Internet Search

Tools for Finders and for Wanderers

KEYWORDS: search tool; find; archie; FTP; commerce; people; forum; conference; list; newsgroup; Usenet

List of Contents
General
Search Engines Primary Search Engines Other Search Engines
Web Search
Special Search Tools Archie and FTP Commerce Finding People Forum Search Image Search Library Search and Telnet Multimedia Search News Search Phone Search Software WAIS
Other Search Pages and Indices

Special Search Tools (cont.)

Commerce
Finding People
Forum Search

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Archie and FTP

Anonymous FTP Sites (tile.net/ftp)

Archie (TERENA GNRT)

Archie (UCSD InfoPath)

Archie Guide (SURANET)

ArchiePlex (EMNET)

ArchiePlex Search (UBC)

Archie Request Form (Rutgers)

ArosNet's Archie Gateway

Download Accelerator

EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet - FTP

fpArchie, the Windows 95 Archie Client

-- List of known public Archie and compatible servers (Frank Fesevur)

Fresh Download Manager

FTP (Beginners Central, Chapter IV)

The FTP Explorer Homepage

FTP Information (PEHP)

FTP Interface

FTP Search (Trondheim)

FTP Searches (Internet Now)

FTPSitez - Search Engine for FTP Sites

GNU wget (GNU Project)

Internet Now: FTP Menu

IPL Ready Reference Collection: FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

Life on the Internet: FTP - File Transfer Protocol (Berit Erickson)

-- PBS Online Guide

Links2Go: FTP

List of WWW Archie Services (EMNET)

Lycos FTP Search

Multimedia File Formats on the Internet - How to Download Files
(Allison Zhang)

NetAnts Download Manager (Lewis Hong)

Newbie-U's FTP Lab: Home of FTP 101

RoboGen Visual Robots Exclusion File Editor

SmartFTP

StuffIt Expander File Compression
(Freeware, Alladin Systems)

Why Connections Fail (Probe)

WS_FTP (John A. Junod, Ipswitch)

See also Multimedia Search and File Exchange

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Commerce

I don't think we should try to remove commercialism. We should try to grow the Web to the point where commercialism is only a small part of it compared with the kind of activities that will not need commercial backing.

James Burke

Search only in Economics Business and Management

10K Wizard Quick Search Menu

AAA World Announce Archive

ABC: A Business Compass

Accoona SuperTargeted Business Search

AllWhois.com

Apollo Advertising

Ask Business Search (AskCity)

BC Bid (BC Purchasing Commission)

BERA: Business & Economics Research Advisor (Business Reference Services, Library of Congress)

The Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. and Canada

-- BBB Alerts and News

-- Better Business Bureau Resource Library

BetterWhois Domain Search (Amy Rice)

BigBook

BIG Search Engine Index : Business Search

BizInfoSearch - Prentice Hall Directory of Online Information

BizWeb Home Page (Bob Baggerman)

Bizwiki | The UK Business Wiki

BizWomen Directory

BPubs.com - The Business Publications Search Engine

BUBL LINK: 330 Business

Business - About.com

Business Basics for Engineers - Topics List (Michael C. Volker)

Business Databases @ Internets

Business & Finance (Midwest Book Review)

Business Directories (The Kelsey Group)

The Business Directory (The Directory)

The Business Guide to Government Programs

Business Information Sources on the Internet: Reviews of Search Engines (Sheila Webber)

Business Monitor (UK)

Business Research Engine (Northern Light) $

Business Research Index (U Pittsburgh)

Business Search Engine - Pronet International Business Directory

Business Software Directory - The Software Network

Business Sources On The Net (The British Library)

Business 2.0 - Web Guide

BusinessWeb - The Source for Business Knowledge

BuyDirectory: Where Shoppers Search First

Buy IT Online - Your Guide to Locating Products/Services Online

Canada Business Directory

Canadian Company Data Search (Canadian Maple Pages)

CanadaIT Information Gateway

Canada Net Pages

Canada NewsWire (CNW)

CanadaOne: Canada's Small Business Source Online

Canada's SchoolNet - Business and Economics

CanTrek

The Canadian Business Map (Strategis)

CanadianCEO

Canadian Internet Business Directory

CEO Express (Patricia M. Pomerleau)

ChemIndustry.com Chemical Industry Search Engine

Comet Way

COMFIND Business Search

Commercebots (BotSpot)

-- Commerce Bots Search

Commercial Sites Index (AAA ShopNet)

Commercial Sites Index (Open Market)

CompaniesOnline Search

Company Site Locator (NetPartners)

Company Sleuth: Homepage (Infonautics)

Corporate Reference Desk (Internet Prospector)

