Broad Search

Included below is a short list of URLs selected for their specific content or service area. From this group it may be possible to do whatever is needed without moving on to a number of other more extensive and possibly time-consuming Keyword Directories within JCompass. WWW Gateways is another directory that carries some particularly versatile search sites. A link to those is included here as well.
 

All-in-One Search Engine (Dogpile) http://www.dogpile.com/

AllWhois - Check any domain name in the world http://allwhois.com

AltaVista Search Engine http://www.altavista.digital.com/

Census Bureau http://www.census.gov

CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov

Congressional Information Service-30 day free trial http://www.cispubs.com/

with access to Lexis-Nexis

Dictionaries Online http://www.yourdictionary.com/

The English Server--Carnegie Mellon University http://eserver.org/

FedWorld Information Online http://www.fedworld.gov/

Go.com Search (formerly InfoSeek) http://www.go.com/

MapBlaster (based on street address) http://www.mapblast.com/

New York Times on the Web http://www.nytimes.com

Online Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedias http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/hyperref.html

Searchalot.com http://www.searchalot.com/

SearchEdu.Com http://www.searchedu.com/

U.S. Gazetteer--Searchable Database by State

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer?

Ultimate White Page and Yellow Page Search http://www.infospace.com

US Business Phone Numbers http://www.thinkdirectmarketing.com/

US Census and Ag Data http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html

Vital Records Information--State Index http://vitalrec.com/index.html

Wall Street Journal Interactive http://wsj.com

Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/

WeatherLab--2000 Cities http://www.WeatherLabs.com

Webster's Dictionary http://www.m-w.com

World Biography (25,000 past and present)

http://www.biography.com/

WWW Gateways (link within JCompass)