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- Search Engines (Awesome Library)
Provides general purpose search engines, children's (or filtered) search engines, and search guides. 6-99
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- Aging Conditions - Search Engine (Family Caregiver Alliance)
Provides information on the most common medical conditions associated with aging. Includes Spanish versions. En espanol.
- Archaeology Search (ArchNet)
- Arts - Culture Finder
Provides a search for events in the arts from hundreds of sources.
- Arts - Graphics Search Engine
Search several search engines that are tuned for graphics, such as clip art, pictures, buttons, photos, and other graphics.
- Arts - Movie Reviews (Cinemachine)
Provides a search engine to find reviews for movies that you pick.
- Arts - Music - CD's (CD Now)
Allows searches by artist, song, or album. Provides audio clips and biographies.
- Arts - Music - Classical Music (Schwob)
Allows searches and provides generous audio clips.
- Arts - Music - Lyrics of Songs (de Vries and Meyer)
Provides lyrics for 116,000 songs. Search by artist, album, or song name.
- Arts - Performing Arts - CultureFinder Search
- Arts - Theatre Resources - Searchable (WWAR)
- Arts - Traditional Folk Songs (Searchable)
- Arts Search (World Wide Arts Resources)
Searches for information in the arts, including architecture, paintings, movies, dance, theatre, opera and more.
- Arts Search
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Resources (AstroWeb Consortium)
Provides an organized set of links by topic of hundreds of astronomy related sites. Also provides a search engine for the links.
- Automobile - Ask the Car Experts (CarTalk - Tom and Ray)
Provides answers to practical questions about maintaining and repairing an automobile. Includes a search engine so you can search by topic, such as "steering." 2-00
- Biographical Encylopedia Search (Cambridge) 2-00
- Biographical Searches (Parallax)
- Biographical Searches (Parallax)
- Biographies Search (Internet Oracle)
Provides two dozen search engines for biographies.
- Biology - Animal Searches
- Biology - Pet Search (Acme)
- Biology Search (Biosis)
Allows keyword searches for sources of information on many biological species.
- Black Facts Online
Provides brief historical news by searchable date.
- Book Price Comparisons Online (Acses)
Provides price comparisons for 25 online bookstores. Search by title, author or ISBN. 6-99
- Book Price Comparisons for Online Stores (AddAll)
Provides a search engine that compares prices among online bookstores for books you select.
- Book Search (Barnes and Noble)
Searches by keyword, title, or author.
- Book Search (Powell's Books)
Provides one of the largest listings of new and used books in the USA.
- Bookfinder (Chatterjee)
Finds almost any book, even those out of print..
- Books - Out-of-Print Books Search (Penguin)
- Books Online Search (Ockerbloom)
Provides the complete text of 8,000 books online. Search by title or author.
- Business - EDGAR Database of Corporate Information (SEC Filings)
Corporations are required to file annual reports to this searchable database.
- Buyer's Guide (ProductReviewNet))
Compares products after you select the characteristics you want in the product.
- Chemistry Search Engine (Bishop, Shih, and Adeboji)
Provides a search engine for instructional text on basic chemistry, high school level.
- Children's Health Search (KidsHealth.org)
Provides information on childhood diseases, treatments, and other pediatric problems.
- Choral Search (ChoralNet)
Searches by composers, titles of pieces, voicing, insturmentation, language, category, lyricist, librettist, and source of text.
- Christian Sites Search (Awesome Christian Sites)
Provides a directory and a search engine for finding Christian resources. No relationship to the Awesome Library.
- College and Distance Education Sources - Search (Arragon)
Provides a search engine for finding sources of certification, accreditation, and degrees by subject and level. Includes over 170,000 programs.
- Computer Manuals Search (AltaVista)
Provides a free search engine to find documents in your own computer.
- Computers - Search for a PC or Other Hardware (NetBuyer)
Allows you to search for a desktop computer according to your specifications.
- Computers - Software Search (Filez)
- Country Search (Linkaway2)
Provides search engines by country or topic.
- Cultural Similarities Search (ABC News)
Searches the countries of the world by language, religion, type of government, or any combination of these.
