You can connect to a number of search engines or metasearch engines--engines which perform searches of multiple engines at the same time--to locate sites related to your subject.

Another way of locating web materials on your subject is through virtual reference collections that link to many sites by category. Some sites may charge fees to access. DISCLAIMER

• Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources - by Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library
  
• CentralOps.net - a "whois" site that helps you find information on web sites, email sources, browser information, etc. A highly recommended site.
• ALLWHOIS.com - this site will help you identify the source information for a site. Enter the url to determine who is responsible for the site, when it was last updated, etc.
• Truewhois.com - "TRUEWHOIS is a simple, free Whois lookup service for virtually any domain. TRUEWHOIS queries multiple whois servers to enable you to look up domains from practically any registrar, even those in other countries, all in one convenient place."

Consult these links for the suggested citation formats for electronic databases and resources, including web sites.

• Modern Language Association (MLA) - includes style manual.
• American Psychological Association (APA) - APA's format for electronic resources.
• Citation formats (MLA)(GCC) - suggested MLA format for electronic resources (based on MLA recommendations).
• Citation formats (APA)(GCC) - suggested APA format for electronic resources based on APA recommendations).

• INFOMINE, v.4.0 - contains over 22,000 links to significant, well-organized and well-described Internet accessible databases, journals, textbooks, subject guides, reference sources, etc.
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
• St. Ambrose's University - Best Info on the Net 

Virtual Reference Desks

Internet Public Library  |   My Virtual Reference Desk  |   Virtual Sites     

• SearchEngineShowdown.com

  This excellent site by Greg Notess provides useful charts and information to compare the features various search engines. It provides recent news and updates about search engines, web searching, etc. The information provided here will help you be more effective in your searching.

• SearchEngineWatch.com

Another comparative guide to selected search engines.

Search Engines:

Alltheweb | AltaVista  |   Ask   |  Excite  |   Go.com  |   Google  | Google Scholar  |    Hotbot  |  
OneSeek  |   Netscape  |   Northern Light  |   Snap  |   WebCrawler  |  Windows Live  | Yahoo   

Meta Search Engines

Ask.com  |   Dogpile  |  ISleuth  |  Mamma  |   Metacrawler  |   Search.com   

Subject Categories:

• Current Events - Newspapers (domestic and international), Newswires, Television, Weather, Sports

Arizona  |   Arts  |   Biography  |  Books  |  Business  |  Career  |  Colleges  |  Consumer  |  Copyright  | 

Directories  |  Education  |  Financial Aid  |  Geography  |   Glendale  |   Government  |  Holidays  |  International 

International Business  |  Law  |  Literature  |   Maps  |   Mathematics  |  Medicine  |  Movies  |  Music  |  

Mythology  |   Photographs |   Quotations  |  Religion  |   Sciences  |   Statistics  |  Tax Information  |   Travel