Lord Fairfax Community College | Libraries | Reference Resources and Databases | Search the Web

This is a list of tools for searching for information on the World Wide Web.

• Google
• Web Directories
• Search Engines
• Image Search Engines
  

Google

• Google
  The most heavily used Internet search tool.

• Google Advanced Search
  Limit your search by date, to only .edu or .gov sites, etc.

• Google Scholar Advanced Search
  Search for scholarly papers available on the Web.
  Note: Not all of the papers are available to read in full-text. For scholarly articles in full-text, use the Library's Article Databases A-Z list or by subject.

• Google Maps
  Search Google maps for maps, driving directions, and satellite maps.

• Google News
  Search thousands of news sources.

• Google Images
  Search the Web for images.

Web Directories

• Librarian's Index to the Internet
  Web sites chosen and organized by librarians.

• InfoMine
  Scholarly information sources on the Web chosen by university librarians.

• About.com
  Directory of Web guides in various subjects.

• Google Directory
  Google's directory of Web sites arranged by subject.

• Yahoo
  One of the oldest and largest Web directories.

• Statistical Resources on the Web
  Guide to statistical resources on the Web arranged by subject, from the University of Michigan.

Search Engines

• Google
  The most heavily used Internet search tool.

• Yahoo! Search
  Yahoo's search engine.

• Ask.com Search Engine
  Formerly Ask Jeeves.

Image Search Engines

• Google Images
  Search the Web for images.

• Yahoo Images
  Search the Web for images.

• ARTstor
  Database of very high quality art images covering the history of art.