Search Engines – These two recommended sites are great starting points

Google - A favorite of many.Very complete and FAST.
Yahoo - Web pioneer. A huge directory, it is a virtual SE.

Directories of Search Engines – Listings of hundred of engines and meta-search engines – for more specialized and complete searching

Search Engines and Translation Services - descriptions of some of the more popular Internet search engines and directories that will assist your search of the more than one billion indexable pages on the web

AllSearchEngines.com – Listings by topics

SearchEngineWatch – Worldwide listings

Librarian's Index to the Internet

A wonderful and complete guide maintained by the librarians at UC Berkeley

Internet Public Library - IPL

The first public library of and for the Internet community from the University of Michigan School of Information

IPL Pathfinders

IPL Pathfinders are home-grown guides written by IPL staff which are intended to help you get started doing research on a particular topic, both online and at your local library

Scholar’s Guide to the WWW

Excellent academic resource site maintained by Richard Jensen, professor emeritus at U. of Chicago.  Good for Humanities, History, search engines, electronic journals, libraries, etc.

Internet Resources by Subject

A very thorough index from Western Connecticut State U.

An Internet Tutorial

By Jonathan Lenger.  A very user friendly introduction to the Internet, with info about its history and evolution. It takes a non-technical, down-to-earth approach to the internet and how to make it a practical tool.

Evaluating Websites for Research

The WWW has a lot to offer, but not all sources are equally valuable or reliable. Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources offers some basic points to consider. Here are additional points to consider regarding Web sites for subject disciplines.

Doing Research

May be the best site for students for introductory research and Internet use. From the Colorado State U. Writing Center website