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Below is a list of search engine links that CyberWalker
regularly uses as research tools. See also a list of books about researching
the Internet toward the bottom of the page.
Also see CyberWalker's "How to
Search the Web effectively" column.
Specialty Searches
| Specialty Search |
Type |
Description |
Comments |
| Canada
411 |
Canadian phone numbers |
Useful to track down Canadian phone numbers and addresses and
postal codes |
Some provinces missing. |
| 555-1212
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People finder |
Similar to Canada 411, except includes most North American
numbers. |
Click on "White Pages" for phone numbers. |
| Big Foot
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E-mail |
Look up e-mail address if addressee has registered. |
Sometimes you can find people you know. |
| CNET's Shareware.com
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Software |
Look up location of shareware download sites from around the
world. |
Rating system for download reliability is useful |
| Microsoft
Support |
Help info |
Look up Microsoft software problems |
Requires a one-time registration ... free. |
Search books
| Title |
Author |
Bookseller |
| Web Developer.Com Guide to Search Engines |
Wes Sonnenreich and Tim MacInta |
Chapters |
| Searching & Researching on the Internet and Web |
Ernest C. Ackermann and Karen Hartman |
Chapters |
| How to Search the Web: A Quick-Reference Guide |
Edited by Robert S. Want |
Chapters |
| Searching Smart on the World Wide Web |
Cheryl Gould |
Chapters |
| Yahoo! Unplugged |
David Filo, Jerry Yang, Karen Heyman |
Chapters |
From time to time you may find that links in the
Cyberwalker link library suddenly stop working. Let us know when that
happens and we'll try to fix 'em as soon as possible by sending mail
to link alert.
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