Websites 4 Small Business - Search Engines and Directories

ADAM -UK art, design, architecture and media Information
Artcyclopedia -Fine art search engine. Search by title, artist, or museum.
Art-Bridge - Directory and searchable database of art resources
Getty Information Institute -Bridging art and technology
Librarians' Index -Arts, History, Philosophy, Scieence, etc..
Voice of the Shuttle -Humanities research directory.

Book SEs

Business SEs

Career & Job SEs

By Region

Education SEs

By Specialty

Entertainment SEs

Foreign SEs

Asia
Catcha -
Globe Page -Chinese, Japanese and Asian SE in English and native languages

Australia
Anzwers -Australian search engine
Boomerang! -Australian directory, appears to accept all
Matilda -Australian search engine

Brazil
Cade -Brazilian search engine. The largest and oldest
Surf -Brazilian SEsearch engine. Big!
Guiaweb -Brazilian search engine
Zeek -Portal site

Bulgaria
Search.BG -Bulgarian search enginein English and In Native Language (INL)

China
Channel Hong Kong -Hong Kong Search Engine
Globe Page -Chinese, Japanese and Asian SE in English and native languages

Europe
EuroFerret -30 million European web pages. No [.com] listings
EuroInfo -International directories
EuroSeek -Multilingual SE.

Finland
Alku -Finnish search engine and directory INL
Luuska -Finnish search engine INL

Netherlands
Ilse -Dutch search engine
NieuwsNet -Dutch directory
Search.NL -Dutch search engine
Vindex -Dutch search engine

Philippines
G Spot -"The Philippines' First Web Search Engine! (c. 1995)"
RPDIR -Directory of Filipino sites
Yehey -

South Africa
Aardvark -South African search engine
Ananzi -South African search engine
Max -South African search engine
Zebra -"The black and white search engine"

Switzerland
Swiss Search -Swiss search engine INL and English, German, French and Italian

United Kingdom
2B -"UK content portal"
GOD -UK directory
Interview -"The guide to the best UK sites"
Lifestyle.UK -Consumer oriented
Mirago -"The UK search engine"
Search UK -"Covers over 95% of the .uk domain, making it the most extensive search engine in the world"
UK Directory -Business focus
UK Index -
UKLinks4 -

World geographic search engines
Orientation -Asia, Africa, E. Europe, Caribbean, Mid East, etc..

Games SEs

Government & Politics SEs

1040.Com -Tax info.
All US Govt Servers -Plus email addresses.
BLS -Bureau of Labor Statistics, job outlook .
Business Advisor -Business to government link.
CDC -Center for Disease Control.
Census Bureau -
CIA -Central Intelligence Agency.
CIC -Consumer Information Center in Pueblo, CO. Free govt info.
Congressional Email Directory -
DOC   -U.S. Department Of Commerce.
DOE   -U.S. Department of Energy.
DOEd -U.S. Department of Education.
DOI   -U.S. Department of the Interior.
DOJ -U.S. Department of Justice.
DOT -U.S. Department of Transportation.
EDGAR -SEC's database of corporae information.
EPA -Environmental Protection Agency.
FBI -Federal Bureau of Investigation.
FCC -Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Jobs Digest -Private source of federal job info.
FEMA -Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FedWorld - An index of U.S. government information servers.
FindLaw -Legal search engine, great for searching statutes.
FirstGov -Portal to all US government info
GovBot -Search over 500,000 govt web pages.
GPO/ Access -Government Printing Office.
GPO/ GILS -Government Information Locator Service.
GPO/ Pathway -Another GPO SE
GSA -U.S. General Services Administration
Heritage Foundation -Conservative group.
HHS -U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
IRS -Internal Revenue Service, tax info, forms and updates.
Judicial Watch -Battling government corruption
LLF -Landmark legal foundation, challenged Clinton corruption.
LOC -Library of Congress.
MOCAT -Monthly catalog of govt publications
NASA -National Aeronautical and Space Administration.
NARA -National Archives and Records Administration.
NCO -National Coordination Office.
NII -National Information Infrastructure Bluebook.
NPR -National Performance Review.
NREL -National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
NSF -National Science Foundation.
NTIA -National Telecommunications Information Administration.
OCG -Operation Clean Government, volunteer govt reform group in RI.
ORCA -Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment.
Political Information -A Search Engine for Politics & Policy
Public Safety -Public safety search engine
SBA -Small Business Administration.
The Smithsonian Institution -
SSA -Social Security Administration.
STAWRS (AKA Tax.Gov) -The Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System offersemployers/ businesses a one-stop guide to federal and state tax and wage reportinginformation, hiring employees, and
reporting requirements.
THOMAS -U.S. Congress on the internet. Legislation information.
USTREAS -U.S. Department of the Treasury.
USF&W -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
USF&W/ RS -U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge System.
USGS -U.S. Geological Survey.
US House -U.S. House Of Representatives.
US Senate -U.S. Senate.
USPTO -U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
USPS -U.S. Postal Service, zip codes, address changes, etc..
U.S. State Department Travel Advisories -Warnings about terrorism.
VA -U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
White House -Step right into the Oval Office.

