Specialized
Search Engines & Directories

There are approximately zillions of specialized search engines out there, as can be seen at Search Engine Guide. The list below is a selective subset of these. All of these links lead to sites that contain specific information that may not turn up when you do a general search of the Web using Altavista, Yahoo, and other search engines and directories.

IF
you're looking for...

THEN
check here:

Magazine articles

AJR Newslink

MagaZine Directory

Newspaper articles

AJR Newslink Newspaper Index

Current news

RocketInfo

Radio stations

Radio-Locator

Literature in the public domain

The On-Line Books Page
Search e-Books
The Bartleby Library

Copyrighted books in print

Amazon
Barnes and Noble

Images

Google Image Search
Pics4Learning
Altavista Photo & Media Finder
Ditto.Com

Live images from everywhere

EarthCam

Primary source documents

Library of Congress American Memory

Federal (U.S.) legislation

Thomas

Company information

Thomas Register

Pictures and information about any product of the last two centuries

E-Bay

Biographies

Biographical Dictionary
Biography.com
Biography-Center

Maps

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Maptech MapServer (topo)

Country profiles

Atlapedia Online

Patents

U.S.Patent Office

Movies, Actors, or Directors

Internet Movie Database

School and university sites

searchedu.com

K-12 schools

National School Locator

Multi-subject starting points

Blue Web'n
EduHound
Education World
Kathy Schrock's Guide
Marcopolo
S.C.O.R.E
The Internet Scout Project