Search Engines

If you're trying to find a particular site, document or information on the Internet, or just looking for a resource list on a particular subject, you can use one of the many available on-line search engines. These engines allow you to search for information in many different ways - by titles or headers of documents, search the text of documents themselves, or search other indexes or directories. Hints and general search information are available to assist with your search.

WORLD WIDE WEB INFORMATION SERVERS: General Information Search Engines

Lycos Home Page

This search engine, served by Carnegie Mellon University, allows you to search using document titles and content. Its contains 3.75 million link descriptors and the keywords from 767,000 documents. The Lycos index can bring in 5000 documents per day. The index searches document title, headings, links, and keywords it locates in these documents. For instructions on completing the Lycos Search Form - w/ options or the Lycos Search Form - w/o options, see Lycos Help.

WebCrawler

This engine allows searches by document title and content. It is part of the WebCrawler project, managed by Brian Pinkerton at the University of Washington, which collects documents from the Web. For instructions on completing the WebCrawler Search Page, see WebCrawler Help.

EINet Galaxy

Index containing over 140,000 hypertext (highlighted) link titles. For instructions on Searching the Galaxy, see Galaxy Help.

The Whole Internet Catalog

A collection of links to 1000 or so comprehensive indexes at other sites on the Internet, divided into easy-to-surf subject areas. No search form is provided, but you can connect to areas of interest via live links.

Yahoo

Another collection of links using a hierarchically organized subject tree. For instructions on completing the Yahoo Search form, see Yahoo Help.

Internet Domain

Uses key words to find a domain (company, organization, educational institution, etc.) and possibly a host pertaining to that domain. To find individual people, another search engine (such as netfind) should be used. To begin searching, complete the Domain search form.