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Beyond General World Wide Web Searching

Searching the World Wide Web isn't nearly as complicated as some believe. There are three ways of searching that go beyond the basic ideas and these are subject directories, people searches and searching in a foreign country. Subject directories base searches around a particular topic or subject matter such as early American history or science and technology. People searches involve looking for an individual based on their name or phone number. Those looking for information in another country have different options available as well. The following resources cover all of these topics.

Subject Directories

• Librarians' Internet Index : provides a directory of respectable and trustworthy websites based in different categories.
• Infomine : academic subject directory that includes information on the government and people in other topics.
• Intute : subject directory that allows users to specify where they want to search and within what subjects.
• Open Directory Project : human generated directory that searches for information based on the topic or name provided by the searcher.

Finding People by Name

• Yahoo! People Search : allows users to search for the phone number and address of people living in the U.S., along with a reverse phone number lookup and email search.
• Google Homepages : lists the personal websites of people based on their subject area and name.
• The Ultimate White Pages : gives users the option of searching for a person based on their name, address or telephone number.
• Anywho : finds people based only on their last name and the first letter of their first name.
• AT&T Directory Assistance : an online directory of the phone number and address of people living in the United States.
• Click 411 : searches for people listed in the white pages and also offers a reverse phone number search and other searches.
• People Spot : searches the internet for any information relating to a person's name, including social networking sites.

Searching in Other Countries

• Google UK : provides resources and a search feature for those living in the UK or looking for UK information.
• Web Japan : offers resources for those looking for people living in Japan.
• International White and Yellow Pages : lists the white pages and yellow pages of all countries, categorized by continent.
• Canada Post : directory of people living in Canada, with their phone number and last name shown.
• Dutch White Pages : directory of people living in the Netherlands, based on their last name, address and phone number.
• How to Call Abroad : guide to finding people in other countries and making contact once they're found.
• Infobel : searchable database of people and businesses from around the world.

Searching the Internet with these resources work with all types of Internet, whether you use cable Internet or one of the major DSL Providers. There are many people who still rely solely on the more popular search engines, but today there are a lot of different options open to them. They can find all the information they need in just a few short minutes by performing a search at one of these resources.