Introduction To Searching:

Searching the Web
The Guide to Searching the Internet

FTP: (File Transfer Protocol)

Monster FTP Sites Lists
FTP sites - search for software on the Internet
FTP search Exact word
FTP search Partial word

ARCHIE: (Search FTP Sites)

ArchiePlex search database of anonymous ftp sites
Archie Exact search
Archie Substring search

VERONICA: (Search GOPHER Sites)

Veronica and Jughead

SEARCH: (Find Things On The WWW)

Basic Search Engines:

Alta Vista The largest WEB and USENET index
ALIWEB - Archie-Like Indexing for the Web
DejaNews Research Service USENET search
Excite Netsearch
InfoSeek
Lycos Hunting WWW Information
Open Text Business Web Index
WebCrawler Searching
Yahoo - A Guide to the WWW

ALL-IN-ONE Internet Search
CUSI (Configurable Unified Search Interface)
Ecola's Tech Directory
EINet Galaxy Search the WWW by subject tree
EZ-Find at The River
FigmentSearch
Finding *IT*
FrameSearch an all-in-one search tool
InterLinks Searching

HARVEST Broker Query Interface to the WWW
Highway 61
HotBot
iFIND Intelligent Massively Fast Parallel Web Search
InfoMine Biological, Agricultural and Medical Resource Collection
InfoSpace Find people, businesses, FAX, government ...
Inktomi
Internet Exploration
The Internet Sleuth
IS Workgroup Search page
Magellan McKinley's Internet Directory
Multiple W3 Search Engines - very complete
Multiple WWW Search Engines

Otis Index - Searching the Internet
PeopleSearch an all-in-one directory search tool
SavvySearch Parallel Internet Query Engine

INDEX: (Collections of WWW Sites by Category)

AgriGator Ag Sites Index
Virtual Tourist geographic directory of WWW servers

Finding people and places on the Internet: There is no single best way of locating individuals on the Internet. The following tools are a good place to start. The best method is to use the phone and ask the person their e-mail address.

FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses TEXT format
FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses HTML format
Search.Com
usenet-addresses
Finding People on the Net
WhoWhere E-mail addresses

Yellow Pages:

BigBook A whole new kind of Yellow Pages
BigYellow Yellow Pages Unbound
BigYellow
Yellow Pages Worldwide
Yellow Pages TheYellowPages.com (tm)
Yellow Pages BellSouth
True Yellow Interactive Yellow Pages Directory
Zip2 Yellow Pages Directory and map

White Pages:

Yahoo People
Bigfoot White Page Directory
Switchboard nationwide residential and business directory
Telephone Directories

MapBlast! create your own free, interactive map

ALLwhois obtain institutional information from the DOMAIN NAME (last 2 components of the machine address. i.e., UFL.EDU).

AmeriCom Long Distance AREA DECODER
AnyWho AT&T 800 Directory

USPS Address Quality & ZIP Code Lookup
National Address Server

Commercial Search Service:

SciQuest find scientific supply and equipment vendors
Liszt Searchable Directory of e-Mail Discussion Groups

• 2000 National Extension Technology Conference,
  "Find it on the Internet"
  • HTML (all browsers)
  • HTML (for MS Internet Explorer only)
  • PowerPoint 2000 file (1512 KB)
  • PowerPoint 2000 zip file (1296 KB)
  • Handout 1 - Search Engines or ( Excel spreadsheet)
  • Handout 2 - Search Keys or ( Excel spreadsheet)