CorpTech.com

CyberCity InfoLink: Canada's Business Directory

Directory Desk: Home of Directory Information

Directory of Transnational Corporations (George Draffan)

Dow Jones Business Directory

EarthWeb.com: The IT Industry Portal

eBizSearch (C. Lee Giles et al., eBRC, Pennsylvania State Univ)

ECnet: The Electronic Commerce Information Resource

Ecola's Tech Directory - Info

E-Commerce by the Numbers: Research Sources and Solutions
(Simone Friedman, Searcher 8:8, Sep 2000)

ElectraPages, The Women's Organization & Business Locator

Electronic Commerce Guide

Entrepreneurship Database (World Bank Group)

EuroBusiness Centre

EuroInfoPool - European Business Information

Europages: The European Business Directory

Factiva Home Page - Business News...
(Dow Jones, Princeton, New Jersey)

Find.com Business Search

FindGuru: Search engine for product specifications and company information (Advantage Business Media)

ForestWorld

Form to Figure out a Domain Name (Hugh Chou)

Free Research - free market reports (UK)

FT.com | Search | Home (Financial Times, London)

Gary Price's List of Lists (SpecialIssues.com)

globalEDGE | International Business Resource Desk (MSU-CIBER)

Global Marketing Resources @PANGAEA

The Global On-Line Directory

Global Trade Network Search Page

GNN Business Pages

GNN Select: Business

GovBot Database of Government Web Sites (U.S.)

HelpFindit

HelpFindit Canada

Hoover's Online

iAtlas

IBM InfoMarket Service Home

Idea Cafe: The Small Business Channel

Identify

Index of Categorized US Business Directories

Industrial Quick Search (ed. Joel Leo et al., Grand Rapids, Michigan)

The Industry Analyst Reporter (Tekrati)

Industry.net

Infomart.ca | A Nation on File (CanWest)

Information Resources for Small Business Development

International Business Guide: Worldclass Supersite

International Business on the Internet (Pangaea ITC)

Internet Business and Telephone Directories

Internet Business Directory International

Internet Directory of Catalogs

Internet Patent Search System (Source Translation & Optimization)

Internet Resources: Business/Commerce Index (Kirk W. Smith, CWGH)

IPL Ready Reference Collection: Business & Economics

IT Facts

LANL Library: Business Resources -- Internet

Librarians' Index to the Internet - Business Topics

123Link Home

JNet Business (JournalismNet)

Knuru Business Research (London)

LinkMaster Search: BUSINESS

Locating U.S. Corporation Records Online (Internet Prospector)

Lycos Business Guide

Madalyn (U of Delaware)

Manta: Business Information & Research (ECNext, Westerville, Ohio)

Maplesquare - Business and Money

MESCH: The Multi-WAIS Engine for Searching Commercial Hosts

MicroPatent

Microsoft Library - Business & Financial Sites

Mom's Website Promotion Company

The Netcheck Commerce Bureau

Nijenrod Business Webserver

NWI Business Resource Center

OBS - Canada's Open Bidding Service

OneSource Online Business Information
(infoUSA, Concord, Massachusetts)

Open Directory - Business

Panoptic: Enterprise Search Engine (David Hawking et al., Funnelback)

Penn Library-Business Resources

Point Communications -- Business and Finance

Pronet Business Search Engine

Proteus Yellow & White Pages (Robert J. Tiess)

Red Herring Technology Business News, Analysis, and Research

Register Domain Names

Rescue Island Search Engine

Researching Companies on the Internet - A Tutorial (Debbie Flanagan)

Researching Corporations (Corporate Watch)

Responsible Shopper Company Comparison

RetailCanada.com

Richardson Research & Retrieval

RingWorld: Business and Economy (Webring)

The Scannery

Search Business (Internet Sleuth)

Search Engines Analysis (Frederick Pearce)

Searching for Company Information (James Bondra)

Search Reference - Business Search (Yakov Nekrich)

Search Shopping (Internet Sleuth)

Search Society - Consumer Information (Internet Sleuth)

SelectSurf -- Business/Finance

Semiseek - Semiconductor Industry Search Engine

Shoppingbots (BotSpot)

-- Shopping Bots Search

Slider Search - Business

Small Business Friendly

Small Business SMEs (International Small Business Consortium)

SMEALSearch: Academic Business Literature Digital Library (C. Lee Giles et al., eBRC, Pennsylvania State Univ)

Strategis - Main Menu

StreetEYE Index

Switchboard: Find a Business

TechCompanies (CMPnet)

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

ThomasNet Industrial Search

Top Business Resources of the Web (John December)

