Search Tool Guide for Effective Internet Search: Profusion Cross-links: Search by topic, showing how the Profusion search tool categories map at the level of individual search tools to the categories in our Search Tool Guide

For your convenience, our Search Tool Guide has been cross-linked to Profusion's categories, sub-categories, and specific search tools found below. Hyperlinks allow you to easily move back and forth between the two.

Academic references
Business, investment, jobs
Computers, Internet
Education: teacher, student resources
Entertainment, transportation, travel
Government, law, official documents, statistics

Health, fitness, nutrition, weight, safety
Interests: hobbies, lifestyles, social issues
Language tools
Locating people, organizations, places
Shopping: other

Academic references

Academic disciplines: articles, books, etc.
Arts and Humanities	Archaeology:	Archaeology Magazine
	Architecture: Metropolis	Architecture Week Architronic-Electrical Journal of Architecture
	Art: Artcyclopedia - Museum Metropolitan Museum Collections Metropolitan Museum Collections - Artist National Gallery of Art The National Gallery - Work	Loggia Metropolitan Museum Collections by Title ADAM - Art Design Architecture and Media The National Gallery - Artist various main search engines on the Web, e.g., MSN Search.
Science	Agriculture: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics
	Astronomy:	Astronomer's Bazaar STSCI AstroWeb
	Biology: Bio Links Discover Magazine	NBII Yahoo! Biology
Reference	Expert Directories: Search Tool Guide: Search tool abilities

Atlases, encyclopedias, inventories of quotations, library catalogs

Reference Acronyms: Search Tool Guide: Language tools

Almanacs:

InfoPlease - Almanacs

Biographies:

Biography

InfoPlease - Biographies

Book Reviews: Search Tool Guide: Shopping: other

Computer Terms: Search Tool Guide: Computers, Internet

Dictionaries: Search Tool Guide: Language tools

Domains: Search Tool Guide: Computers, Internet

Encyclopedias:

Encarta

Encyclopedia.com

InfoPlease

Internet Public Library - References

Xrefer - Encyclopedia

Expert Directories: Search Tool Guide: Search tool abilities

FAQ: Search Tool Guide: Computers, Internet

Find a College or University: Search Tool Guide: Locating people, organizations, places

Library Catalogs by Author:

Library of Virginia Catalog - Author

Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts - Author

Library Catalogs by Keyword:

Library of Virginia Catalog - Keyword

Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts - Keyword

Library Catalogs by Title:

Library of Virginia Catalog - Title

Library of Virginia Archives and Manuscripts - Title

Medical terms: Search Tool Guide: Health, fitness, nutrition, weight, safety

Music Reviews: Search Tool Guide: Entertainment, transportation, travel

Online Books:

Internet Public Library - Online Text Collection by Title

Internet Public Library - Online Text Collection by Author

Internet Public Library - Online Text Collection by Keyword

The Online Books Page - Title

Univ. of Pennsylvania Online Books - Author

Online Literature:

American Verse Project

Awesome Library

Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

University of Virginia's Collection of English Literature

Walt Whitman Archive

PDF: Search Tool Guide: File format

Patents: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics

Quotations:

Bartleby - Quotations

Quotez

The Quotations Page

Xrefer - Quotes

Thesauri:

Dictionary.com - Thesaurus

Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names

Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus

Getty Union List of Artists

Roget's Thesaurus Thesaurus.com

Xrefer - Thesaurus

Business, investment, jobs

Business and investment decisions
Business	Business Directories: Inc. 500 - Name InfoSpace - Website by Name InfoSpace - Company by Keyword	NerdWorld ODP Business Thunderstone Yahoo! Business
	Business Discussions: Silicon Investors Message Boards	The Motley Fool Message Boards Yahoo! Message Boards
	Business News: AnchorDesk Associated Press - 14day Archive BusinessWire Search CNN	Inc. Magazine MSNBC News PR NewsWire - 30-days Yahoo! News
	Business Publications: Business Week Business 2.0	Fast Company Inc. Magazine Bpubs
	Company Profiles:	Hoovers Inc. 500 - Keyword Multex Investor
	Domains: Search Tool Guide: Computers, Internet
	E-Commerce: ClickZ	E-Commerce Guide Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
	E-Marketing: Ad Resource American Demographics ClickZ Cyber Atlas	EMarketer Internet Day Media Central News WilsonWeb Web Marketing
	Find Associations:	IPL Association Finder
	Office Supplies:	Yahoo! B2B Office
	Patents: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics
	Small Business: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Idea Cafe	US Small Business Administration Peer Spectives More Business
	Ticker Symbol Lookup:	Raging Bull - Ticker Yahoo! Ticker Symbol Lookup
Finance	Company Profiles: See Business category above.
	Finance Discussions: Silicon Investors Message Boards	The Motley Fool Message Boards Topica Yahoo! Message Boards
	Finance News: CNN MSNBC News	NewsAlert News The Motley Fool The Street Yahoo! News
	Finance Publications:	Kiplinger Smart Money
	Financial Aid Search: Search Tool Guide: Education: teacher, student resources
	Financial Tips:	Commodity Futures Trading Commission The Motley Fool
	Mutual Funds: CBS MarketWatch	Forbes Mutual Fund CNN Money
	SEC Filings: 10KWizard - Ticker	10KWizard - Company Name 10KWizard - Keyword
	Tax Forms:	IRS Forms & Publications
	Ticker Symbol Lookup: See Business category above.
Government	Commerce: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics

