Use someone elses computer to go to use the Internet to search for a remedy. The term search engine is commonly applied to all manner of web sites that assist Internet users to find web sites they are looking for. However, because many tend to index web pages indiscriminately, search engines commonly produce search results that include many web pages that have little or nothing to do with what you were searching for. However, the relevancy of search results is rapidly improving. Google is an example of a very good search engine.
Directories are completely different from search engines.
Instead of listing web pages they only list web sites, and instead of being created automatically by a computer they are created manually by real live human beings and some of them apply pretty stringent quality control regimes. First, sites must be manually submitted by the web site owner or web designer who suggests which category or categories the web site should be listed in. Then the site is checked out to make sure it exists and is competently constructed and that it fits the category or categories suggested. And then, if everything is in order, the web site is included in the directory. Many search engines now also offer web site results from a directory, and vice versa.