Internet Search Engines

Dogpile This multiple search engines 'fetches' your query from the web, newsgroups and more.

Metacrawler Searches using multiple engines at one time.

Yahoo Search is a comprehensive subject index.

Alta Vista is a full-text index of more than 30 million Web pages and over 14,000 news groups. This is a powerful and very fast search engine.

Lycos allows Boolean AND and OR and can match up to seven terms which makes it good for synonyms or variant spellings.

Excite features Web and Usenet searches and includes Web site reviews. Concept-based searches result in high quality search results.

Infoseek Ultra There are over 50 million full text pages indexed. This engine has automatic name recognition. There is no need for quotes to recognize capitalized word phrases, and all words are searched. Plain English queries work and it finds all word variants, e.g. mice will find mouse.

WebCrawler is a great search engine, but the database is small. It works well for a quick search. Also, there is a good subject directory.

Internet Search Directories

Yahoo People Search provides links to e-mail addresses and personal web pages.

NetGuide Live Describes and rates what they consider 'Best Sites'

Internet Reference Sites

  Connecticut Library Network's (CLN) Free Resources Page provides links to many full-text electronic resources, especially the humanities.

Bibliomation Telnet to Seymour Library's Catalog and other Libraries on the Bibliomation Database. See if we have the book you want from the comfort of your home.

Request (Webpac) Search the holdings of Connecticut Libraries.

CT State Library Connecticut State Library website.

Library of Congress Homepage provides access to Catalogs at Other Libraries, public FTP site, information for publishers and more.

Berkeley Public Library Excellent index to thousands of websites.Organized by topics.

Internet Public Library A complete virtual library. Great web references plus sites of interest.

News Sources

Drudge Report Current news from around the world, including AP releases.

Documents in the News Want to know the current testimony and rulings in Microsoft's antitrust action? Find it at this site as well as other current government documents.

Channel 8 News Check current stories and weather.

Connecticut Magazine Find out what is happening around the state.

Hartford Courant Hartford's daily newspaper.

Bargain News Need to buy or sell something? This is the place to go.

JournalismNet Julian Sher's "Investigative Journalism on the Internet" links to Newspaper archives, TV archives and much more.

Government Sites

FedLaw Developed as a research tool for lawyers and Federal employees doing legal research. Includes US Codes, Federal Regulations, Federal Courts and more.

Global Statistics This is the site to find statistical information on countries and cities throughout the world

Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web. This list is maintained to bring the cyber citizen to the federal government's doorstep

State of Connecticut Official information created by government agencies. Information about the State as well as local governments.

CIA '97 Factbook Keep track of changes throughout the world.

FedWorld National and state statistics compiled by the government.

Thomas Congressional legislation website. Get information on pending bills, excerpts from the Congressional Record, reference the Constitution and Email your representative.

U.S. Census Bureau is a source of social, demographic, and economic statistical information.

Home & Garden

Home Central Explanations and advice on all types of home repair and improvements. Find the right tool for the job with the tool dictionary.

Home Improvement Ideas and advice from building a new home to improving your old one.

Gardening Plant encyclopedia

Internet Sites of Interest

Y2K Citizen's Action Guide "Preparing yourself, your family, and your neighbor, for the year 2000 computer problem and beyond."

Reading List Web Site Excellent reference for what to read next. List other works done by an author, list books by genre and author.

Encyberpedia An encyclopedia of websites. Includes medical links, finding internet addresses and much more.

The Smithsonian Institution A guide to the collections and activities at the nation's museum.

Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides provides information on new and used cars.

Food Channel's Webpage Get all the recipes you see prepared on the Food Channel for free.

revised 11/02/02