Health & Medicine SEs

Achoo -
AllerDays - Allergy resources.

AMA -American Medical Association.

The Body - HIV/ AIDS information and resources.

Cancer News - Cancer LINKS and news
CliniWeb -

CSPI -Center for Science in the Public Interest. Nutrition info.

Derwent -Search drug/ biotech abstracts and world patents.
Doctor's Guide to the Internet -

Evaluated Medline -Medline access, medical annotations and links.
Guideline.Gov -Detailed treatment info
HAI -Health Action International, third world, consumer advocate
HealthAtoZ -

Health Finder -Consumer health news, nutrition and disease info.

Healthgate's Medline+ -Medline access plus advanced searching.
Herpes -Free info.
HON -Health On The Net Foundation
Impotence -Free info

Kids Doctor - Children's health information.
Mayo Clinic -Health info from the famous Minnesota clinic.
Medical World Search -

Medicine Net - State of the art medical info, news, diseases and terms.
Medline Plus -Gov site, excellent source of disease info.
MedMatrix -

Medscape -Medline access, numerous medical articles.

Medseek - Directory of hospitals and physicians.

Medsite -
MedWeb -From Emory University.

MerckMedco -Drug library. Drug side effects, interactions, etc..
MSF -World's largest independent medical relief organization.
National Health Council -Helpful disease and treatment information, and links to non-profit health organizations.

National Library of Medicine -One of the biggest resources in the field

NEJM -New England Journal of Medicine Online.
NOAH - NY Online Access to Health, bi-lingual website.
Nutrition Navigator - Tufts U. resource, ranks nutrition websites.
OBC -Online Birth Center. Midwifery, pregnancy, breastfeeding, etc..
OB/GYN -
OncoLink -Simple, popular site. Sponsor:U Penn Cancer Center.
Online Pharmacy -Buy popular pharmaceuticals online
Pasteur Institute -Search page.
PharmInfo - Pharmaceutical Information Network.
Phentermine Pharmacy -
Physicians Online -
RXList -Drug Interaction SE.
Shingles -Free info
WebMD - Yahoo -Health section. Tons of medical, health and physician subjects.

Image & Sound SEs

3D Textmaker -Offers free graphics.
Altavista -Image search, one of the biggest and best.
Animation Factory -35,000 animations. 10,000 free.
ArtSearch -
ArtToday -40,000 free, 750,000 total. Photos, anim gifs, fonts, etc.
Artville -Small collection, but nice stuff. Licensible images.
Clip Art Searcher -Image Meta SE, searches 4 SEs.
Comstock -
Cool Text -Offers free graphics.
Corbis -Bill Gates owns it. Licensible images. Tough terms :(
Corel -Download over 80,000 images.
Ditto -Image search. A winner!
Free Graphics -Reviewed searchable db of sites offering free graphics
Getty Images -Owns these companies:
EyeWire -"Everything you need for great design"
Photodisc -Huge online gallery. Royalty free licensible images. Nice! Cheap! :)
Tony Stone -Stock photography. Google -Image search.
IconBank -
Internet Movie Database -180,000 files.
Lycos Picture This -Images and sounds.
Nova -'Web Explosion' image series for websites.
Picture Quest -Expensive stock images. Tough terms. :(
Photo Spin -
Reel.com -Movies, videos, DVDs
RGB Gallery -
Scour -Audio, video, images
Search By Media -Multimedia search, MP3, video, pictures.
Virage -Searchable video, AV supplier.
Web GFX -Offers free graphics.
Webseek Includes video. 660,000+ images w/ thumbnails.
Webspice -Clip art content supplier.
Yahoo! Image Surfer -

Sounds

MP3.Com -

Kids' SEs

Cyber Kids -
Disney Blast -
Free Zone -
Planet Zoom -
Yahooligans

Legal SEs

FindLaw -
LawCrawler -
West Law -For pay databases to search case law.
WLD -West legal directory, search for an attorney.

