Research Aids
Search Engines . These mechanisms search through all files on the World Wide Web or through their own catalogs of Web sites. You might add your favorites to your browser's bookmark list.
Searchdesk . Facts, plus newspapers and news.
AltaVista . Operated with Digital Equipment's "big iron," probably the most powerful of the comprehensive engines.
Infoseek Guide . Rated highly by Internet World magazine, as was Alta Vista.
Inktomi Web Services . Another powerful engine.
LookSmart . Despite blinking banners, its categories are good, particularly Issues & Politics, and its search engine pulls up excellent articles.
Yahoo! . Best known of the engines that use catalogued profiles of Webs rather than free-text searching of all files.
WebCrawler . Granddaddy of search engines and still one of the best for government and politics.
Publications . Indexes and individual publications that have especially good coverage of policy issues.
Ultimate Collection of News Links . Links to thousands of newspaper Webs all over the world.
CQ Gopher . Selected political analyses from Congressional Quarterly issues. Full CQ is on American Online (Keyword: CQ).
Congressional Quarterly "Sound Off ". Not really a publication but rather forums of people expressing opinions about current issues.
The New York Times . Has own search engine and free subscription to online service -- free so far.
General Reference Sources
