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title: Sources other than search engines
date: "2001-05-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1828
description: I realized that website search engines aren't the only places to find information. I recommend searching alternative sources like FAQ databases, webrings, mailing list directories, Usenet newsgroup archives, and online encyclopedias for specialized data.
keywords: [faqs, webrings, mailing lists, newsgroups, encyclopedias, information retrieval]
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I just realised that website search engines aren't the only place you can search for information. There're search engines for [FAQs](http://www.faqs.org), [webrings](http://www.webring.org), [mailing lists](http://tile.net/lists), [newsgroups](http://groups.google.com), [encyclopaedias](http://www.britannica.com).