Special Search Engines and their purpose

Google.com - Excellent general search engine - Rated Best of 2001 - PC World Magazine

Google Government - Search engine for federal and state web sites

The Invisible Web - Directory of more than 10,000 database, archives, and search engines that contain information that traditional search engines have been unable to access.

BadgerLink - a gateway for access to more than 4,000 magazines, newsletters, and newspapers from two vendors.

CompletePlanet - a searchable cache of databases and 38,000 "search sites"

December.com - Quick online chart describing what types of files can be searched using what types of tools.

FindLaw.com - Web based directory of legal information

FirstGov - US governments directory to the vast empire of online federal resources

Moreover.com - collects information form 1,800 online news sources

Scirus - a search engine for scientific resources