Abstract Resource Discovery on the Internet

The prime sources for astronomical information resources on the Internet are the AstroWeb and the Star*s databases. For topics not covered by these databases, the Internet hosts a bewildering variety of resource discovery services including AliWeb, Harvest, InfoSeek, Lycos, WebCrawler, and the WWW Worm. These and other discovery tools are reviewed. They can be used to locate e.g. on-line library services, books and CD-ROMs, software, and people's e-mail addresses.