Last updated:  November 11, 2007

Note:  Many of these sites were provided by Chad Pollock of the JKM Library

Internet Search Engines

The Four Big Search Engines

Google  Google promises the Web's most relevant results and delivers.  Click on "Images" for great search engine on art.  Also        
        Scholarly variant of Google.  Google Custom Search See JKM Library.
Yahoo  A very good portal and easier to use than most.  Has fewer site descriptions than the similar Open Directory.
MSN.  Microsoft Network
Ask. 

Religion Web Directories

Virtual Religion Index  Resources for Research and Reflection.
Wabash Center:  Internet Guide for Religion. (many course syllabi)

General Web Directories (based on category rather than key words; often human edited)

General

YahooI Directory
Librarian's Internet Index.  "Websites You Can Trust" 
DMOZ.  Open Directory Project.    This site's breadth, descriptions, and clean feel make it the top Web card catalog.

Scholarly

Intute.  Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research.
Infomine.  Scholarly Internet Research Collections

Web-based information that is Hidden from Search Engines
 

American Memory Project Sponsored by the Library of Congress
Earlham School of Religion:  Digital Quaker Project

Social Book Marks

Del.ico.us:  All your bookmarks in one place

Wiki of Wiki's

Wiki Index

Other Sites

Altavista (with link to Babel Fish--translation from foreign languages)
Altavista Graphic Images Search.
Argos  Limited Area Search of the Ancient and Medieval Internet
ChaCha Indiana-based service uses human "guides" to try to make searching more efficient.
Christian Index.  Million+ web pages.  Resources for all aspects of Christian life and Thought
Congoo A free real-time news and information portal
Ditto Image Search.  Human editors have screened results for relevance.
Excite
Fast Search  Fast and relevant but lacks Google's uncanny accuracy.
Go.com
 

HotBot  Good choice for serious searchers who like lots of options.
IXQuick  The “World’s Most Powerful Metasearch Engine”
LookSmart  Solid directory with better descriptions than Yahoo.  Somewhat slow.
Lycos  Lycos ® is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University.  Better for business searches than fun stuff.
Lycos Multimedia.  Good search engine for looking for pictures of biblical characters.
MetaCrawler Combines results from top engines such as Google with a friendly, customizable interface
Mnemotrix Archaeo Search  Database for Ancient Near East and Classical Studies
Pixsy  Search millions of photos and videos

Evaluate the search engines listed above!    rwklein@mindspring.com