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Finding Information on the Internet  - A TUTORIAL (Link to Berkeley University)

 

Major Search Engines General Search Engines Multiple Searchers Reviewed Sites
Media / News SA Search Engines Internet WWW Computers & Programming
Education & Schools Science & Technology Employment Listers Media Related
Music/Sounds Arts & Graphics Social, Environmental & Political Business & Finance
Potpourri People/email Finder

 

The Major Search Engines

General Search Engines


Multiple (meta) Searchers


Reviewed Sites/What's New?

Media / News

South African Search Engines

Internet/WWW

 

Computers & Programming

Education/Schools


Science/Nature/Technology

Employment Listers

Media

 

Music/Sounds


Arts/Graphics


Social/Environmental/Political Concerns


Business Directories/Finance/Consumer Affairs

Potpourri

People Finder

  • WhoWhere?
    Lookup email, phone, address, and website by person's name. Careful of the advanced version, it indicates it searches only registered users of the site.
  • Bigfoot
    Lookup email and white page listings. Has a link to another page on the site for yellow page lookups.
  • Find ME-Mail
    Excellent service which allows you to register when you change email addresses so that anyone who may be looking for your new email address can find it by entering your old one. The site also seems to have a good many safeguards in place to avoid spammers using the service. Free.
  • Amnesi
    Helps users find domains by using what info is known about the business or organization.
  • Anywho
    Search for phone numbers. Links to other pages on the site for searches for businesses, toll free, websites and for person by phone number.
  • Switchboard
    Search for email by the person's name. Additional pages for phone, address and businesses.
  • Yahoo!
    Email and phone lookup. Additional link for business lookups.
  • MIT's Finger Gateway
    Input a machine name or email and this engine will allow you to search the site from which your input originates -- IF the site you enquire about doesn't refuse the finger.
  • Usenet Addresses
    Search for email addresses. Warnings against abuse.
  • Ahoy!
    Search for personal home pages by name, organization, email, country.
  • InfoSpace Accumail
    Lookup phone, address, and businesses.
  • ICQ White Pages
    Search for ICQ number and email.
  • U.S.West Dex
    Search for phone and address. Links on page for businesses and email but email link leads to Bigfoot.
  • Populus
    Search for email addresses.
  • World Email
    Email look-up, allows use of 4 general fields.