web search  domains / search engines / web directories

Domains

• WhoIs Domain Lookups : Directories of internet domain name information: Internet domain lookup | Government site domain lookup | Department of Defense site domain lookup 
• Dotcom

Search Engines

• All the Web
• AltaVista
• Ask Jeeves
• CUSI
• Deja
• Deja News
• Direct Hit
• Dogpile
• Excite
• Google
• Govbot
• Hotbot
• Infoseek
• Inktomi

• iSleuth

• iwon.com

• LawCrawler
• LinkMaster
• LookSmart
• Lycos
• Mamma
• MetaCrawler
• Metasearch
• MSN Search
• Netscape Search
• Onekey
• Overture

• POINT

• ProFusion

• Savvysearch
• Starting Point

• Switchboard

• Teoma Search

• Webcrawler
• WebZinger
• WunderSearch

Web Directories

• Academic Info Gateway
• AOL Anywhere Directory
• Argus Clearinghouse
• Digital Librarian
• Google Directory
• The Internet Archive : Archive of more than 10 billion internet web sites and other digital "artifacts" as collected since 1996.  An amazing research and historical resource.
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Looksmart
• Open Directory Project
• WWW Virtual Library
• Yahoo