searchgov.com

• All The Web, All The Time
• AltaVista
• Excite
• Go.com
• Google
• HotBot
• Lycos
• Search Adobe PDF Online
• Teoma
• Yahoo

• ixquick.com A metasearch tool that supports natural language and boolean queries. It searches AltaVista, Fast Search, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, MSN, Yahoo, and others. The service translates your search into each search engine's syntax.
• Metacrawler Parallel Web Search Service: simultaneously searches multiple search engines and reports the results eliminating duplicates.
• ProFusion searches multiple search engines, allows you to create your own search engine and track search queries.

• AnyWho: Directory Service
• BigBook Yellow Pages
• InfoSpace
• Telephone Directories on the Web- an index of online phone books, business directories, fax and e-mail directories from 170 countries around the world.
• WhoWhere
• World Pages
• Yahoo People Search

• BigHub.com links to searchable databases by topic. Formerly Internet Sleuth.
• Search.com links to 700 searchable databases arranged by topic.

• Britannica annotated links to Internet resources.
• Clearinghouse (Argus)
• E-Journals
• FindLaw A subject directory to Internet legal resources.
• InfoMine links to 10,000 + academic resources.
• Librarians Index to the Internet searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 2,500 Internet resources.
• Looksmart
• My Reference Desk and Virtual Facts on File: large, topically arranged reference collections.
• Yahoo

• NoodleTools-online tools to help you use the Internet for research and to document your research.
• NoodleQuest helps you select the appropriate search engine for a particular task.
• NoodleBib creates a bibliography in MLA format. Select the type of material you wish to cite (article, book, photograph, etc.) from an extensive list that includes traditional and electronic information formats. Fill in the appropriate blanks. Save your properly formatted bibliography in text or rich text formats. If you save the bibliography in plain text, you can reload the document for further editing and additions