- Day Care Centers and Homes (Next Step Computing)
Provides a searchable list of 120,000 child care centers and family day care homes in the United States. Facilities are searchable by zip code or city.
- Directory of Specialized Search Engines (Beaucoup)
Provides almost 800 search engines, including specialties in media, geographic specific, languages, and subjects.
- Drug Search (HealthAnswers)
Provides a list of drugs in alphabetic order and also allows a search by keyword. Since all articles have similar categories, in a similar order, this is an excellent resource for consumers to find information. 5-00
- Education - My Virtual Reference Desk
Provides 8 education search engines.
- Education - Online Educator
Search for resources by grade level, by subject, or simultaneously by subject and grade level.
- Education - U.S. Department of Education Phone Search
- Education Search Engines (Kid's Search Tools)
- Employment Classifieds 2000
Provides 140,000 searchable job listings.
- English - Dictionaries - Multiple Search
- English - ERIC Abstracts Search
- English - Journalism Resources (Makulow)
Provides listings in specialized fields, organizations and associations, awards and scholarships, colleges and university departments, news bureaus, courses, and more. These listings can be searched by keyword.
- English - Words That Rhyme Search (Doug)
Supply a word and the search engine will try to find words that rhyme with it. 2-00
- Entertainment Search
- European Resources (Euroseek)
Searches for European resources. Includes a directory.
- European Web Search (Euroseek)
- Family Issues Search (Family Education Network)
- Federal Education Programs Search
- Federal Funding Opportunies (US Government Printing Office)
Provides comprehensive sources of information. Has a search engine.
- Federal Government (FedStats)
- Federal Government Search (Google)
Searches Web sites and databases of the U.S. government. 6-99
- Financial - FastWeb Scholarship Searches
Searches for scholarships from a database of over 400,00 scholarships, according to the site.
- Financial - Scholarship Search (Free)
- Financial - Student Scholarship Searches (Student Services, Inc)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Provides answers to frequently asked questions.
- GEM Lessons Search (GEM)
- Government - State and Federal and Agencies and Documents (INFOMINE - University of California)
Provides annotated listings of a vast number of searchable documents related to state and federal governments. Also provides information by subject.
- Health - A to Z Health Search Engine
Includes a comprehensive directory and a search engine.
- Health - Recipe Search (My Menu)
Provides thousands of recipes through the keyword search.
- Health Search (applesforhealth.com)
Provides search engines and directories for most major health issues. Service providers include doctors, dentists, hospitals, and alternative. Conditions and treatments include diseases, injuries, poisons, symptoms, tests, drugs, drug interactions, and surgical procedures. Specialties include children, men, women, and seniors. Also includes three comprehensive search engines and a gym locator. 6-99
- Health and Education for Children Search (Kid Source)
Provides articles related to health, education, safety, development and more.
- History - Women in History (WWWomen)
Provides a Directory and Search Engine related to women.
- Images Search Engine - Images (WebSeer)
Conduct a search for images.
- Images and Pictures Search (Alta Vista - Corbis)
Provides 500,000 pictures using a keyword search. Appears to be child-safe.
- Investments Search Engine (StreetEYE)
- Job Search for College Students (AT&T)
- Legal - US Supreme Court Decisions (FindLaw)
Provides a searchable database of Supreme Court decisions going back to 1937.
- Legal Research (QuidProQuo)
Provides links by topic and many search engines to find federal and state laws.
- Legal Search Engine - LawCrawler (Courtesy of EdLaw)
Searches for legal information.
- Lesson Plans - Searchable by Keywords (Awesome Library)
Searchable by keywords. Be sure to include the word "lesson." For example, a search for a lesson on earthquakes would be "earthquakes lesson." To receive only lessons that are Star Rated in a subject, add the word "star3.gif." For example, social studies lessons with a Star Rating would be "social studies star3.gif."
- Lesson Plans - Searchable by Subject and Grade (Houghton-Mifflin)
Searchable by subject and grade at the same time and effectively.
- Lesson Plans - Searchable by Subject and Grade (Houghton-Mifflin)
Searchable by subject and grade at the same time and effectively.
