Search Engines:

	AltaVista AltaVista gives you access to the largest Web index: 31 million pages found on 476,000 servers, and three million articles from 14,000 Usenet news groups. It is accessed over 26 million times per weekday.
	FILEZ.COM Search for 60 million files on 4000 FTP servers worldwide. A Very nice forms interface, very fast.
	100 Hot WebSites 100hot websites (excluding many college sites, homepages, and xxx sites) ranked objectively using web traffic
	HotBot Search the entire web With 54 million documents, HotBot is the most complete Web index online. Powered by Inktomi
	Excite Hot newcomer from Architext Software to the Web Search-o-Rama. Claims to have a database of over one million frequently updated Web documents, plus the past two weeks of Usenet News and some classifieds thrown in for spice. Also features NetReviews: pundits from the world of print telling us what's hot and what's not. Check it out for yourself and decide.
	Harvest Integrated set of tools to gather, extract, organize, search, cache, and replicate information across the Internet. This new multi-purpose engine from the Harvest Gatherers at the University of Colorado is definitely one to watch (provided they don't all have to get back to their dissertations).
	InfoSeek One of the easiest ways to search the Web.
	Lycos Search Engine If you're looking for specific topics, this is the place to go. Very fast and sophisticated searching.
	WebCrawler America Online has made this one popular, but Lycos and InfoSeek are much better.
	CUSI (Configurable Unified Search Index) Convenient multi-purpose single-search form for a number of WWW database engines. From Nexor, Inc. in the UK
	W3 Search Engines A list of engines by topic from the city of Rousseau. Like him, often a little dated.
	NCSA Mosaic's Internet Resources Meta-Index A collection of pointers to subject-oriented and searchable indexes.
	Netscape's Internet Search
	OpenText Web Index
	Starting Point Allows searches of the most extensive databases on the Web using one simple search form. For some folks this will be the main stroke.

Subject-Oriented Guides:

	The Argus Clearinghouse Changed the name and setup their own server. Useful guide to Internet resources.
	EINet Galaxy A huge database of information collected from the Internet and added to by the folks at EINet. There is a subject-oriented index and you can also query the database by keyword.
	Yahoo - A Guide to WWW Currently the most popular place to start your Web Browsing.
	The Magellan Internet Directory A newcomer to the Web List sweepstakes. Its attractive interface and well-wrought categories make it a serious competitor to Yahoo.
	Point Another newcomer worth watching. By rating each site they're attempting to winnow the wheat from all the chaff out there on the Web. We wish them luck.
	World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue Even more comprehensive than Yahoo. Uses different subject headings.
	The Whole Internet Catalog Still the most literate book about the Internet. Very good selection of sites.

Navigation Aides

	Global Network Navigator News, reviews, feature articles, advice, commentary and interactive navigational guides to the Internet from the folks at O'Reilly and Assocations. New users should check out the Introduction, and be sure to fill out a subscription, it's free!
	Nerd World Media Perhaps the most offbeat of the Web directories, it's a serious tool nonetheless, with several times weekly (roboticized) updates and inclusion of Usenet and FTP resources. Most Interesting Feature: an Internet Subject Index in the form of a Category Tree. (Will this be the magilla that at long last brings Order to all that InfoChaos out there? Tune in next month...)
	Netscape's Internet Directory Links to other popular directories and search engines.
	New Riders Publishing WWW Yellow Pages Bills itself as the Ultimate Web Reference. Hyberbole aside, it is much more extensive than the print version and includes more searchable categories than most web indexes.
	MapQuest Interactive Atlas With this interactive street guide, you get access to maps anywhere in the world... Check out some of these GREAT cities like Anchorage, Bangkok, Beijing, Belfast, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Chicago, Dublin, Geneva, Honolulu ...! FREE MAPQUEST MEMBERSHIP allows you to add your own points of interest to come back to later!
	The Virtual Tourist Point and click on geographical maps.
	What's New Too! Over 500 new announcements daily. Good place to go for the offbeat find.
	PLANET EARTH HOME PAGE
	An Internet Hypertext List
	Internet Resources: By Protocol

Collected Databases & Catalogues:

	ALIWEB (Archie-Like Indexing for the Web)
	Archie (search ftp space) The easy way to access Archie. Use this instead of your Archie client.
	CUI WWW Catalog The CUI database is a collection of other databases.
	DejaNews Research Service Search the Usenet archives of all the news that fit (or not so fit) to print. With this tool, one can tailor one's search, or create a "filter" to search by newsgroup, post date, or article author.
	Globewide Network Academy Meta-Library
	World Wide Web Worm

Specialized Guides

	Apollo Looking for Services, Retailers, or Classifieds? This new offering from Britain hopes to be become your one-click search solution. Currently searchable by Category, Keyword, or Location. Most attractive feature (for those a little rusty on their geography): its clickable world map.
	PowerLink The Ultimate Rolodex?
	Pronet Goldlink Directory Its mission is to provide a central international business directory and marketing center, enabling coherent access to all companies worldwide. It's got a long way to go.
	World Wide Art Resources

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