Employment and jobs
Career	Career Tips:	Job Web
	Health Care Jobs:	Headhunter - Healthcare Jobs Monster Healthcare Jobs
	High-Tech Jobs: Computer Jobs Dice High Tech Jobs	JobOptions Softwarejobs Software Careers
	Jobs: American Institute of Physics - Jobs American Institute of Architects - Jobs Best Jobs USA Career Journal CareerBuilder Career Exchange Career Connections Career Consulting Corner GoJobs Headhunter	Help-Wanted HotJobs Job Bank USA JobOptions Minnesota Jobs Monster Net Jobs New Jersey Employment Opportunities Recruiters Online Recruit USA Today's Careers WWW Employment Office
	Resumes: Bright and Professional Resume	Help-Wanted Resume Resume Innovations - Resumes

Computers, Internet

Computer programming and system design
Developer Toolbox	ASP:	ASP Today ASP Wire
	Database:	Database Journal
	Design Trends: Design News	Dev X Web Developer's Journal Webmonkey
	Developer Resources: 15 Seconds Builder Dr. Dobbs Journal MSDN Microsoft Developer Network News O'Reilly Network	W3C CNet News CPAN Dev Daily DevGuru Oracle Technology Network WebDeveloper.com
	HTML: Java Scripts	MSDN MSDN - Web Workshop
	Java: Java World	Java Developer's Journal Java Shareware Java.sun.com
	Perl:	Slashdot - Perl
	VB and VBScript: Visual Basic Developer	Abstract VB VB Pro VB Explorer
	XML: MSDN	XML.org OASIS

Evaluating and acquiring computer hardware or software

Downloads Drivers:

Dowload.com

Download.com - PC Drivers

Download.com - Mac Drivers

Driverzone - Device Driver by Manufacturer

Hewlett-Packard - Driver

Paperbits - Windows NT Driver

Linux:

CNET Linux Downloads

Fresh Meat

Linux Apps

Linux Journal

Tucows

Linux Documentation Project

Linux Kernel Mailing List

redhat

Slashdot - Linux

Shareware and Freeware:

32bit

Cool Tool

Download.com

ITPro Downloads

Internet ProductWatch

Tucows

Win Site

ZDNet Downloads

Aminet Amiga Software

Webmaster information - domains and their administration

Reference Domains:

Domain Surfer

Network Solutions Whois

Computer technology terms or FAQs about computer technology

Reference Computer Terms:

Computer User High Tech Dictionary

E-Commerce Guide

PC Webopedia

Whatis

FAQ:

FAQ.org

Other computer technology matters

Business E-Commerce: Search Tool Guide: Business, investment, jobs

Discussions Tech Discussions:

NerdWorld Discussion Groups

ZDNet - All Forum

ZDNet Windows 98 Forum

News Tech News:

CMP Technology Database

CNN

CNET

Electronic Engineering Times

Electronic News

IDG.net

IEEE

Internet News

Internet News Bureau

Internet.com

MSNBC News

NewsAlert News

PC World

San Jose Mercury News - 7 Days

Search Engine Watch

Semiconductor Business News

TechWeb

Wired News

Yahoo! News

ZDNet News

Education: teacher, student resources

General education and course content
Education	Bilingual Education: CAL	Federal Educational Resources Education World
	College Resources: College Link Ecola College Locator	Educaid Federal Educational Resources Education World Students.gov
	Financial Aid Search:	College Link Educaid
	Find a College or University:	Ecola College Locator
	Home Schooling: Crosswalk	Family Unschoolers Home School Central
	K12 Resources: ENC Federal Educational Resources	Education World Students.gov
Government	Education: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics

Education journals and organizations, course design, and support
Education	Educator Resources: ENC	McREL Educator Resources Canada's SchoolNet Teachers Network