Music Search Engines

Amazon.Com -World's biggest selection
BuyMusic.com -Download digital songs for 99 cents.
CDNow -CDs
CDWorld -One of the best selections of CDs we've seen
Cheap-CDs -Very good.
GetMusic -Universal Music and BMG's new site
iTunes -Digital music service. Good
Listen.com -eMusic vendor.
LyricsH -World's largest music database
MP3.com -A biggie. More than 750,000 downloadable songs.
MusicNet -Digital music service.
MusicNow -Digital music service. Fair.
Music Searcher -By artist, album or song title.
Music Web Hunter -Guide to major music sources.
PressPlay -Digital music service.
Rhapsody -Digital music leader.
World Records -A search engine for information about music.

News SEs

7AM News -World news page, sponsored by All SE.
ABCNews -
AJR -Links to individual newspapers, etc..
CNN -One of the best news sites
CRAYON -National & World
DayPop - A current events/ webblog/ news search engine
DejaNews -
Fox News -
Google News -The king.
Internet Press -News listings, by state and country, worldwide.
Just The News -Radio and TV news links from around the world.
My Virtual Newspaper -Newspaper listings by state.
NAA -Hot links to newspapers online.
New York Post -
News.Com -CNET. Focus on web/ business.
News Alert -
News Bot -HotBot's news SE
News Index -
News Page -
News Tracker -By Excite
N-NET -Thousands of papers listed.
Reuters -
SuperNews -
Total News -
Ultimate Collection of News Links -6300+ global links
USA Today -
Washington Post -Excellent coverage.
Wired -
World Wide News -Online newspapers, news and sports resources.
Yahoo! -Daily news. What's new on the web.
ZDNet -News, lots of internet & tech. Excellent!

Internet Radio

Broadcast.Com -Owned by Yahoo!
GoGaGa -
ImagineRadio -
MIT -Links to 7500 internet radio stations
Music Radio -Links to a couple thousand i radio stations
NetRadio -150 free music stations
Rolling Stone Radio -
TalkRadio -

Weather SEs

Intellicast -National and world
NWS/ IWS -National Weather Service/ Internet Weather Source.
USGS -Water data, navigation, water quality, flooding, and forecasts.
Weather.Com -The Weather Channel. Comprehensive weather info.

People SEs

Abika -
Any Student -People search for college students.
AnyWho -AT&T tollfree, tel, fax, email. 90 million consumer listings.
Bigfoot -Advanced people search.
DocuSearch -DMV, telephone, criminal, etc..
IAF -Internet Address Finder, smaller email directory.
IQ Data -Sec's states, county, criminal, civil, UCC, tax lien, judgment, federal & bankruptcy.
InfoSpace -The best people finder, white pages, reverse lookup.
nfoUSA -Find people.
KnowX -Public records, assets, etc.
LostPeople -Asset search, criminal records, FBI files.
Switchboard -People, addresses, phone numbers.
Tel -Telephone directories of the web
Whitepages.com -Phone directory with free people search
WhoWhere? -From Lycos. Look for people, celebrities.
World Email -World Email Directory.
Yahoo -People search.
Zaba Search -People search.

Geneaology SEs

American Plantations and Colonies -
Ancestry -
Census Online -
CyndisList -
Everton Publishers -
Family Search -Mormon site
Family Tree Maker Online -
Family Tree Searcher -Enter your ancestor data just once to search for family trees at multiple web sites.
Gendex -
Kindred Konnections -
The Olive Tree Genealogy -
RootsWeb -
Social Security Death Index -
U.S. GenWeb Project -
Westland Publications -

Reference SEs

AllSearchEngines.Com -Handy site lists 'em all!
Dictionary.Com -Pretty basic
Encyclopedia.Com -Includes articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica -Subscription service.
Info. Please Almanac -Almanac, encyclopedia and dictionary!
InfoJump -5 million electronic articles in 48 categories
Merriam-Webster -Dictionary.
Ref. Desk -Internet reference desk.
Reference.Com -Search for organizations and groups.
Research It -Dictionary.. and more.
Roget's Thesaurus -The standard bearer.
Wikipedia -"The free encyclopedia."
World Book -Subscription based. Generally better for children.
Word Reference -Translation!
Xrefer -

