: Research & Target Employers
Libraries & Engines:
Tools for Finding More Info
Didn't find what you wanted, or want more information? These resources can help you find what was not included here.
- Search Tools Chart
- ...gives basic information on each of the major searching tools such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, InfoMine, the meta-search engines, etc. Provided by InfoPeople, the training arm of the California State Library.
- Six Great Ways to Search the Web (Investintech.com)
- Nice, short article with information on various tools you can use for online searching, including the newer Bing search engine, plus other specific sources for finding resources and services.
Use these to begin your search with broad topics. Try a search on the word aviation or education to see what you find.
- Yahoo
- ...A list of links arranged by subject with a wonderful search index over it. My personal favorite starting point online, next to my own pages.
- Internet Public Library
- ...one of the best guides to Internet resources around, and not just because it is done by librarians. Completely cross-referenced in brief categories with short descriptions.
- The Scout Project
- ...Since 1994, the Scout Project has focused on developing better tools and services for finding, filtering, and presenting online information and metadata. The project's acclaimed reports and resource archive provide educators, students, researchers, and librarians with fast, convenient ways of staying informed about the most valuable online resources. You can easily search the archives of their publications to see what valuable resources have been reviewed by these experts.
- findingDulcinea: Librarian of the Internet
- "Our mission is to bring users the best information on the Web for any topic, employing human insight and methodical review." Yes, human insight. Their team of humans (you can read their profiles) searches, researches, compiles, and reviews sources and stories for you. They have a nice collection of web guides covering numerous topics that will interest the career explorer, the job seeker, and the just plain curious.
- University of Delaware Subject Guides
- ...collected by the University of Delaware library, these are bibliographies of resources covering hundreds of topics from Accounting to Writing and including Internet as well as print materials. The Internet guides include links to training information, businesses, organizations, and materials sources.
- Research Guides from the Gelman Library (George Washington University)
- ... a nice collection of "annotated lists of important information sources in specific subject areas." While many of the listings are print materials, they also reference many authoritative Internet sources. The topics are focused towards more academic subjects, but these can help you to find more information on almost any topic.
- LibrarySpot
- ...a nice gateway to research and references resource online. If you have a question on almost any topic, this is a good place to start your search. InfoJunkies will probably want to make it their "start" page.
- CEO Express
- ...a website for busy execs, designed by a busy exec. It's actually one huge page of links arranged into important categories with the really important stuff at the top of the page (Daily News) and less important stuff (Business Research) as you move down. My only complaint is that it's too busy, but you can create your own custom page.
Most of the Search Engines now feature similar directories as their front pages.
Stand-Alone Search Engines || Meta-Crawlers || Collected Search Engines || Curious about Search Engines?
Use these to help locate specific information after you have narrowed your topic. The trick is to avoid the search engines until you have something very specific to search for OR you have not found anything in the previous resources. Try search the name of some of the potential employers you found earlier.Learn all the power commands in one or two of these to really pinpoint your search.
These can help you combine and compare the results of many stand-alone search engines, but when you really want to dig up some nitty-gritty, you should go directly to a stand-alone search engine and use its advanced features to target your desired data.
- Search Engine Colossus
- ...not a metacrawler but a guide to targeted search engines. SEC points you to region- or country-specific search engines plus a few other subject-specific ones. Why scan through Yahoo's limited list for Malta when SearchMalta.com has so much more for this country?