- Library Catalog Searches (ZWeb and CARLWeb)
- Library Search Engines (Internet Oracle)
Provides a dozen of the top online library search engines.
- Library of Congress Search Engine
Searches for books and documents contained within the Library of Congress. 6-99
- Magazines and Journals Search (PubList.com)
Provides a search engine for finding information to subscribe to over 150,000 journals and magazines.
- Math Search Engine (Swarthmore)
Provides a comprehensive search.
- Math and Science Resources Search (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse)
Provides information on resources and standards in math and science.
- Medical - Drug Search (RxList)
Provides detailed technical information about each drug, primarily for medical professionals. Also provides useful information for patients, such as side effects and counterindications.
- Medical and Health Search (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - Healthfinder)
Provides a search engine and directory for topics of interest to the general public.
- Mental Health - Local Mental Health Services Search
- Mental Health Net Searches
- Nature Search (Discovery Online)
- News Research (TotalNews)
Provides a search engine for finding news. Provides local news in the USA and news from world wide sources.
- News Search Engines (NewsTracker - Excite)
Conduct research to find news stories using a search engine. Also has a free clipping service. A clipping service finds news on a particular topic and "sends" it to you on a regular basis.
- News Search Engines (Search Engine Watch - Sullivan)
Provides links to news search engines for global news sources.
- Patent Searches (CNIDR) 2-00
- Pediatric Search - Ask the Doctor (drpaula.com)
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- People - USA (WhoWhere)
Searches for email and phone numbers, as well as searching for individuals by location or interests.
- Personal Assistance (HumanSearch)
Finds humans to help find answers.
- Philosophy Search Engine (Suber)
Searches for Web documents in philosophy by keyword. Also includes a directory.
- Poetry Search (Electronic Poetry Center - Glazier)
Provides searches by keyword.
- Poetry Search by Title, First Line, Keyword, or Poet (Lancashire)
- Product Search (SearchHelp)
Searches by product, company, or keyword.
- Recipe Search (Foods.com)
Provides recipes when you provide a key ingredient. Dictionary provides cooking terms, ingredients, or utensils based on a keyword or a first letter. Also includes a recipe box, eight cookbooks, and a meal planner.
- Recipes Search (Betty Crocker)
Provides recipes for main dishes, desserts, side dishes and more by typing in keywords. Allows you to find recipes based on ingredients.
- Recipes Search - By Ingredients (Betty Crocker)
Provides recipes for main dishes, desserts, side dishes and more by selecting ingredients.
- Religious Resources Search (Aphids Communications - Brumbaugh)
"Religious Resources on the Net currently contains 2,656 listings in 155 categories." Search by keyword or category.
- School-to-Work Information Searches
- Schools Search (Schools Online)
Provides a search engine to find schools within the USA.
- Seminars and Conferences Directory (Trade Show Central)
Provides listings of conferences and seminars internationally by location or dates. Includes over 35,000 events that can be found through a search engine.
- Service Providers (GTE - BigBook)
Provides links to services by state, city, and specialty.
- Small Business Articles Search (U.S. Small Business Administration)
Provides information on a wide variety of topics for small business owners. Includes news releases, articles, and Web sites serving small businesses.
- Space Exploration Search (NASA)
Searches NASA for information on space exploration, such as flights to Mars or the Moon, the Space Station, telescopes, pictures of planets, and more.
- Spanish Version - Infoseek Search Engine
- Sports Search (CNET)
- Translations Search (Internet Oracle)
Provides seven language translators, as well as additional translation dictionaries. The fourth listing provides the most complete word translations.
- Travel - Bed and Breakfast Search
- Travel - Search for Hotels (TravelWeb)
- Vocational Education - National Center for Research in Vocational Education Search
- Women's Issues - 1830 - 1930 (Dublin and Sklar)
Searches historical documents for names and text related to women's issues from 1830 - 1930. Includes a particular emphasis on women's rights and suffrage.
- Women's Studies (University of Maryland)
Searches historical and recent documents for names and text related to women's studies.
Papers
- Nonprofit Organizations Seeking Volunteers Search (Impact Online)
Helps volunteers find nonprofit organizations by geographical area and issue through VolunteerMatch.
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- Last Updated 08/27/00