Other Search Engines

• A9 --Searches the Web and locates information about books through the Amazon.com database. It also offers information from “Inside the Book®” searches. In addition, it points to reference answers from GuruNet, and provides data about movies from IMDb).
• ALL THE WEB and ALTAVISTA --Both of these search engines point to web pages indexed by Yahoo. Their unique value is in the audio section. Both allow users to find audio files available for download or streaming.
• BLINKX --Searches the Web and/or TV news and programs. A companion product is BLINKX.TV, which does not search the Web but is designed to locate clips of TV programs and news.
• BRAINBOOST --Uses Artificial Intelligence technology to understand the user’s question, and match it with relevant answers available on the web.
• CLUSTY --Organizes search results into folders grouping similar items together.
• GIGABLAST -- Returns "related pages" for your Internet searches, even when they contain none of the search keywords you used. It also offers "Giga Bits" - links that refine your search using keywords gleaned from analyzing results - and attempts to answer searches phrased as questions.
• KARTOO --Presents results and related links in a graphical map based format.
• MOOTER --Is capable of organizing results around key clusters. The mooter engine learns from the user, and preempts their needs, re-ordering search results to push the increasingly relevant ones to the top.
• SNAP--Shows results with a logo of the top level domain & information about popularity of that web site on SNAP.
• WISENUT --This is a LookSmart search engine. It is enhanced by WiseGuide, which automatically generates categories that are semantically related to the words in your query.

Multi-Search Engines

Specialty Search Engines and Directories

• ABOUT - Large directory with mostly popular,nonacademic sites.
• ACADEMIC INDEX - Provides access to nearly 160,000 quality information web pages.
• ACADEMIC INFO - Points to online educational resources.
• AWESOME LIBRARY - Organizes and reviews high quality Web resources including the top 5 percent in education. Very good for elementary and secondary education.
• BEST INFORMATION ON THE NET - Resources suitable for academic use, including a list by major.
• BUBL - Selected Web resources covering all academic subject areas. It is located in the United Kingdom.
• DIRECT SEARCH - Points to resources that contain data not easily accessible from general search tools such as Google.
• DMOZ OPEN DIRECTORY - Compilation of quality Web resources created by thousands of volunteers.
• eiNET - Searchable Internet directory created and maintained by a group of Internet Librarians..
• FIRSTGOV - The US Government's Official Web Portal.
• GO GUIDES - Directory of Internet sites reviewed by a group of volunteers.
• GOOGLE SCHOLAR - Searches specifically for scholarly literature.
• INFOMINE - Directory of sites recommended by academic librarians.
• THE INSTITUTE (UK) - Directory of quality websites created by a group of UK universities.
• LIBRARIANS' INDEX TO THE INTERNET - Points to reliable, trustworthy, and librarian-selected Internet resources.
• REFDESK- A “one-stop” site for reference information on 50 areas of knowledge.
• SEARCH EDU - LocatesWeb pages in the .edu domain.
• WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY - Selected, academic and professional sites, but with varying levels of quality. .
• YAHOO DIRECTORY - This directory is mostly made with user-submitted sites. The degree of quality varies greatly from site to site.