All the Web
AlltheWeb offers a variety of specialized search tools and advanced search features, and supports searching in 36 different languages.

Ask Jeeves
Lots of features

Chemical Buyers Directory
Database of purchasing information for chemicals and chemical services. Provided by the Publishers of Chemical Market Reporter,

Chemical Industry
Directory and search engine for chemical and related industry professionals. Databases of Web sites include more than 45,000 chemical industry related entities and contain the full text of millions of pages.

COMMERCIAL SITES INDEX
Over 21,000 commercial sites with alphabetical and keyword search capabilities.

Companies Online
Lycos search for information on over 100,000 companies.

Google Search
Great search engine

HotBot
Its toolbar will even search your own PC

Industry Research Desk
An organized procedure to learn about an industry OR a specific company is provided below

Looksmart Find Articles
Search and read 3.5 million articles from over 700 publications. Let me know when you are finished!

Lycos Search Engine
Very popular search engine.

Manufacturing Industry Research Desk by Polson Enterprises
A compilation of tools and resources available on the Web to assist you in research.

Manufacturing Marketplace
Comprehensive site tailored to engineering, design, purchasing, logistics and distribution professionals.

MSN Search
You can limit searches to file types such as PDF, ppt, etc.

Netscape Dictionary and Encyclopedia
Just put in a word. Page also includes Yellow Pages, White Pages, and Maps.

Search.com
Searches popular search engines such as Google, Ask Jeeves, LookSmart and dozens of other leading search engines to bring you the results.

The Biz Tech Network
Instant Intelligence for Business, Information, Technology, and Knowledge Management

The Directory Source Catalog
Yes there is even a directory of Directories. Over 10,000 worldwide information resources .

The Scannery
Web search platform that indexes and searches the websites of public companies from around the world. It covers over 13,000 companies in more than 60 countries. Allows sounds like and synonym searches.

THE THOMAS REGISTER
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. Can do free searches after registering.

Yahoo


Yellow Pages
Contains a number of great features for locating businesses across the U.S and Globally.

Zepti.org
A comprehensive search engine