General Research Sources

Research Libraries

• Libweb - lists of library websites
• Calvin College Library
• The Bodleian Library, Oxford U
• Cambridge University Library
• The British Library
• Library of Congress
• New York Public Library
• The Internet Public Library

News Sites

• Atlantic Monthly
• Christian Science Monitor
• CNN
• Newsweek
• NewYorker
• Salon.com
• Slate Magazine
• The New Republic
• New York Times
• TIME
• US News and World Report
• Washington Post

Search Engines

• Google: the current web favorite
• WebBrain.com : amazing! A visual search engine that lets users "explore a dynamic picture of related information."
• AlltheWeb:runs searches for web, video, pictures, MP3s, or FTP files
• Excite: includes a customizable start page for news, stocks, weather, etc.
• HotBot:sports a new streamlined, customizable interface
• Search.com: sponsored by CNet
• SpeechBot: audio search engine
• Teoma Search
• Vivísimo: a document-clustering search engine
• Altavista: an oldie that still works well
• WISEnut
• Yahoo Topic Index

Meta-Search

• MetaCrawler: search the search engines
• Dog Pile: meta-search engine with many options