To help you sort through this, a number of search tools are available to make this journey less painful. One type of tool is the search engine . They essentially search millions of pages for keywords. Some of the more popular search engines include AltaVista , Lycos , and Infoseek . Another search tool is the directory .
Directories make an attempt to organize the resources on the web into logical categories.
Popular directories include Yahoo , Excite , Galaxy , and Magellan . A collection of search tools appears in the MSOE homepage under WWW Search Tools . Homepage is the term used to describe the main entry point to a web site. For example, MSOE has a web site and its homepage contains an array of links to other information. Think of a homepage as the table of contents for a particular site.