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The Arizona Lawyer's Guide to the Internet

APPENDIX B

The Best of the Best for Factual Research

search engines | general indexes | researching people | researching businesses | reference works | media | usenet | calculators | forms | experts

Search Engines

    How to choose a search engine or directory

    All-Purpose Search Engines

•     Google for speed and relevant results.  With Advanced Search option.

•     Alta Vista Advanced for Boolean queries.

•     Northern Light for its Special Collection beyond the WWW.
•     Invisible Web searches.

    Meta-Search Engines

•     Ixquick 

•     Copernic if you can spare the disk space.  Option:  Save search results.

    Compendium of Search Engines

•     Best Search Tools

Specialized Searching

General Indexes

• NY Times - Navigator
• CEO Express
• Yahoo
• Librarian's Index to the Internet

• Invisibleweb.com

Researching People

• The Ultimates
• Virtual Gumshoe
• Trackem
• Telephone Directories on the Web
• Yahoo People Search

Researching Businesses

• NY Times Business Connection
• Business Researcher's Jumpstation
• Company Research on the Web - tutorial
• Links for Company Research
• Business Filings 

Reference Works

• The Reference Desk
• Research-it
• britannica.com
• refdesk.com
• Library of Congress
• XFER

Media

• American Journalism Review News Link
• Newspaper Archives

Usenet

• Google Newsgroup Search

Calculators

• Calculators on-line Center
• Calculator.com

Forms

• FindForms.com
• Forms by Category

Experts

• How to Find One
• Expert Pages