Regional US/ Canada SEs

US
Alcanseek -Search Alaska and Canada.
All Florida Directory -All Florida
Arizona.Com -Arizona the cactus state.
Arkansas Direct -The "Land of Clinton," UGH!
CitySearch -Raleigh-Durham, Portland, Austin, Wash., DC, NYC, etc.
CTSeek -Search Connecticut.
Greater Hampton Roads -Virginia Beach, Norfolk, etc.
NorthWest Direct -Oregon and Washington.
NYSid -New York State internet directory
Pathfinder -"A Montana search engine."
SeaCrawler -Seattle website index.
Search Florida Net -Florida SE and directory. Free entries.
Search Los Angeles -Los Angeles the city of angels.
Seattle Sidewalk -Seattle, from local strongman MicroSoft.
SeekOn -10,000 US cities and towns!
Surf Atlanta -Atlanta, 8,000+ links!
TheTrip -City guide.
Yahoo! -Get local. Awesome.
Zip2-City guide.

Canada
Altavista Canada -14MM pages.
Canada.Com -Inktomi based, flags [.ca] domains.
Canada Site -The Canadian Government site.
Canadian, Eh? -Canadian directory.
Maple Square -Searchable Canadian directory.
NTG Cybermall -A Canadian directory.
Search BC -Province of British Columbia.

Science & Technology SEs

CAS -The most comprehensive source of chemical info.
arXiv -Many scientific articles. Operated by Cornell University.
ChemIndustry -Chemical site
CI -Corporate Intelligence, 6MM US patents, going back to 1790!
COS -Searching in expertise, facilities and inventions.
Delphion -Patent search.
Derwent -Search drug/ biotech abstracts and world patents.
EESE - Engineering E-journal SE, over 100 engineering e-journals.
Global Spec - Engineering SE.
IBM -IBM's Patent Server, search technology showcase. FREE!
Joe Farmer -Agriculture and farm SE.
Knowledge Express -
Leeds -22 million documents, including patents.
Math.com -The world of math online.
MathWorld -"The web's most extensive mathematics resource."
Pasteur Institute -Search page.
PubSci -Physical Science Literature, FREE government search!
RAM -Recent Advances in Manufacturing, 500+ journals
Questel-Orbit -French Telecom db for patent and scientific searching.
SBIR Research Center -Commercial site about govt SBIR grants.
ScienceWorld -Growing.
Scientfic Frontiers -
SciSeek -
SemiSeek -Semi-Conductor Info.
Steelynx -Links to steelmaking and Steel-Related Tech.
USPTO -US Patent and Trademark Office.

Shopping SEs

All-Cybermall -Nicely organized 200 store shopping directory.
Amazon.Com -Books, music, video, auctions.. everything!
Artnet.Com-Collectibles
AuctionWatch -Auction portal.
Auto Web -Cars
Baby Catalog
AutoByTel
Bid
BidSpotter -Live auctions. Carries industrial goods.
Brain Play -Educational software/ childrens' software.
Buy.Com -Our favorite place to buy computers, software, electronics, wireless, books, magazines, music, games, video, and DVD,
Cadabra -Online comparison shopping engine
CDNow
Candy Direct -Yum!
Citimall -Directory of freebies, shopping sites, etc.
Consumer Reports -
Drugstore.Com -Health and beauty products.
eBay -#1 for auctions.
Flowers.Com
Furniture.Com
The Gap
LL Bean
Lycos Store - New!
Moma - Museum of Modern Art, classy gifts.
Online Pharmacy - Buy popular pharmaceuticals online
OnSale.Com - Features computers and electronics
OutSmarted - Extensive products range with images
Priceline - Bid on unsold airline fares
Real Estate For Sale By Owner - Buy/ sell real estate FSBO.
Realtor.Com
Reel - Movies!
Sell Your Item - Auctions. Great for consumer electronics
UBid - Auctions. Computer stuff, plus lots more.
Yahoo! Auctions -#2 for auctions.

