Search Engine Colossus - an interesting start for specialized search engines around the globe. Google - Search Magazines - using Google Book Search
Top specialized search engines archive#
"Hidden" Web Databases available on the web - but not indexed by search engines.įAQ Archive - a searchable index of Frequently Asked Questions archives on the 'Net.
Open Directory - a human-maintained portal with a huge number of topics and an open-source community spirit to funding the service.
IPL2 - Internet Public Library/Librarian's Index to the Internet - resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. KidsClick! - a directory/web search for kids - designed by librarians. Probably specialized search engines are not that numeric as Web directories but still certainly there is no shortage of them either, especially if one counts password-protected sites with database accessible only from within the site as a specialized search engine. RSS News Feeds, Blog Search & Social MediaĪbout.Com - people-powered directory for the best sites as determined by their guides.Ī Closed Guide Relocation Directory and Assistance Links A much better way to find news on the web is to use a specialized news portal or search engine. Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing.) Search the free and commercialized internet and provide little, if any filtering for educational resources. Attributes are strongly clustered by domain. This isn't a criticism - they simply aren't designed for the purpose. (Top 5 are : title, keyword, price, make, and artist) 61 of attributes occur in only one source. General-purpose search engines and web directories aren't the best tools for searching for news. Meta Search (search multiple search engines)įiltered Search (helpful - but not foolproof)