See also Listservs
Performing Precise Searches describes search engine search terms (boolean, truncation, etc.) & gives examples of each
Choose the Best Search for Your Purpose a nice chart that recommends search engines, metasearch engines, or directories by level & type of information you need
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory chart that recommends search engines, metasearch engines, or directories by search fields (audio, images, programming language, etc.), search logic (boolean, implied boolean, etc.), search options (case sensitivity, truncation, etc.), search results, & database quality/size/type
NoodleQuest answer a few questions about your search topic, & it will suggest search engines
Finding Information on the Internet: a Tutorial
Web Searching, Sleuthing, and Sifting tutorial
Tutorial: Guide to Effective Searching on the Internet
Search IQ describes & rates search engines
Internet Search Tools describes search engines by type
Search Engine Features Chart has an easy-to-read chart of search engine features
Search Engine Features lists features and the search engines and directories that support them
Search Engine Showdown the must-see, definitive resource on search engines and directories; they also offer a free e-newsletter
Search Engine Watch a great resource on search engines and directories; they also offer a free e-newsletter
The Megasite Project rates health websites and health search engines; look at "Comparisons" & "Unique Features"
Consolidated Listing of Evaluation Criteria & Quality Indicators this list of webpage evaluation criteria is the most comprehensive I've seen yet
Website Evaluation Checklist this checklist is unique in that it uses a point system
IQ Tool another assessment tool that helps you evaluate the veracity & worth of a medical website; type in the url & the site in question will appear in another window, check off the IQ criteria, then a score, summary, & detailed description is given
DISCERN an assessment tool that helps you evaluate the reliability/authority & coverage of treatment options of a medical print publication, gives a nice case study format description to help you decide on the Leikhert scale rating; click on the logo, & then "Discern Instrument"
Health on the Net search by topic to get a list of medical sites that are peer-reviewed, ranked, & described
Evaluating Web Resources the site has evaluation checklists tailored to type of webpage (advocacy, business/marketing, news, informational, & personal); also check out their "Actual Web Pages as Examples" which gives sample sites by type of evaluation criteria (authority, coverage, etc.)
Feline Reactions to Bearded Men this proves that not everything on the web is legitimate, even if it has a control group and "references"
Webopedia can look up web jargon by keyword
Glossary: WWW, Web Searching, & Netscape Jargon lists the most common terms
Search Engine Terms SITE TEMPORARILY DOWN comprehensive glossary listing of Internet jargon
Search Engine Glossary a short list
Two-letter Country Codes in advanced searching, if you want to look up webpages from Australia on occupational therapy, you would use domain:au AND "occupational therapy" if you were using the AltaVista search engine, for instance
Google this search engine is a favorite of many information professionals; you can also view "dead" links by using their Cache feature
Yahoo! good if you want to limit the number of matches to subject matches
AltaVista good if you want to find a larger number of keyword matches
Dogpile.com Mega-Search engine that searches simultaneously through 11 search engines
Search Engine Colossus look up each country's search engines to do thorough international web searches
FAST Search claims it will index the entire Internet within a year
Webring search engine for webrings
Sadiq's Webring Directory SITE DOWN search engine for webrings
Hoaxbusters whenever you get a forwarded e-mail warning, how you can get free money, etc. visit this site to see if it's a certified hoax; this site is a public service of the CIAC team & the US Department of Energy
Symantec: Security Response learn about the newest viruses, trojans, worms, & more so you can protect yourself; from the Norton AntiVirus software company
McAfee this is another antivirus software company that offers information about viruses, etc.--also look at their "Virus Information Library"