Software and Computer SEs

2HaveIt - Freeware and shareware.
Big Nose Bird - Free CGI, PERL scripts, tutorials.
Bookmark Software
BrainPlay.Com - Educational software/ childrens' software.
CGI Resources - Extremely helpful site, free programs and scripts.
Database Central -Directory of db and db-to-web connectivity
Download.Com - CNET.
Earth Web - IT industry portal.
Elsewhere - Definitions of computer acronyms and jargon.
eToys - Software dept.
Filez - Search for software, claims tens of millions of files.
InfoHiway - Free JavaScript resources.
Internet.Com
JavaScript Source - Free Java scripts.
Jumbo - Approx. 100,000 shareware and freeware programs in several dozen categories.
Matt's Script Archive - A web legend.
NCSA - Software info, state of the art web info, uses HotBot.
Script Search - Host recommended
Shareware.Com - CNET. About 200,000 shareware, freeware, demos and upgrade programs.
Stroud/ Mecklermedia - Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications.
Surfzilla - Free scripts
Tucows
Tudogs - Free software index.
Windows95.com - 32-bit shareware

World Wide Mart - Free scripts
Xoom - Hotfiles. 34,000 free downloads.
ZD Net - Ziff Davis Publishing's hot files software library.

Sports & Recreation SEs

AudioSports
BroadBand Sports
Charged - Extreme sports
CNNSI - Cool sports audio
ESPN - ESPN sport zone
Fans Only - Collegiate sports site
FitnessDirectory.Net
FoxSports - Fox sport site
Instant Sports - Stats
MVP
SandBox - Fantasy site
SportQuest
SportsLine.Com - From CBS
Sports Statistics on the web
SportsWeb
FastBall
NBA.com
NFL - A biggie. NFL Internet
SoccerNet
AMI News
Mountain Zone
SkiCentral
Ski Net
Cycle Gossip - European professional cycling news
TheFishFinder - World's Oldest-Largest Fishing Directory/ Search Engine

Travel SEs

1-888-Inn-Seek - Find inns and B&Bs.
Amazing Thailand - Thailand Tourism & Travel Directory.
AllCheapFares - Recommended by my wife, Linda.
BargainTravel.Com - Featured on AOL
BedandBreakfast.com - Offers savings and "hot deals" emails
BizTravel - Offers flight status pager alerts
Bus Web - Index of coach and group travel
Cheap Tickets - Low rates
EconomyReservations - Owned by our friend Harvey
Expedia - Well designed site with tons of options
Fare Chase - Search fares at 20 or so sites
HotWire - Great prices, but you can't select flight times.
KwikFly - Travel made simple.
LastMinuteTravel - Unsold tix to 'anywhere' for cheap cheap!
LateRooms.com - British site, worldwide cottages and villas.
Orbitz - Founded by an airline cartel.
OneTravel - Can be pricey.
Priceline.Com - An internet innovator.
Road Trip Search - This is very cool travel tool !
Qixo - Compare prices from multiple travel sites.
SideStep - Search fares at multiple travel sites.
Site59.com - North American flights, hotels, and tours
SkyAuction.com - Has "last minute getaways" and other bargains on cruises, timeshares, and other travel packages
Smarter Living - Special deals on airfare.
Travel Data - Index of B&Bs.
Travelocity - Sends emails of special deals
Travel Now - Super low rates and great service
Trip.Com

Web & Online SEs

BetterWhoIs - Find out who owns any domain.
DevSearch - The developers search engine.
DotCom Directory - From Network Solutions
eZines Db - Online pubs, e-zines, journals, newsletters.
Forum One - Search a quarter million web forums, BBs, etc..
Google Groups - Search newsgroups.
Great Domains - Domain broker.
The List - The definitive list of ISPs.
NCSA - Tips.
NetSearcher -"Reviewed, credible, and reliable."
Newsletter Access - Searchable directory of over 5,000 newsletters.
Tile.Net - Discussion lists, newsgroups, FTP sites.
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium.

Web Email Lists/ Listservers

EzineDepot - Ezine and newsletter directory and search engine.
FindMail - Listserve
GlobeLists - Email discussion groups
Impulse - Email discussion groups
List of Lists - Listserver index/ SE.
List Universe - Resouces. Search its New Lists.
Lists Net - Directory of over 2,000 mailing lists.
Liszt - Listserver index/ SE.
LSoft
PAML - Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists.
Tile.Net - Listserve info.
Topica - Listserver with 50,000 lists. Very user friendly. Hosts some nice specialty lists such as AllSearchEngines!
Yahoo! Groups - Listserver has 300,000 groups.

File Extensions

ExtSearch - Helpful searchable database of file extensions.
Webopedia - Extensive listing of file extensions.
WhatIs - Great index of acronyms and file extensions

Resources - Search Engines

Major Search Engines

Arts & Humanities SEs