Search Engines and Directories

You shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Important Things to Know Before You Begin Searching the Web: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ThingsToKnow.html
Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
Internet Search Tool Details: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Help/searchdetails.html
A useful summary of various Internet search tools and the features each offers.
Google: http://www.google.com
Yahoo!: http://www.yahoo.com
This directory organizes and categorizes the Web. A good place for beginners to start their searches.

Last updated February 2007