1 - THE FIRST STAB
- UNIVERSAL SEARCH ENGINES
- There are many. But it is best to use only the most popular:
- Savvy Search - get results from several search engines, in several languages
- Yahoo - browse through subject tree and stimulate your mind with keywords to search further
- Lycos - browse through subject tree and stimulate your mind with keywords to search further
- InfoSeek - do keyword search and use list of related topics to search further
- AltaVista - do keyword search and also advanced search
- Excite - do keyword search
- HotBot - do keyword search
- SUBJECT SEARCH ENGINES
- Beaucoup_Search_Engines - if you have a definite idea of what you are looking for, find a search engine in a given subject
- There are many. But it is best to use only the most popular:
2 - BUILDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- LIBRARIES
- University of Minnesota Gopher
- Yale Gopher
- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - not a directory, but extremely useful library
- WebCats - links to online public-access library catalogs throughout the world
3 - LOCATING EXPERTS
- UNIVERSITIES
- GOVERNMENT
- Federal Web Locator - find legislative, judicial, executive, independent, and other government-related agencies.
- U.S. BUSINESS ADVISOR - answers your questions about buying from, and selling to, the federal government. It refers you to appropriate agencies and regulations. Recently announced by vice president Al Gore
- THE CENSUS BUREAU Official
Census Bureau statistics on social, demographic and economic
information
EuroBusiness Centre sponsor: 
- INSTITUTES & NON-PROFITS
- Non-Profit Organization Meta Index - refers to directories or organization in charity, health, human rights, civil liberties, etc.
- BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
- E ncylopedia of Associations - this refers to a CD-ROM of all the associations
- EMAIL
- Okra - to locate a person's email address
- GOVERNMENT
4 - FINDING EXPERTISE
- MEDIA
- Electronic Journals - list of newsletters, as well as newspapers and magazines, both academic and online
- John Labovitz's e-zine-list - big list of e-zines (the true kind)
- Parrot Media Network Home Page - address and market data about TV, radio, cable, newspaper in U.S.
- Online Media - Ezines and newspapers
- Online Magazines
- Newsstand - search for technical publicataions
- Tech Directory - search for corporations specializing in technology
- Web Media Guide
- E-zines Gopher: locust.cic.net
- Media Online
Yellow Pages - directory of TV, networks, radio and video;
products and associations
- EMAIL ZINES LIST - Directory of zines, newsletter and mailing lists that are emailed to subscribers
- DATA BASES
- Biochemistry - Essays, 3D modeling techniques, software, technical magazines, universities - all concerned with biochemistry,
- County and City Data Books - demographic data for cities, counties and states in U.S. for 1988 and 1994
- Dialog - hundreds of data bases on news, science, social science, patents and government
- EDGAR - financial database about SEC filings, corporate profiles, mutual funds and more
- LEXIS-NEXIS - Lexis is a law data base; Nexis is a news data base
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) - many data bases about medicine
- MEDLINE, available through HealthyNet - Extensive data base on medicine
- Chemistry Index - find information in all areas of chemistry, in several languages
- Dow-Jones News Retrieval - extensive financial information
- DISCUSSION GROUPS
- DejaNews - Useful for searching news group postings
- Email Discussion Groups
5 - LOCATING PRODUCTS & SERVICES
- ACCOUNTING
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- Accounting Software Update - runs seminars and compares accounting packages, with links to the home pages of their producers
EuroBusiness Centre sponsor: - AGRICULTURE
- AgLink - a directory of directories on all aspects of agriculture
- BUILDING SUPPLIES
- BUILDING ON LINE - locate building- product sites
- BUSINESS
- Business Research Jump Station - not exactly a niche directory, but good starting point for research in the field of business
- THE Guide to Business Research on the Net - a directory to almost all aspects of business on the Net
- BizWeb - find commercial stores and shops
- WW Yellow Pages - search for products and services on the Internet
- COMPUTERS
- Baber's Global Computer Directory - search for computer hardware, software and services
- Computer Events Directory - all types of convention, expos and other events in the computer industry
- Price Watch Computer Index
- Lists your chosen computer products by price and links to
vendors
- CONSULTANTS
- National Consultants
Referral - A referral system for consultants, speakers and
trainers
- CONSUMERS
- CONSUMER WORLD - information about almost all aspects of consuming, including sites of helpful agencies, health, legal, auto, bargains, etc.