Top9.com - The Popularity Search Directory

TotemPole: Guide to the Corporate World Wide Web

Trade Compass: Gateway to International Commerce

A Trader's Haven

TradeSmart- Trade Intelligence

TrustE Directory

The Ultimate Directory (UK)

US Patent Search

VIBES -- Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
(Jeanie M. Welch)

VicDir Biz Info System

Virtual Library: Business and Economics (WWW-VL)

Wall Street Directory

Wall Street Executive Library

The Web100 (Therese Greenwood)

Web-Based Whois + NSlookup & Business to Business Web Search

WebGEMS: Business and Finance

WebSite-Info

Where2Go

Whois Finder

Whois, Web Interface to (VeriSign)

Wired Source: Business

Wired Source: Companies

Worldclass Home

WorldPages

WorldPost Business Resource Links

The World Shipping Directory

Yahoo! Small Business Resources

Yellowikis: Open Business Listings

Zapdata.com (Dun & Bradstreet)

ZDNet Company Finder

ZDNet E-Business

Zeal.com - Business

Zibb.com (Reed Business Information)

See also Consumer Services, Money, and Yellow Pages

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Finding People

555-1212.com

Access Place People (Bryce W. Westover)

Canadian Address Lookup & Verify (MelissaData)

Adoptee Searcher's Handbook (Madelene Furguson Allen)

Adoption Reunion Registry (British Columbia)

All-in-One PeopleSearch.net

AllWhois.com

Alumni.NET - Bringing School and Work Friends Together

AnyWho (US)

America Online - Members

BetterWhois Domain Search (Amy Rice)

Bigfoot Home Page

BigHugs.com Home

BIG Search Engine Index : People Search

BirthQuest

Canada411

Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc. - CARI (Alice & Rick Macdonald)

CANADopt Homepage

Classmates.com

DebtGuard

Delver Social Search (Ambrosia Software, Rochester, New York)

Directory Enquiries (BT.com - eDQ)

The Directory Organization

The Doe Network: The International Center for Missing & Unidentified Persons (Stockholm)

Dream Mates On-Line Personals (Kim Eykelboom & Brad Hogg)

E-Mail Addresses, How to Find (Masha Boitchouk)

E-Mail Directories (Community Learning Directories)

FAQ: How to find people's E-mail addresses
(David Alex Lamb, Queen's University)

FedEx Address Checker

Find Email (JournalismNet)

Find A Grave

Finding People on the Internet (Inter-Links)

Finding Someone on the Net (EFF)

Find People (JournalismNet)

Finger (MIT)

Form for Finding People's E-Mail Addresses (Hugh Chou)

Free Email Address Directory (Edwin Hayward)

Free People Search (Matt Ditorrice, Addresses.com)

Free People Search Engines

GeoFinder.com: Find Anything or Anyone

Global Mega-People Finder

Google Romance

Homeless and Missing Persons Project

The Ideal Maternity Home (Bob Hartlen)

Infobel World (Brussels)

-- Infobel Canada

Information via the Internet (Ching)

International Commission on Missing Persons

Internet Address Finder

Internet--Searching--People (CMC Information Sources)

Kapitol - International Directories

Kindred Pursuits Adoption Registry (CANADopt)

KnowPlay? People Finder

Lisa's Site - Lost Identitities in the Native Child Welfare System

Looking4U, Inc. (Lawrence Luckom)

Looking for Someone? Find Them Here! (Joan Loranger-Martin)

LookUP! Email Search Form

Lost Bird Society (Shashala)

Lost Friends

Lost n Found Adoption Registry

Lost School Friends (UK)

LoveUnleashed.com | The Dating Site for Dog Lovers
(Trish Pitzel et al., Vancouver, BC)

Lycos People Search

Match.com

MESA MetaEmailSearch Agent (Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann & Mario Schomburg)

The Most Useful Searches to Find People (SearchBug.com)

Name and Address Search (AskBobRankin.com)

NamUs - National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
(U.S. Department of Justice)

-- Missing Persons Database

-- Unidentified Decedent Reporting System

The Native Adoptee Page (Beverley McKiver)

Native Repatriation Resource (Trish Jalarie)

North American Missing Persons Network

NSLookup Gateway (Patrick McConnell)

OKRA: net.citizen Directory Service

Parent Finders of Canada Adoption Information and Reunion Register

People Finder Guide (The Virtual Chase)

People Finding Tools (FIS, U of Toronto)

People Search (Canada)

People Search (Lycos)

PeopleSearch (W3COM)

PeopleSite: The Online Search Community

PeopleSpot

Permanent E-Mail Address & E-Mail Forwarding Providers
(Net Directories Inc.)

