Internet Search Engines and Tools

Google
Searches one of the largest collections of web pages, images, archived usenet discussion forums, and news; uses link analysis to rank the web pages so the most relevant web pages will be first in the list

Try Google Scholar

Firefox/Mozilla Plug-ins
Handy plug-ins for instantly searching the WSU and OhioLINK catalogs as well as Safari Books Online. Only for Firefox and Mozilla browsers.

Librarians' Index to the Internet
A searchable, human-created list of over 8,600 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians

Internet Public Library
Selected and evaluated by librarians; aimed at the general public

WorldCat
A search with "Limit by type" set to "Internet resources" retrieves web sites deemed stable and authoritative enough to be "collected" and cataloged by libraries

Vivisimo
When you search Vivisimo, the search engine will automatically cluster your results in subject folders

AllTheWeb
Searches the second largest collection of web pages, multimedia, and news

Alta Vista
Searches web pages and also provides a translation tool

Teoma
Organizes results by relevancy and by topic

Yahoo
A large and frequently used guide to the web

Profusion
Searches over 1000 of the best search sites on the Internet, including search engines like the ones above, directories, discussion groups, news sources, online publications, and archives