Tools for Searching and Browsing

Global Search Engines

• Alta Vista - most comprehensive, full-text, Web and Usenet
• Excite - concept and keyword search, full-text
• HotBot - large database, customizable
• Infoseek Guide - most relevant, full-text, Web and Usenet
• Google - comprehensive, fast search
• Web Crawler - popularity ranking, titles-only displayed
• Lycos Internet Catalog - abstracts-only indexed, large database
• Canada.com - large fast database and Canadian newspapers
• SavvySearch - parallel searches on multiple engines

Global Web Directories

• Yahoo! - popular guide
• McKinley's Magellan Internet Directory - many sites rated
• Britannica Internet Guide - consistently rated and reviewed

Specialized Search Tools

• Universities and Colleges - alphabetic and geographic
• Canadian Universities - geographic
• Search the UWO Web - most campus servers
• UniGuide Academic Guide to the Internet - for higher education community
• Community of Science - expertise, inventions, facilities databases
• Government of Canada - federal departments and agencies
• DejaNews - search usenet newsgroups

Guides and Catalogues

• The Scout Toolkit - InterNIC service to help new users identify network tools.
• The WWW Virtual Library - subject catalogue
• The Argus Clearinghouse - subject-oriented Internet resource guides