Middleborough Public Library

Directories

• Digital Librarian
  • One librarian's pick of the web.
• DMOZ - Open Directory Project
  • Possibly the largest human-edited directory on the Web.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
  • More than 16,000 carefully selected and reviewed sites listed by subject.
• LookSmart

Multi-Search Engines

• Dogpile
  • Searches using multiple engines at one time including Yahoo, Google, and more.
• HotBot
  • Multi-search of Inktomi, Google, and Ask.
• Internet Tools
  • One-stop access to an assortment of search tools.
• Vivisimo
  • Well-regarded search tool provides comprehensive coverage and highly relevant results. Results grouped by topic.

Search Engines

• Alltheweb
  • Powered by Yahoo, but without much of the advertising.
• Altavista
  • Now owned by Yahoo. Image & sound search. Page translation.
• Ask.com
  • Ask questions as normal sentences. Provides links to results from other search engines.
• Gigablast
  • Smaller search engine with some good features. Full boolean searching. Indexing date provided.
• Google
  • A large, very effective search engine often ranked as one of the best by industry reviewers. Image search.
• Lycos
  • Uses the Looksmart and Yahoo indexes.
• Teoma
  • Owned by Ask.com
• Wisenut
• Yahoo!
  • Still one of the most popular search tools; small, but well-organized, easy-to-use, and well-maintained.