Oliver Wendell Holmes Library

Specialty Search Engines

Laws and Statues
FindLaw - focus is on primary source documents: codes, case law, regulations, etc.
LawCrawler - A wider search than FindLaw, offers specific search parameters options.
LawGuru - A meta law search engine.

U.S Government Sites
U.S. Government - Search only U.S. Government sites with this specialized Google search engine.
SearchGov.com - Handy list of state and local page directory.
SearchMil.com - Over 1 million military pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity.
Selected U.S. Government sites - Assembled by the OWHL librarians.

Search Engines By Country
Country Specific Search Engines - Choose from a list of countries.
Search Engines Worldwide - Chose from a list of countries to locate specific engines.
Finderseeker.com - Subject directory search engine with the ability to cross search by county.

Business Directories
Hoover's Directory - Current business and industry data.
Dow Jones.com - Stocks and business data.

Education Related
SearchEdu.com - Over 20 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity.

Science Search Engines
Biolinks - Broad scientific search engine.
SciSeek - Focus is on nature and agriculture.

Meta Search Engines: to search several engines at once
 Dogpile
Inference Find
Mamma
MetaCrawler
MSN
SavvySearch

Subject Directories
Indiana University Internet Quick Reference - Strong in manufacturing, industry, health, science and arts.
InfoMine - From the Library at the University of California, Riverside. Browse the extensive topic lists or search via their engine.
Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection
Martindale's the Reference Desk - Particularly strong in weather, science, medicine and time keeping.
Needle in a CyberStack - the InfoFinder - Arranged in logical order, suitable for browsing.
Reference Desk - Contains the Fast Search Desk to locate quick factual information.
Scout Report Signpost - Multiple search engines provided.

Locating subject specific search engines, try: Finderseeker.com, Big Hub

Images, Video and Audio:
AltaVista Photo and Media Finder - Images, video, audio
Yahoo Image Surfer - Images
StreamBox - Streaming audio and video

Search Engine Theories, Tutorials Glossaries
Choose the Best Search Engine - Simple table to help you choose the best engine for your search needs.
Glossary of Search Engine Terms - Available in 7 different languages.
Meta_Search Engines Explained - UC Berkeley explains the uses and idea behind meta-search engines. Also try their tutorials.
Spire Project - Search engine theory, methods and commentary. Advise on how to search, which strategies are effective and when to stop searching.

Search Engine Watch offers comparisons between various search engines, efficiency ratings, evaluations, overviews and news. It is an online guide to what search engines are doing. Search Engine Watch

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