About.com - If you want in-depth information on a broad topic, About.com is a good place to start.
Alta Vista - The largest search engine--it allows a multitude of search options, including, images, sounds, videos and web pages. Also offers computerized translation of foreign language web sites. Special filtered search site for children.
Ask Jeeves - A great place to begin. A meta-engine that uses natural language, you can ask a question just as if you were speaking. Also has children's engine.
Best Search Tools All in one page with the top search engines, metasearch engines, and subject directories from the Librarian's Index to the Internet.
Excite - With many personalized features, Excite offers free Internet access, voicemail, fax, a day planner, clubs & chats. A smaller database, it is a good choice for general searches on popular topics.
Google - This meta-engine provides very fast, relevancy ranked searches., but also provides limited advanced searching. - Searches for exact matches of your search terms. The "I'm feeling lucky" feature links directly to the top-ranked hit. From the results screen, click on "similar pages" to get a streamlined group of closely matched hits. Type in any address and it will automatically provide a street map. Google also has a specialty search engine that searches government web sites.
HotBot - Many options, very simple to use, Hotbot's advanced search may be the most powerful of any search engine on the web.
Librarians Index to the Internet - A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,500 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.
Yahoo - A great starting point for beginners, Yahoo! Is good for general searches. A directory rather than a search engine, real people rather than a computer program assigns all sites to appropriate subject categories.
Dogpile - Highly rated metasearch engine that allows you to customize a search in many ways.
Ixquick - Queries multiple search engines and gives you ranked results. Can also search for images or MP3s.
Mamma The mother of all search engines. Queries ten major search engines at once.
MetaCrawler - Simultaneously searches many web directories and eighteen major search engines. Also allows you to search more then 800 specialty search engines.
Internets - The largest filtered collection of useful search engines and newswires anywhere on the World Wide Web.
Invisible Web - The search engine for search engines.
Internet Help Desk - This site is wonderful for both beginners and experienced web surfers. Includes information on basic internet use, email, netiquette, and finding people using the Internet.
Learn the Net - Learn the Net teaches you how to master the basics, surf, use email, download files and even create your own web page.
Beginning Guide to the Internet - From PBS.
Parent's Guide to the Internet From Yahooligans. Focuses on kid safety and guidelines for use, but lots of good general information as well.
How to Use a Mouse A very basic tutorial for non-computer users, totally unfamiliar with the mouse.
Mousercise - A special tutorial for learning to use a mouse.
