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Connect to Other Libraries

• Gabriel: Gateway to Europe’s National Libraries

Gabriel is the World Wide Web service of Europe’s National Libraries represented in the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). In Gabriel you can find information about all the National Libraries of Europe, their services and the online exhibitions they offer.

Search Engines

• Google - recommended
• Bing
• Excite
• Lycos
• Alta Vista
• Technorati (searches blogs)
• HotBot
• AskAnswers

Directories (See also Subject Directories)

• Yahoo
• Google Directory
• Open Directory

Subject Directories

These Directories differ from the Directories listed above because the sites listed have all be examined and chosen by knowledgeable people. If you are searching for reliable sites on a broad subject, it is better to choose these directories.

• About.com
• Direct Search
• Academic Info
• Infomine
• Argus Clearinghouse
• Internet Scout Project
• Britannica.com
• Librarians’ Index to the Internet
• BUBL
• MEL: The Michigan Electronic Library
• C&RL NewsNet
• Pinakes
• Digital Librarian
• Voice of the Shuttle

see also Connelly Library Explorer

You can easily identify and connect to quality web sites by using La Salle University Library’s own catalog: The Connelly Explorer. The Systems Librarian has located useful Web sites and created a catalog record with a link to the actual Web site itself. The Web site is fully described and assigned standard Library of Congress Subject Headings just as is done for books. A list of these sites can be obtained by typing computer network resources as the subject heading.

Updating Services

Two updating services which save a search and rerun it regularly sending you email when new information appears on the web.

• TracerLock
• The Informant

Metasearch Engines

Allow you to search a number of databases at once.

• AskJeeves
• MetaCrawler
• Ixquick Metasearch
• Dogpile
• SurfWax

The Deep Web

• Explanation of the Deep Web from SUNY Albany
• A 41 page study on the Deep Web from Bright Planet
• Profusion
• The Invisible Web
• Direct Search
• Complete Planet

Archived Websites

• The Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine is a front end to the Internet Archive’s collection of public web pages. The Wayback Machine provides access to this data by URLs. It is not text searchable, the user needs to know the exact URL of a particular web page.