Recommended Databases and Search Tools

DATABASES

Look for these in your library. They may be listed in a menu of choices on your library's home page, or they may be installed in designated computers. Some are also available in print, but the electronic versions are much faster to use. Use the searching techniques described in Searching on the Internet: Search Engines, Searching By Subject, and Advanced Searches: Using a search string.
Indexes Business Index ERIC (educational resources) Humanites Citation Index Infoline Magazine Index Medline Science Citation Index Social Science Citation Index Westlaw

Statistical Sources

1990 Census of Population and Housing
The County and City Databook
USA Counties

Directories

Dun's Business Locator
Dun's Small Business Sourcing File
Net Phone
Standard and Poor's Corporations

Search Engines

Internet browsers provide lists with links to search engines (so you don't have to type the addresses), or try the pages in the first list here. Alternatively, you can type the URL address given below for individual search engines. Lists of search engines (including most of those listed individually on Searching on the Internet: Search Engines), with links to each

All in One Search Page	http://www.allonesearch.com
c|net	http://www.search.com
mirrored (offered in identical form) at	http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/lib/search.html
Net Locator	http://www.nln.com

Meta-searchers, which simultaneously check for
your terms among several search engines

CARL (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries) You don't have to register; the search is free, with copies of articles available for a fee).	http://www.carl.org
Metacrawler	http://www.metacrawler.com
USE IT! (A Unified Search Engine for InTernet--in Italy, includes international sites)	http://www.he.net/~kamus/useen.htm
W3 Search Engine	http://cui.unige.ch/meta-index.html

Other Powerful Search Engines

Alta Vista (one of the most comprehensive)	http://www.altavista.com
Clearinghouse	http://www.clearinghouse.net
Excite (includes summaries, sorted by relevance to the topic)	http://www.excite.com
Go	http://www.go.com
Internet Public Library	http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com
HotBot	http://www.hotbot.com
Virtual Library	http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html
WebCrawler(one of the fastest)	http://www.webcrawler.com/
Yahoo (very fast subject search)	http://www.yahoo.com/

Search Tools for Discussion Groups and Newsgroups

To retrieve threads of conversation from previous discussions (recommended for research purposes)
Dejanews   http://groups.google.com/

To find groups to join (and to search their archives)

Liszt Directories http://www.topica.com/