Research Tools

I.   Directories

Yahoo Directory   Find topics by categorical listings.

Alta Vista   A good higher order directory for business topics.

HotBot  Find popular topics with the "smart" directory.

II.  Keyword Searches

Lycos  Web, News and Shopping!

Excite  Search keywords and terms and get ranked results.

Webcrawler  Web, News and Photos.  Now with advanced search features!

III.  Multiple Keyword Searches

Overture   Get results from 5 major web services: Lycos, MSN, Alta Vista, Yahoo and Info Space.

Google  Use Boolean Operations to get refined results.

Metacrawler   Search the search engines!

Dog Pile Multiple Search Engine Compiler

IV.  Natural Language Searches

Ask Jeeves Enter a question, word or phrase and then ask.

V.  Juvenile Search Engines

Yahooligans    A web guide and directory for kids.

Ask Jeeves Kids