Chester County InterLink
CCIL Citizen's Meeting
October 7, 1997

Searching The Internet

AltaVista
CNET SEARCH.COM
Excite
Explore the Internet - The Library of Congress
Galaxy
GO2.com
HotBot
Infoseek
InfoSpace
Lycos
Magellan Internet Guide
Open Text
Starting Point
Web Crawler
Yahoo
Yahooligans for Kids

How To Use Search Tools

A Guide to Searching the Internet
Daedalus's Guide to the Web
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
Hints & Tips for Searching the Internet
How to Search the World Wide Web: A Tutorial and Guide for Beginners
KHR's Bookstore: Searching the WWW
Librarians' Index to the Internet
See links under 'Searching'.
MetaSpy
See what searches are being done on MetaCrawler, a good way to pick up tips.
PC Magazine Reviews: Internet Search Sites
Search Engine Watch
Search Tips and Tricks
Secrets of Searching the Web & Promoting Your Website
The Mining Company - Hundreds of guides to the Internet
The Spider's Apprentice - How To Use Web Search Engines
Understanding and Comparing Web Search Tools
Web Works

Directories

Big Yellow
GTE Yellow Pages
ONVILLAGE Yellow Pages+
Switchboard - Giant telephone book for people and businesses.
411 Locate
Find email and web page addresses - register your own.

Meta Search Tools

Beaucoup - General and Meta Search Engines
Meta Crawler
ProFusion - mega search machine
Savvy Search
The Metasearchers
The Motherload

Additional Search Tools

All-in-One Search Page - Access to a large variety of search tools.
Beaucoup
Beaucoup's Big Page
Buster! The search engine page named for a cat.
CMC Information Resources
Dogpile - A multi-engine search tool
Global Online Directory - G.O.D.
Internet Web Text: Index
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - List of List
Look Smart - from Readers Diges
Net Happenings
This is the archives of a very active mailing list. Browsing through the postings is a good way to find great web sites. There is a lot of focus on educational sites.
Netscape Net Search
Search.com - A to Z list
Links to many types of information search.
Search Tool
Ted Slater's Search Engine Collection
The Huge List
The Internet Sleuth
Choose from over 2,000 Searchable Databases.
The Ultimate Collection of New Links- International Scope
Yahoo: Searching the Web: All-in-one Search

Reviewed Sites

Best of Planet Awards
Excite
Jump City
Lycos - Sites From A2Z
Lycos Top 5%

Internet Classics

DejaNews - Search Internet Discussion Groups
Search or browse newsgroup postings.
Liszt, the mailing list directory
Reference.COM
Makes it easy to find, browse, search, and participate in more than 150,000 newsgroups, mailing lists, and web forums.
Veronica: Gopher Search

Libraries

Exeter University Library - Library & Related Sources
Libraries - Through Yahoo
Library of Congress
Libweb - Library WWW Servers
Reference Material Online - Yahoo's Reference Page
Research It - Your one stop research reference.
The Internet Public Library - Reference Center
The World of On-line Libraries
The WWW Virtual Library

Media

ABCNEWS.com
Amazon Books
Barnes and Nobel
Cinema Sites
CNN Interactive
Electronic Newstand
Internet Movie Database
Los Angeles Times
Media Finder
Microsoft Cinemania
MSNBC
NewsWorks Now
The New York Times on the Web
Time Warner's Pathfinder
TV Guide Online

Single Subject Links

Environment Organization Web Directory
Government - InfoSpace
InfoSeek - Maps
Local City Guide: West Chester, PA - InfoSpace
Not Just Bibles - Christian resources on the Internet. (Indexes, guides & search tools.)
Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection
Search AskEric - An educational data resource.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
Find the status of legislation, information about Congress and more.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
WebStudy

Software & Files

Clip Art Searcher
File Pile -Over 1 million free files.
Filez
Link Monster - Find Shareware
Lycos Picture Search
Lycos Sounds Search
search.com - download.com
Links to major software locations - great starting point.
Snoopie: The Internets Most Comprehensive File Search
WebCrawler - Icons & Graphics
YAHOO -- Graphics

Promote Your Website

Brick - Search Engine Tips
How to optimize the inclusion of your page for search engines.
META Tagging for Search Engines
Promote It
Submit It
The Central Registry
How to register with Internet indexes and directories.