Search Engines | Directories | Discussion Lists | Internet Service Providers

Internet Search Engines

Many general search engines do not search their own databases. Instead, most draw their search results from the databases of either Google or Bing. 

Ask (question & answer format remains, but no longer uses its own database of Web sites for searching)

Google

Bing (Microsoft)

YaHoo! (now searches the Bing database of Web sites)

Here are two additional search engines you might want to try that are not nearly as large as Google or Bing but contain unique databases:

Exalead

Gigablast

To see many more search engine choices for specific subject areas, try:

Complete Planet

Law-Specific Search Engines

LawCrawler (powered by Google, provided by FindLaw)

Academic Search Engines

Google Scholar

Infomine

Information About Search Engines

Search Engine Land

Search Engine Showdown

Search Engine Watch (mainly of interest to advertisers now)

Search Engine Relationship Chart (currently outdated - if updated again, a very useful chart )

Information About Searching the "Deep Web"

Internet Tutorials - The Deep Web

Deep Web Research 2012 , article by Marcus P. Zillman on LLRX.com , Jan. 16, 2012

Internet Directories

Directories can be useful when you want to see sites organized by topic.

Yahoo

About.com

WWW Virtual Library

Law-Specific Web Site Directories

Findlaw - Consumer Version

Findlaw for Legal Professionals

Hieros Gamos

Justia Virtual Chase

Legal Information Institute (Cornell U.)

Washlaw Web (Washburn U.)

Yahoo's Law Page

Blogs, Discussion Lists & Newsgroups

CataList - Catalog of Listserv Lists

Tile.net

Law-Specific Blogs, Discussion Lists & Newsgroups

BlawgSearch

LegalBirds - Legal professionals on Twitter