Links for Sites Covered in
Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook - Second Edition

by
Ran Hock

This page contains links to all sites covered in the THIRD edition of The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook (2010).
If  you are still using the 2nd edition (2007), click here to go to the page with links for that edition.

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Chapter 1
Basics for the Serious Searcher

Chapter 6
An Internet Reference Shelf

(Cover) The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook

Chapter 2
Directories and Portals

Chapter 7 
Sight and Sounds: Finding Images, Audio, and Video

Chapter 3
Search Engines - The Basics

Chapter 8
News Resources

Chapter 4
Search Engines: The Specifics

Chapter 9
Finding Products Online

Chapter 5
Discussion Groups, Forums, Newsgroups, and Their Relatives

Chapter 10 
Your Own Place on the Web: Participating and Publishing

 

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Chapter 1 - Basics for the Extreme Searcher

A Brief History of the Internet, version 3.1
Internet History and Growth
Hobbes’ Internet Timeline
Internet World Stats
Open Directory
Google
The Virtual Chase: Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet
Evaluating the Quality of World Wide Web Resources
Wayback Machine—Internet Archive
CompletePlanet

Copyright
U.S. Copyright Office
The U.K. Patent Office—Copyright
Canadian Intellectual Property Office – A Guide to Copyrights
Copyright Web Site
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web



Citing Internet Resources
Journalism Resources—Guide to Citation Style Guides
Citation Styles, Style Guides, and Avoiding Plagiarism: Citing Your Sources

Keeping Up-to-Date on Internet Resources and Tools
ResourceShelf
FreePint
ResearchBuzz
Internet Resources Newsletter
The Internet Scout Project

 

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Chapter 2 - Directories and Portals

The Major General Web Directories
Yahoo! Directory
Yahoo! Kids
Open Directory Project
ipl:Information You Can Trust


Specialized Directories
The WWW Virtual Library
Search Engine Guide – Search Engines Directory
Refdesk
INFOMINE
BUBL LINK
Intute – Best of the Web
Library of Congress Gateway to Library Catalogs
Best of History Web Sites
Tennessee Tech History Web Site
Virtual Religion Index
ChemDex
healthfinder
MedlinePlus
Rutgers University - Subject Research Guides > Business
New York Times > Business > A Web Guide: Business Navigator
CEOExpress
GlobalEDGE
Resources for Economists on the Internet
Governments on the WWW
Foreign Government Resources on the Web
USA.gov
Directgov (U.K. Online)
Government of Canada Official Web Site
Political Resources on the Net
FindLaw
GlobaLex
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Education World
Education Atlas
Kidon Media-Link
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Traveler’s Web

 

General Web Portals
My Yahoo!
iGoogle
Excite
Lycos
AOL
MSN


Traffick: Frequently Asked Questions about Portals

 

Chapter 3 - Search Engines: The Basics

Open Directory - Computers > Internet > Searching > Search Engines > Specialized


Chapter 4 -  Search Engines: The Specifics

Google
Yahoo!
Bing
Ask.com

Additional General Web Search Engines
Exalead
HotBot
Lycos
AltaVista
AlltheWeb

Visualization Search Engines
 KartOO
TouchGraph
Quintura

Search Engine Comparison Searches
Zuula
TurboScout


Chapter 5 - Discussion Groups, Forums, Newsgroups, and Their Relatives

Omgili
BoardTracker
BoardReader
Google Group
Yahoo! Groups
Delphi Forums
Yuku
Big Boards
Topica
L-Soft CataList, the Official Catalog of LISTSERV Lists


 
 

Chapter 6 - An Internet Reference Shelf

Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia.com
Encarta
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Wikipedia
HowStuffWorks

Dictionaries
yourDictionary.com
Merriam-Webster Online
Diccionarios.com
LEO (Link Everything Online)

Combined Reference Tools & Almanacs
Answers .com
InfoPlease

Addresses/ Phone Numbers
Infobel
Wayp International White and Yellow Pages
Yahoo! People Search
AnyWho
Superpages.com

Quotations
The Quotations Page
Bartleby.com

Foreign  Exchange
Yahoo! Finance—Currency Converter

Weather
Weather Underground
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Maps
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Global Gazetteer
World Gazetteer

Zip Codes
U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup

Stock Quotes
CNNMoney

Statistics
Statistical Resources on the Web—Comprehensive Subjects
intute: SocialSciences —Statistics and Data
USA Statistics in Brief
FedStats

