Try our recommended search engines and directories.

• Google - comprehensive general search
• Clusty - organizes by topic and domain
• Ask - offers related search topics
• Yahoo - searching inside subjects
• Infomine - university level scholarly sites
• LII - librarian selected reliable sites

Helpful Federal, State, and Country Information Links:

• Library of Congress
• USA.gov - government information 
• RCW and WAC
• Country Profiles
• Portals to the World 
• Washington State Government

• The Daily News
• The Columbian
• Oregonian 
• Seattle Times
• New York Times

Ask a Librarian for help if you've been searching more than 15 minutes and getting nowhere!

• Use "quotation marks" to search by phrase
• Use * or ? to truncate or if you're not sure of spelling
• Limit to "site:.edu" or "site:.gov" for more reliable sites

For help with research, access a variety of subject guides. See:

• Subject Guides