Jackson Library

Google

Searches Web pages, images, groups, news, etc.

Yahoo

Searches Web pages, images, news, products, etc.

CompletePlanet

A "deep Web" directory, searches 103,000 databases and specialty search engines.

Scholarly Works

Google Scholar

Searches scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. 

NOTE: Stanford users can retrieve full-text articles from sources subscribed to by the libraries of the university. Citations can be imported into bibliography managers, such as EndNote and RefWork. On its 'Preferences' page, under 'Library Links', type 'Stanford'; under 'Bibliography Manager', select desired bibliography software. 

SMEALSearch

Academic Business Literature Digital Library

Multimedia/Video

Blinkx

Searches TV video and audio clips

Google Video Search

Searches recent TV programs

Podscope

Audio indexing of TV and radio broadcasts

Podzinger

Searches the spoken words inside podcasts. The text-based search results include snippets from the audio portion to help users figure out if the result is relevant. Users can click on the words to begin playing the podcast from the specific point.

Search for Video

Searches video clips in categories of news, business, technology, health, etc

Singing Fish

Indexes multimedia formats, including Windows Media, Real, QuickTime, and mp3s

Yahoo's Audio Search, Video Search

BlogPulse

A blog search engine that also analyzes and reports on daily activity in the blogosphere.

Daypop

A current events search engine, indexing over 59,000 news sites, weblogs, and RSS feeds.

Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki

A directory of Fortune 500 companies that have business blogs

Rocket News

Searches a wide range of sources, up to 5 days of material. Offers a customizable portal and a free RSS reader.

Technorati

An aggregator and tracker of blogs and blog postings. Allows registered users to conduct searches against a custom set of favorite bloggers.

MagPortal.com

Indexes free magazine articles on the Web.

Search Engine Colossus

Provides links to search engines and directories from 198 countries and 61 territories worldwide.

Scirus

Searches scientific, technical, scholarly and medical information on the Internet, including 13 million patents.

Google Patent Search

Covers over 7 million patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Also offers an Advanced Patent Search page, which allows one to search by patent number, title, inventor, date, etc.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Database

Full-text U.S. patents since 1976, full-page images since 1790.

Derwent Innovations Index

International patents since 1963. From Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

Foreign Country Patent Databases

A listing of databases compiled by the Swain Library, Stanford

Google Maps

Allows users in the U.S. to find location information, navigate through maps, and get directions. A 3D view of the planet can be downloaded at Google Earth

Windows Live Local

Checks traffic conditions, finds shortest route or suggested fastest route between two locations, etc.  Can easily be switched into the 3D view of Microsoft Virtual Earth.

Intelways

Offers a comprehensive set of search channels organized into different categories.

Vivisimo's Clusty

Searches top search engines simultaneously, and automatically clusters search results into categories.