This is a directory of some of the more useful Internet navigation tools we've found. All of these tools have their strengths and weaknesses, but some of the best tools to start with have been marked with a icon.

If you know of tools which should be added here, please send mail to "unix@jila.colorado.edu".

Sections of this page:

• Find resources by subject
• Find resources by keyword
• Find resources by location
• Find resources by type: FTP, telnet, WAIS
• Find software
• Find forums, newsgroups, mailing lists and FAQs
• Find people

• Internet search strategies
• Internet search QuickGuide
• Internet search tool reviews

Find resources by subject

• Browse resources by subject: Encyclopedia Britannica eBLAST
• Browse resources by subject: Galaxy
• Browse resources by subject: Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Browse resources by subject: LookSmart
• Browse resources by subject: Magellan
• Browse resources by subject: the Mining Co.
• Browse resources by subject: NetGuide Live's Best of the Web
• Browse resources by subject: Penn Library Internet Resources
• Browse resources by subject: Ready Reference Collection of the Internet Public Library
• Browse resources by subject: Infoseek subject menus
• Browse resources by subject: Snap!
• Browse resources by subject: WWW Virtual Library
• Browse resources by subject: Yahoo
• Browse resources by subject: Other scholarly subject directories
• Browse scholarly societies by subject (from the Scholarly Societies Project)
• Browse subject guides: the Argus Clearinghouse
• Browse subject guides: the Mining Company
• Browse subject guides: Rice subject guides
• Search Usenet news and mailing lists selected by subject: Reference.com

Find resources by keyword

• Search resources by title or subject: Yahoo search
• Search resources by title: Galaxy entry search
• Search WWW by full text: Alta Vista
• Search WWW by full text: excite
• Search WWW by full text: Harvest WWW home page broker
• Search WWW by full text: HotBot
• Search WWW by full text: Inktomi
• Search WWW by full text: Infoseek search
• Search WWW by full text: Northern Light
• Search WWW by full text: WebCrawler
• Search WWW by reviews: excite NetReviews
• Search WWW by reviews: Magellan
• Search WWW by summary: Lycos
• Search WWW by title: ALIWEB (mirror at navy.mil)
• Search WWW by title: Galaxy WWW search
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: Ask Jeeves
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: Debriefing
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: Dogpile
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: Mamma
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: MetaCrawler
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: MetaFind
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: Savvy Search
• Search multiple WWW indexes at once: Use It
• Search gopher by title: Veronica
• Search gopher by title: Galaxy gopher search
• Search RiceInfo WWW by title: RiceInfo search "lite"
• Search RiceInfo WWW by full text: RiceInfo search using Alta Vista
• Search FTP archives by filename: Archie

Find resources by location

• All the WWW sites in the world: master list from CERN and its short form
• WWW servers arranged by geography: Virtual Tourist
• All the Gopher sites in the world: master list from UMinn
• All the Gopher sites in the world: another list from WLU

Find resources by type: FTP, telnet, WAIS

• Search FTP archives by filename: Archie
• Search WAIS directory of servers
• Browse WAIS directory of servers
• Search telnet-based resources: HyTelnet
• Browse telnet-based resources: the Yanoff list

Find software

Find forums, newsgroups, mailing lists and FAQs

• Browse mailing list descriptions: the Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-conferences
• Browse mailing list descriptions: the Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (PAML) list
• Search mailing list descriptions: Bitnet and Internet Interest Groups
• Search mailing list descriptions: the Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-conferences
• Search mailing list descriptions: the "List of Lists"
• Search mailing list descriptions: Liszt Directory of E-Mail Discussion Groups
• Search mailing list descriptions: Reference.com mailing list directory

• Browse Usenet news via your local news server
• Browse Usenet news: FeedMe
• Browse Usenet news: Reference.com Usenet archive
• Find Usenet newsgroups by discussion topic: DejaNews Interest Finder
• Find Usenet newsgroups by title of group: Newsgroups Info Center search
• Find Usenet newsgroups by title of group: Reference.com newsgroup directory
• Search Usenet news and mailing list archives by full text: Reference.com
• Search Usenet news by full text: Alta Vista
• Search Usenet news by full text: DejaNews
• Search multiple Usenet news archives at once: Dogpile

• Browse Usenet Frequently Asked Questions files (FAQs) via WWW
• Browse Usenet Frequently Asked Questions files (FAQs) via gopher
• Browse Usenet Frequently Asked Questions files (FAQs) via FTP
• Search Usenet Frequently Asked Questions files (FAQs) by title
• Search Usenet Frequently Asked Questions files (FAQs) by full text

• Search WWW forums: Forum One

Find people

• University of Colorado - Boulder Campus Directory
• Find people by institution: CSO nameserver (ph) databases
• Find people by institution: X.500 databases (via InterNIC)
• Find people by institution: X.500 databases (via UMich)
• Find people by institution: Whois databases
• Find people by Internet site: Finger (form: name@site)
• Find people by Internet site: Netfind (form: name site)
• Find people by name or institution: InterNIC Whois search
• Find people by name or institution: WhoWhere?
• Find people by name: Bigfoot
• Find people by name: Four11 Directory Services
• Find people by name: Switchboard
• Find people by telephone number: AnyWho Reverse Telephone Search
• Find people using multiple indexes: Ahoy
• Find personal web pages by institution: Personal Pages Worldwide
• Find personal web pages by institution: student.net home page directory