Searching the Web

Some Useful Searching Tools:

• World Wide Web Hierarchical Guides
  • Yahoo (Stanford) note: I have the best luck with this one! - MLN

• Search the World Wide Web
  • EINet Information Galaxy
  • JumpStation (located in UK)
  • NorthStar (UNR)
  • URLSearch (NASA JSC)
  • W3Catalog (formerly Jughead)
  • WebCrawler (Univ. of Washington)
• Search Anonymous FTP Sites with Archie
• Search All WAIS Servers
• Search All Gophers with Veronica
• Experimental Meta-Index (Requires Mosaic 2.0)

Whats the difference between FTP, Gopher, WWW, and WAIS?

• W3 vs WAIS and Gopher
• Entering the World-Wide Web: A Guide to CyberSpace
• World Wide Web Primer
• NCSA Mosaic Demo
• World Wide Web (WWW) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Good Places to Start:

• NASA Langley ``Hot List''
• Global Network Navigator (GNN)
• Internet Resources Meta-Index (@ NCSA)
• Starting Points for Internet Exploration (@ NCSA)
• What's New With NCSA Mosaic

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