Entertainment, transportation, travel

Entertainment sources
Entertainment	Audio and Video: Search Tool Guide: File format
	Book Reviews: Search Tool Guide: Shopping: other
	Broadcasts:	Shoutcast
	Celebrities: Search Tool Guide: Academic references (biographies)
	Entertainment News: BBC CNN E! Online	Entertainment Tonight Salon VH1 Yahoo! News The Atlantic InfoPlease - Entertainment
	Food and Beverage: Search Tool Guide: Interests: hobbies, lifestyles , social issues
	Games: Total Games Network
	Humor: Search Tool Guide: Interests: hobbies, lifestyles, social issues
	MP3: Search Tool Guide: File format
	Movie Reviews: Hollywood Online Internet Movie Database - Title Los Angeles Times - Movie Reviews Movie Guide Film Critic	Critics DesertNet's Film Vault Robert Ebert - Movie Reviews by Title Robert Ebert - Movie Reviews by Person
	Music Reviews: Epinions Music	Music Critic, Rolling Stone - Album Yahoo! Music
	Television: ABC.com AMC BBC E! Online	Lifetime TV MTV PBS SCIFI.com USA VH1
Downloads (also in Entertainment category above)	Audio and Video
	Games
	MP3
News	Sports News: See next category.
Sports	Auto Racing:	NASCAR OpenDirectory Auto Racing
	Baseball:	Baseball Links OpenDirectory Baseball
	Basketball:	ODP Basketball
	Football:	OpenDirectory Football
	Golf:	ODP Golf
	Hockey:	Faceoff OpenDirectory Hockey
	Pro Wrestling:	OpenDirectory Wrestling
	Soccer:	ESPN Soccer
	Sports Directories:	Online Sports
	Sports News: CBS SportsLine CNN Sports Illustrated	MSNBC News NCAA News Yahoo! News InfoPlease - Sports
	Tennis:	Bob Larson's Tennis News OpenDirectory Tennis

Travel and transportation
Travel	Airfares:	Travel Hub Travelzoo
	Maps: Search Tool Guide: Locating people, organizations, places
	Travel Guides: Epicurious - Travel Lonely Planet Lycos City Guide Outside Magazine	Yahoo! Travel Frommer's National Geographic Traveler Time Out City Guides
	Traveler Health and Safety: Bureau of Consumer Affairs - Travel Warnings	Center for Disease Control US Customs Service
Government	Transportation: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics
	Traveler Health and Safety: Same as in above list on Travel.

Government, law, official documents, statistics

Government
Government	Agriculture: Farm Credit Administration USDA Economics and Statistics Reports and Datasets USDA	CSREES - Dept. of Agriculture Economic Research Service Foreign Agricultural Service
	Commerce: US Census Bureau Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology	NOAA - National Climatic Data Center National Oceanographic Data Center
	Defense: SearchMil Air Force Link	Defense Link National Guard US Coast Guard
	Education: SearchEdu	Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics
	Energy: Office of Fossil Energy	Office of Scientific and Technical Information Department of Energy
	Federal Government: Administrative Office of the US Courts Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance US Navy Central Intelligence Agency Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Product Safety Commission Equal Employment Opportunity Commission FCC - Federal Communications Commission FLITE - Federal Legal Information Through Electronics FedWorld Information Service	FedWorld - US Government Reports Federal Consumer Information Center Government Printing Office House of Representatives MOCAT Office of Technology Assessment SearchGov U S Federal Courts Finder US Postal Service White House Environmental Protection Agency Federal Reserve Board FirstGov GovExec Library of Congress - Web Site OBS
	Health and Human Services: Center for Disease Control Food and Drug Administration CHID - Combined Health Information Database Clinical Trials	Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Health NIH Pub Med
	Interior: Bureau of Consular Affairs - Travel Warnings	Global Changer Master Directory US Geological Survey
	Justice: NCJRS Abstracts Bureau of Justice	Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Site Search
	Labor:	Bureau of Labor Statistics Department of Labor
	Patents: See section on Official Documents below.
	State and Local Government: House of Representatives US Legal Crawler	FindLaw State Resources State and Local Government on the Net
	Tax Forms:	IRS Forms & Publications
	Transportation: FAA - Federal Aviation Administration	Federal Highway Administration Department of Transportation
	Traveler Health and Safety: Search Tool Guide: Entertainment, transportation, travel
	Treasury:	Department of Treasury - Financial Management Service
	USDA: Food and Nutrition Information Center USDA Economics and Statistics Reports and Datasets	USDA Nutrient Database USDA
Science	Agriculture: See Government category above.

