NWE Help: Web: Searching: Search Types

Please select one of the following options:

Search Engines	Search engines are generally faster than the meta-search engines and also offer sophisticated search options that can help you increase the relevance of your results. They may also represent URLs not actively promoted, such as University or other non-commerical sites. Many of these sites offer very specific options. Caveat lector.
Subject Indices	Subject indices depend upon users to submit their URLs to the subject listing, or upon a combination of crawlers and verification schemes, so at times they overrepresent commercial interests. However, they are browsable, unlike search engines.
Email Address and Phone Numbers	If you're trying to find someone, this is the way to go. Do a search for your own name and see how many others of you there are in the US.
Image, video, and audio files	If you're looking for an image to add to your web pages, these can help. Searching from home can be frustrating because of long download times--do this one from the Rolfs labs.
Internet Domain Names (DNS)	Domain names are the "addresses" of the Internet which we use--all the computers use numbers. Names are easier for us; numbers are easier for them. These services allow you to find out who has registerd a given domain name.
Email Lists	Just in case you don't get enough email already... here's an opportunity to further increase the size of your inbox.
Meta-search Engines	Meta-search engines combine the resources of multiple individual search engines and databases. They can take a while to run, but generally provide excellent results.
Other Search Tools	Here are a smattering of useful search resources that don't fit into any of the categories listed above.