Personal Home Page Directories

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PersonalSeek Home Page

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PersonLookup.com People Search

Phone & Address Search - InfoSpace.com

Pipl - People Search

Pitsco's Launch to Finding People

PlanetAll - Stay in Touch!

POPULUS People Locator

Proteus Yellow & White Pages (Robert J. Tiess)

PublicRecordFinder.com | Your Source for Free Public Records

Researching People on the Internet (Paul Grabowicz, Online Journalism Review, 24-30 Jul 2002)

Resource Central - Locate

Reunion.com

Reunions Online Adoption Registry

Schoolmates

Science Connection Singles Network

Search Internet - Finding People (Internet Sleuth)

Search People in Video (Reuters Labs)

Search! Personal Pages!

The Seeker Magazine

SixDegrees

Six Nations Adoptees

SkipEase.com Free People Search (Richard Heinz)

Spock Personal Search (Jay Bhatti)

StayFriends.com

The Student E-mail Directory (Jeff Edelman)

The Student Homepage Directory

Switchboard: Find a Person

The Ultimate Email Directory (Scott Martin)

Union Institute Research Engine -- Resources for Finding People

Voices of Adoption: Denise's Update (Denise Castellucci)

Web Search Reference - People Search (Yakov Nekrich)

WebSitez - Search Engine for Domain Name Addresses

White Pages | Yellow Pages| Email Addresses (Addresses.com)

Whois, Web Interface to (VeriSign)

Who's Who Online

Who's Who on the Internet (Kirk Bowe)

Who2 Homepage (R. Fritz Holznagel & Paul Hehn)

Whozat? The people search engine (Alex Backer & Marzia Polito, Altadena, California)

Wired Source: People Finder

World Alumni Net

World Email Directory (WED)

World Wide Registry Matching Adoptees and BirthParents
(David T. Gray)

WWW-Finger Gateway with Faces

Yahoo! People Search

ZoomInfo (Zoom Information)

See also E-Mail, White Pages, and Genealogy

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Forum Search

All Known Internet Search Engines - Newsgroup Search Engines
(Rick Johnson)

Archive of the Publib and Publib-Net Electronic Discussions
(DL SunSITE)

Archive of the Web4Lib Electronic Discussion (DL SunSITE)

BIG Search Engine Index : Discussion Group Search

BIG Search Engine Index : Electronic Text Search

Bloomba Search-based Email Client (Stata Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto)

BoardReader - Message Board Search Engine

CyberFiber® Newsgroups Directory and Search

Deja's Usenet Archive (Google.com)

eGroups

e-News

eZINESearch eZines Database (Steve Cole)

Facetted Thesaurus Index to Newsgroups (Neil Larson)

FAQs by Archive-Name: Root Directory (Utrecht)

Finding Information Forums (Internet Sleuth)

Find Mailing Lists (JournalismNet)

Forum One

Geniusfind Chats and Forums

Google Usenet Advanced Search

The Guide to Select BBSs on Internet

Harley Hahn's Master List of Usenet Newsgroups

Interest Groups Finder (Inter-Links)

Klostu.com (Pidgin Technologies, Tel Aviv)

LibWorm: Librarianship RSS Search and Current Awareness (Frankie Dolan & David Rothman)

LinkMaster Search: NEWSGROUPS

List Search (L-Soft)

LISTSERV Site Search (L-Soft)

LISTSERV and USENET Finding Aids (Peru State College Library)

Listservs/E-Mail Discussion Groups (Karen Campbell)

listTool (Bahman Eslamboly)

Liszt, the Mailing List Directory

Lycos Discussions Web Search (Carnegie Mellon University)

Medical and Health RSS News By MedWorm
(Frankie Dolan & David Rothman)

Newsbots (BotSpot)

-- News Bots Search

Newsgroup & Mailing List Searches (Internet Now)

Omgili - Forums Search Engine (Ran Geva et al., Karmiel, Israel)

The Otis Index - Newsgroups

PHOAKS Index (People Helping One Another Know Stuff)

Search Engine Forums (Ultimate Bulletin Board)

Search for Computer, Engineering, and Business Publications

Search for Mailing Lists (UCS)

Search Internet - Usenet/Listservs/FAQs (Internet Sleuth)

Search Internet - Usenet News Search (Internet Sleuth)

Search List of Discussion Groups (Inter-Links)

Search the List of Lists (Vivian Neou)

SIFT (Stanford Information Filtering Tool)

Talk Digger (Frederick Giasson)

Topica, Free Email List Services

Travel Channel Discussion Forums Server

UK Cyber~Search / Email Search

Usenet FAQ Archive

Usenet Searcher (CasePoint)

Utrecht CS News.Answers FAQ Access Methods

See also Internet Forums

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