Official documents and government statistics
Government and/or Business and/or Legal categories	Patents: USTPO U.S. Patent Full Text Database	USTPO U.S. Patent Full Text Database - Patent Number

Legal
Legal	Federal Government: See above under Government.
	International Law: AltaVista - Canada Government Law Crawler	Australasian Legal Information Institute Department of Justice - Canada Virtual Library - International Law
	Justice: See above under Government.
	Legal Directories: AllLaw	Virtual Law Library CataLaw FindLaw
	Legal Forms:	FindForms Nolo.com - Forms
	Legal News:	Yahoo! News FindLaw
	Legal Research: Virtual Law - Library Journals	Virtual Law - Library Organizations Virtual Law - Library Law Schools
	Legal Tips: Nolo.com - Encyclopedia Articles	Nolo.com - Legal FAQ's FindLaw Dictionary FindLaw Library
	Patents: See above section on Official Documents.
	State and Local Government: See above under Government.

Health, fitness, nutrition, weight, safety

Health
Government	Health and Human Services: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics
Government	USDA: Search Tool Guide: Government, law, official documents, statistics
Health	Alternative Medicine: About - Alternative Medicine	Ask Dr. Weil HealthAtoZ Mayo Clinic
	Drugs: Drug Infonet Intellighealth - Drug Mayo Clinic - USP Drug Guide Canada Drug Product Database	Canada Discontinued Drug Product Database Nurse's PDR Resource Center Orange Book - Rx Drug Orange Book - OTC Drug Orange Book - Discontinued Drug
	Health Directories: Galaxy - Health Goodhealth Directory	Hardin MD Internet Health Library Karolinska Institute MedExplorer
	Health Discussions:	Sarahealth
	Health News: EurekAlert InteliHealth - News Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs	ReutersHealth Health Yahoo! News Health Headlines CHID - Combined Health Information Database HealthCentral News
	Health Publications: Center for Disease Control Medscape National Library Of Medicine	ACP-ASIM Medical Journal National Cancer Institute JAMA Medical Journal New England Journal of Medicine NIH Pub Med
	Health Tips: American Medical Association Ask Dr. Weil Dr. Koop HealthAtoZ InteliHealth InteliHealth - Ask the Doc	Mayo Clinic Medical Health InfoSource Medline Plus Parents Place Women.Com Safety Alerts WebMD IVillage
	Medical Terms:	Yahoo! Medical Health
Travel	Traveler Health and Safety: Search Tool Guide: Entertainment, transportation, travel

Interests: hobbies, lifestyles, social issues

Hobbies and recreation - products and services
Entertainment	Food and Beverage: Bar-none Drink Recipes Bread Recipe Cookie Recipe Epicurious - Recipe	Epicurious - Beverage Mayo Clinic - Recipes Pie Recipe Global Gourmet Recipes Internet Chef Usenet Cook Book Webtender
	Humor: AFU and Urban Legends	Joke Center Yahoo! Humor Guide
Living	Consumer Tips: Search Tool Guide: Shopping: other
	Food and Beverage: See Entertainment category above.
	Genealogy: Family Tree Maker Family Tree Magazine Genealogy	Genealogy Pages NARA RootsLink RootsWeb - Keyword Yahoo! Genealogy
	Home Improvement: iVillage Home & Garden	Ask the Builder Dig Magazine
	How-To Guides:	Do It Yourself Learn2.com
	Kids: Search Tool Guide: Country/language/audience, or Internet application
	Parenting: Family.com	Parents Place Women.Com Parent Soup
	Religion:	Christianlinks Crosssearch
	Seniors: Search Tool Guide: Country/language/audience, or Internet application
	Women: Search Tool Guide: Country/language/audience, or Internet application

Language tools

Definitions and spellings of terms, abbreviations, acronyms, etc.
Reference	Acronyms:	University College Cork Acronym Acronym Finder
	Dictionaries: Bartelby American Heritage Dictionary Dictionary.com Dict.org Dictionary Merriam-Webster Dictionary UCSD Webster Gateway	WordSmyth Dictionary X-Refer Dictionary X-Refer Science Cambridge International Dictionary of English Cambridge Dictionary of American English InfoPlease - Dictionary

Locating people, organizations, places

Find people and organizations by various criteria
Business	Business Directories: Search Tool Guide: Business, investment, jobs
Education	Find a College or University: Search Tool Guide: Education: teacher, student resources

Geographical maps for any purpose - travel, driving directions, etc.
Travel	Maps: MapQuest US Gazeteer	Maps.com Terraserver - Aerial Photograph Terraserver - Topographical Map

Shopping: other

Shopping for books
Entertainment	Book Reviews: H-Net Reviews	Random House January Magazine

Shopping for other products and services
Discussions	Product Reviews:	Epinions
Living	Consumer Tips: Consumer Product Safety Commission FCC - Federal Communications Commission Federal Consumer Information Center	Food and Drug Administration Safety Alerts Better Business Bureau Consumer World CT - info