Altavista

http://www.altavista.digital.com

A quick, huge database that usually delivers.

Gopher Search

gopher://gopher.scs.unr.edu

Find text stored in Gophers using Gopher Jewels or Veronica.

HotBot

http://hotbot.com

First-class Web database, sponsored by HotWired, with several useful search options. Particularly adept at finding instances of people's names on sites.

InfoSeek/InfoSeek Ultra

http://www.infoseek.com

http://ultra.infoseek.com

InfoSeek gas a range of engines with varying front ends, all with superb stacking algorithms. Some involve charges to users after a trial period. One to watch for new products.

Internet Tools

http://www.itools.com/

All-in-one search and publicity forms.

Lycos

http://www.lycos.com/

Large database, but sometimes tediously indiscriminate. Indexes page summaries, not whole pages.

WebCrawler

http://www.webcrawler.com

Fast, but merely searches page summaries or titles.