SEARCH
ENGINE

TOTAL
SITES

BEST SITE
VISITED

# OF GOOD
SITES IN
TOP TEN

Look Smart

294

Java Boutique - tutorial index, articles and reviews,

8

Metacrawler

29

The Java Tutorial -"a practical guide for programmers with                              hundreds of complete, working examples.

7

Google

18400

Dick Baldwin's
Java Tutorial - on-line, printable and downloadable Java 
                    tutorials from introductory to advanced.

6

Ask Jeeves

200

Java 101 - step by step tutorial--perfect for beginnners.

5

Netscape Search

53

Java Prog. FAQ's
and Tutorials -an index of Java tutorial sites (english or
                      spanish)

4

Lycos

10348

Freeware Java -applets, tutorials, books and downloads...
                        "a rich resource that every Java developer
                         should bookmark"

3

Yahoo

2

Freeware Java -applets, tutorials, books and downloads...
                        "a rich resource that every Java developer
                         should download"

1

Overture

33

Web Teacher - a downloadable, interactive Java tutorial.

1

SEARCH
ENGINE

RANKING IN "STARS"
(**** is superior)

PERSONAL COMMENTS

Google

****

By far, the best results in my search

Yahoo

***1/2

Very useful if you search by Web Pages
instead of Web Sites

Metacrawler

***1/2

Almost all were relevant. I was surprised,
I was not aware of  this search engine

Ask Jeeves

***1/2

Good, concise, relevant listings

Look Smart

**1/2

Average, at best. Many of the "top listings"
did not apply to my search

Lycos

**

8 of the top 10 were good, after that, there
wasn't much else

Netscape
Search

*1/2

Very vague as to my topic

Overture

*

This site was not working properly at the
time of my search. It kept "locking up"