Web site usage statistics suggest that people are in a search rut. Most Web searching uses just a few providers — okay, basically one, Google. But no one site can give access to everything. Luckily, there is a wide selection of Web search tools available for the person who wants to shake things up and get some new insights into her research.

For example, there is the vast virtual territory nicknamed the “invisible Web.” It refers to databases connected to the Web but not necessarily available for indexing by normal search engines. But each of these sites has its own search capability, and you can generally find them through normal Web searches. By combining the phrase “search engine” with the topic name that interests you, a search engine can find the home pages that offer interfaces to the data. (In fact, the Web site run by the parent company of Corporate Counsel, law.com, has a comprehensive search function.) Looking for specialized information on steel? Check for “steel search engines” and, among others, find Steelonthenet.com’s Ferrosearch search engine that indexes thousands of steel industry Web sites. You get focused results and forgo having to wade through thousands of irrelevant results. In fact, searching on Google for the phrase “specialized search engines” will turn up at least a half-dozen collections of them on the opening page of the search results.

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