Basics for the Extreme Searcher

A Brief History of the Internet, version 3.1
Internet History and Growth
Cyber Security Careers
Internet Timeline
Internet World Stats
Network Solution Search
Domain Tools Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Domain Tools Internet Domain Names
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
Canadian Intellectual Property Office A Guide to Copyrights
Copyright Web Site
Copyright and Fair in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web

Search Engines

Google
Yahoo!
Bing
Ask.com

Additional General Web Search Engines
Exalead
HotBot
Lycos
AltaVista
AlltheWeb

Visualization Search Engines

TouchGraph
Quintura

Search Engine Comparison Searches
Zuula
TurboScout

Major Search Engines

Discussion Groups, Forums, Newsgroups, and Their Relatives

Full-text Books and Journals Online
The Online Books Page
Project Gutenberg
Bartleby
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A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents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
CIA The World Factbook
U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
USA.gov
GPO Access
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Open CRS
Library of CongressState and Local Government Information
DirectgovWeb Site of the U.K. Government
Corporate Information
Hoovers
ThomasNet
Kompass
Kelly search

Associations
American Society of Association Executives Gateway to Associations

Professional Directories
AMA DoctorFinder
Lawyers.com
Pipl

Literature Databases
Scirus
CiteSeer
Pubmed
IngentaConnect
HighBeam Research
Google Scholar

Colleges and Universities
Peterson College Information
Smart Scholar
College Board
Affordable College online Resource
Discover Data Science

Travel
Fodor’s
Lonely Planet
Travelocity
Expedia
Orbitz

Images

Images

The Copyright Issue
Nolo

Online Photo Editor
Pixlr

Directories of Image Resources on the Internet
Digital Librarian
BUBL LINKImage Collections

Search Engine Image Collections
Google’s Image Search
Yahoo!’s Image Search    (1)
Bing's 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

Play Audio Video
FindSounds
Internet Archive Audio Archive
Radio-Locator List of Radio Stations on the Internet
CBS Radio
Podscope
Podcast Alley
Podcast directory
The History Channel: Speeches & Video
The MovieWavs 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    (1)
YouTube
Blinkx
ShadowTV
TVEyes

Finding Products Online

Shopping Spot Company/Product Catalogs

ThomasNet
Kompass
Kellysearch

Shopping Malls
Amazon
Overstock.com

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

Auctions
eBay

Classifieds
craigslist

Product & Merchant Evaluations
Epinions
Consumer Reports
Consumer REVIEW.com
Consumer Search

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
Blogging
WordPress.com
Moveable Type
LiveJournal

Podcasts
Podcasting Tools

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