Custom Search
World
Wide Web Research
Tools
Robert
Harris + April 13, 2009
E n g i n
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| Collaborative filtering, huge database. Excellent. | Natural language search engine. | ||
| Large database, good results. | Search engine, vertical engines, directory. | ||
| Visual search tool. | |||
| Web, Usenet. Speedy. Large database. | Search engine from Microsoft. | ||
| Web, Usenet. Directory. Large database. | . | ||
| Web, Usenet, news, maps, directory, yellow pages, company profiles. | Metasearch tool. Site previews. | ||
| Search and directory, sports, news, weather, reviews. | Deep Web metasearch tool. | ||
| Search and pictures, sound, news, software, rated sites. | Performs metasearching on web, Usenet, FTP. | ||
| Web search and directory. | |||
| Clustering metasearch tool. | |||
| Search engine for university sites. | Results from several engines, tabbed format. |
D
i r e c t o r i e s
| Most popular directory, image searches. | Nicely set up directory from Reader's Digest. | ||
| Google rankings applied to Open Directory. Very Good. | |||
| Directory created by volunteer editors. | |||
| Directory of expert guides, including Web searching. | Excellent, easy to use directory. | ||
| Very nice directory, dozens of categories | |||
| Directory plus links to search engines. | |||
| Directory by educational subject, with annotated entries. | |||
| Really cool graphic directory with good reference links. | Directory of education related sites. | ||
| 100 most popular web sites in many categories, including newspapers. | Engine with links to companies and government pages. | ||
R
e f e r e n c e
| Encyclopedia Britannica & Internet Guide. | Search or read several English and other versions of the Bible. | ||
| 17,000 short articles (Concise Columbia Encyclopedia). | Almanacs, Encyclopedia, Dictionary. | ||
| Concise version of Microsoft's Encarta. | Reference and Library site. | ||
| Database of articles and reference materials. | |||
| Another encyclopedia. | |||
| Excellent dictionary, multiple sources. | More reference works. Good. | ||
| Links to facts, encyclopedias, dictionaries, news, much more. | Dictionary of Computer Terms. | ||
| A global encyclopedia. | Dictionaries and Thesauruses | ||
| Several hundred searchable dictionaries. | The meanings of acronyms. | ||
| Extensive index of scholarly Internet resources. | Wonderful list of specific links. | ||
| Find a word if you know only part of it. | Science sites. | ||
| Another dictionary. | Search archived Web content. | ||
| Articles on philosophical topics. | Community written encyclopedia. | ||
| Dictionary and resources. |
D
a t a
b a s e s
The
Invisible Web: Databases
not accessible to ordinary search engines.
| Search hundreds of journals. | |||
| Hundreds of databases by category. | Full text magazine articles. | ||
| Journals & other free academic content. | |||
| Full text of more than 18,000 books. |
G
r a p
h i c s
| Search engine for photographs and graphics. | Audio and film archive. | ||
| Image search from Google. | Marine Art Information Center. Paintings, photographs, and more. | ||
| Art, photography, maps, and more. | More than 100,000 art images. | ||
| Stock image photography. | Thousands of art images. | ||
| Many excellent art works. | |||
| The U. S. National Gallery of Art. | |||
| Links to all the arts, including museums. | Links to hundreds of online maps from library at U Texas. | ||
| National Gallery of London. | Encyclopedia of art and artworks. |
S p e c i
a l t y
| Search discussion groups. | Directory and search for health and medicine. | ||
| Lists of mailing lists, newsgroups, ftp sites. | |||
| Directory of mailing lists, by category or search. | |||
| Directory of people, business, government, cities, more. | Ask real people questions. | ||
| Directories by AT&T of people, businesses, toll-free, more. | Reference, news, diagnosis and other health info. | ||
| Find businesses, get maps and directions. | Legal resources. | ||
| Yellow pages from everywhere. | |||
| Info on health, disease, nutrition, medicines. | White & yellow pages, reverse phone lookup. |
P e r i o
d i c a l s
| Links to 100,000 newspapers worldwide. | Abstracts and some full text of 200+ journals. | ||
| Links to all media. | |||
| Keeps an eye on the news media. | |||
| News | News and archives. |
G o v e r
n m e n t
| Legislative information. | |||
| Gateway to many federal government sites. | The U. S. Census Bureau. | ||
| Government info gateway. | Gateway to statistics from many government agencies. | ||
| Links and search for U.S. federal, state, & local government. Foreign too. | Hundreds of consumer information items. | ||
| Library of Congress American Memory. | |||
| Lots of government links. |
B o o k s
| Includes reviews of many titles. | Used, new, hard-to-find, and out of print books. | ||
| Lots of books. | Affordabook.com | Book shopping bot with results from 20 vendors. | |
| Lots of Christian books. | All kinds of book information. | ||
| Search for the best price from many bookstores at once. | Book information, reviews, sites with reviews. | ||
| Books, bargain books (remainders). | |||
| The University of California Library catalog. | Books and other items. | ||
| Book shopping bot. Compare prices. | Shopping bot to compare prices. |
M e d i a
| Internet Movie Database with reviews. | |
N e w s
| General News. | |
| News source, search engine, and gateway to news sites. | |
| Emphasis on technical and computer news. | |
| Media watchdog organization. | |
| Links to 15,000 newspapers, TV stations, other news sources. | |
| Cable channel news site. |
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