- Buy It
Online - Directory of products and services with links
directly to sites
- CRAFTS
- CRAFTNET VILLAGE - everything you want to know about crafts
- EDUCATION
- ASKERIC Search ERIC data base for all aspects of the field of education
- CollegeNet - find information about all colleges, universities and graduate schools in U.S. and Canada
- B.e.s.t. - Education directory with search capability
- Learning on the Internet - worldwide directory of learning organizations, research projects and publications
- UK Boarding Schools - find a UK boarding school that best suits your child, plus lots of associated information
- EMPLOYMENT
- The Executive Web - directory of executive search and selection consultants in United Kingdom
- FINANCE
- Efficient Frontier - index of internet resources for professional traders
- INVEST-O-RAMA! Directory of resources for investment: bonds, funds, firms, clubs, publications, software, books, newsgroups, and more
- Syndicate - directory of over 1000 links to financial pages
- Wall Street Directory - links to companies, software, publications, services, books, and much more for computerized investment traders
- Networth - get the dope on all mutual funds and the companies they invest in
- Guide to Treasury Technology - a guide to technical products and services for the treasury area in financial markets
- HEALTH
- Abortion Clinic Online - directory of abortion clinics. Also discussion of methods of birth control
- HOME BUILDING
- INTERNATIONAL
- EuroBusiness Centre - Guide to business resources in Europe in several languages
- International Small Business Consortium - Directory of members in partnership program: people eager to form alliances with foreign firms
- International Business Resources - Newspapers, periodicals, trade publications, mailing lists, yellow pages, government resources, trade shows - mostly for international trade
- WORLDCLASS HOME - directories, guides, organizations, media, etc. to help you do business on an international level
EuroBusiness Centre sponsor: - INTERNET
- Internet Business Print Publications - Books, periodicals and other print publications about business on the internet
- Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia - information about all technical aspects of the Internet
- Pocia - directory of internet service providers
- THE LIST - search for an internet service provider
- JEWELRY
- International Jewelry Exchange - Resources in jewelry and where to get them
- LEGAL
- West's Legal Directory - directory of attorneys and law firms
- Find Law - Legal information
for lawyer and for laypersons. Can search texts of law reviews on
line
- MARKETING
- Advertising World - a big directory about advertising
- Cybrarian's Guide to Cybermarketing - a directory of all types of marketing-related sites
- Marketing Data Base - a directory of marketing resources
- Marketing Resource Center - Directory of places to place links to your site. Also sites offering HTML tutorials
- The TeleM@rket - products, services, vendors and other information related to telemarketing
- METAPHYSICAL
- Universal Software - Directories to metaphysical sites, and shareware on methaphysical subjects
- MOVIES
- Internet Movie Database - find out whatever you want to know - title, star, cast, and more - about movies. (I dug up information on the 74 movies Clark Gable performed in)
- NATIVE AMERICANS
- PARENTING
- PARENT SOUP - here you'll find an excellent resource for parents. This site is building a community where parents can obtain, not only information, but support, in their many activities and responsibilities. An impressive service is their rating of children's sites - better than a v-chip.
- PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS
- Patents and Trademarks - search for information on patents and trademarks
- PRODUCTS
- THOMAS REGISTER - locate information about any product and the company that manufactures it. It also has an email "can't find it" service
- RESTAURANTS
- Richards Restaurant Ranking - it ranks gourmet restaurants and lists directories of good restaurants in Europe
- SPORTS
- GOSKI - the chances are excellent, that if you are a skier seeking a ski resort anywhere in the world, you will find everything you need to know at this site. Though I am not a skier, I was impressed. Whether you are a skier or not, visit this site to find out what a real niche resource center is like.
- GOLFWEB - all you want to know about golfing
- TRAVEL
- Comprehensive Travel & Relocation Resource - information about places to go to, how to get there, and what to do
- WWW Travel Center - information about destinations, transportation, lodging facilities, and entertainment all over the globe
- Virtual North - directory of lodges in rural and remote areas of Canada
- Travel File - search for information about destinations, accomodation, sight-seeing, dining, etc.
- Hotel and Guest House Directory - guest houses and hotels in the United Kingdom
- VETERINARY
- Netvet Veterinary Resources -
Information about veterinary education, careers, organization,
meetings, publications, government resources. Also links to sites
offering veterinary information
- WEB DEVELOPMENT
- Arnel's Web Resources Page Well categorized information sources on designing, promoting and operating websites
- WebMasters - everything you want to know about website programming
- Webmaster Resources - Thorough directory of tools, reports, tutorials, information, hardware, software, techniques, services and a lot more - all oriented to the topics covered in a Webmaster training course
6 - LOCATING REGIONAL RESOURCES
- CITIES
- Abbington Village Information about New England; touring, visiting, buying and selling, services
- Charlotte Internet Society - information about government, business and other activities in the city of Charlotte
- London Page 1 - Regional niche center - all bout visiting, food, entertainment, shopping, education, etc.
- CityNet - look up information about specific cities all over the world
- Motorcade Shopping Directory - search for Washington, D.C. stores and restaurants convenient to you along the route you specify
- TOWN OF ISSAQUAH - a complete resource center for the town
- All New York - Listings of
restaurants, touring, real estate, businesses, education,
medical, legal, financial, art, travel, and lots more
- MY TOWN: LONG BEACH
This will eventually be a separate page. If you know of any online directories about Long Beach, please send email to Paul "the soarING" Siegel
If you know of other examples of niche engines, please share this information with the rest of us by sending email to Paul "the soarING" Siegel
© 1996 Paul Siegel. All rights reserved.
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