Bookstores & Libraries
Amazon

Barnes & Noble
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The British Library
Google Book Search

 Full-text Books and Journals Online
The Online Books Page [B]
Project Gutenberg
Bartleby.com
EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
University of Virginia Hypertext Collection

Governments and Country Guides
Governments on the WWW
Foreign Government Resources on the Web
CIA - The World Factbook
U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office––Country Profiles
USA.gov
GPO Access
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Open CRS
Library of Congress—State and Local Government Information
Directgov—Web Site of the U.K. Government

Company Information
CorporateInformation
Hoover’s
ThomasNet
Kompass
Kellysearch

Associations
American Society of Association Executives Gateway to Associations

Professional Directories
AMA DoctorFinder
Lawyers.com
Pipl

Literature Databases
IngentaConnect
HighBeam Research
Google Scholar

Colleges and Universities
Peterson’s
College Board

Travel
Fodor’s
Lonely Planet
Travelocity
Expedia
Orbitz

Film
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

 

Chapter 7- Sight and Sounds: Finding Images, Audio, and Video

Images

Directories of Image Resources on the Internet
Digital Librarian: A Librarian’s Choice of the Best of the Web—Images
BUBL LINK—Image Collections

Search Engine Image Collections
Google’s Image Search
Yahoo!’s Image Search
Live Image Search
Exalead
Ask

Other Searchable Collections
Picsearch

Getting Images You Can Use
Corbis
Fotosearch
Creative Commons
Stock.XCHNG

Exemplary Individual Collections
American Memory Project
WebMuseum (Paris)

Storing and Sharing Your Own Photos
Flickr

Clipart
Free Graphics
Barry’s Clipart
Yahoo! Directory > Graphics > Clip Art

Audio

Directory of Audio Resources on the Internet
Digital Librarian: A Librarian’s Choice of the Best of the Web—Audio


PAV – Play Audio Video
FindSounds
Internet Archive—Audio Archive
Radio-Locator (formerly the MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet)
CBS Radio
Podscope
Podcast Alley
Podcastdirectory.com
The History Channel: Speeches & Video
The Movie Sounds Page
Apple: iPod & iTunes

 

Video

Directory of Video Resources on the Internet
BUBL LINK: Catalogue of Internet Resources—Video

Google’s Video Search
Yahoo!’s Video Search
YouTube
Blinkx
ShadowTV
TVEyes

 

 

Chapter 8 - News Resources

Resource Guides 
Kidon Media-Link
ABYZ News Links
Metagrid
NewsLink
NewsWealth
News in Pictures
Daryl Cagle’s Professional Cartoonists Index

Major News Networks and Newswires
BBC
CNN
MSNBC
Reuters
Aljazeera.net

Newspapers - Front Pages
Today’s Front Pages
PressDisplay.com

Radio and TV
Radio-Locator (formerly the MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet)
TVRadioWorld
NPR


Aggregation Sites
Google News
Yahoo! News
NewsNow
EIN News
World News Network

Specialized News Services
SiloBreaker

Blogs
Bloglines
Technorati
IceRocket

RSS
Bloglines
My Yahoo!

Alert Services
Google Alerts
Yahoo! Alerts

 

Chapter 9 -  Finding Products Online

ShoppingSpot.com

Company/Product Catalogs
ThomasNet
Kompass
Kellysearch

Shopping Malls
Amazon
Overstock.com

Price Comparison Sites
Yahoo! Shopping
mySimon
PriceGrabber.com
Shopping.com
Shopzilla
Become.com
Google Product Search.




Auctions
eBay

Classifieds
craigslist

Product & Merchant Evaluations
Epinions
Consumer Reports
ConsumerREVIEW.com
ConsumerSearch

 
 
 

Chapter 10 - Your Own Place on the Web: Participating and Publishing

Web-Based Software
Google Docs
PBWorks

Networking Sites
MySpace
Facebook
LinkedIn

"Sharing" Sites
Flickr
Picassa Web Albums
Delicious

Microblogs
Twitter

Blogs
Blogger
WordPress.com
Moveable Type
LiveJournal

Podcasts
Podcasting Tools

Your Own Full-Fledged Website
Web Style Guide
000Domains.com
Upperhost
Webmonkey

 


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This page was updated on January 6, 2010