Multi-media files: images, audio, or video content
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| Information Source |
Description |
Web Address |
| Copernic |
Audio & Video Files: music,
sounds, videos, screen savers, desktop images, etc., on specialized
sites |
| Audio & Video Streams:
audio and video streams on specialized sites |
| Images:
photography, posters, graphics, etc., on specialized sites |
Music: titles, authors, performers, reviews, etc., on
specialized sites: 
Search Tool Guide:
Entertainment, transportation, travel |
| Movies: movie titles, actors, directors, reviews,
etc., on specialized sites:
Search Tool Guide:
Entertainment, transportation, travel |
| Profusion |
Audio and Video;
Broadcast; Games; Images; MP3 |
Link no longer active, but you can still consider the listed search tools. |
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Individual
directories & other search tools
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SearchEngine
Watch.com |
Directory of multi-media search engines |
www.searchengine
watch.com/links/
article.php/2156251 |
| All the various kinds of
multi-media files |
| ADAM |
Gateway to art, design, architecture, and media information |
adam.ac.uk |
| AlltheWeb |
Has specialty searches for each of pictures, audio, and video |
www.alltheweb.com |
| AltaVista |
Has specialty searches for each of pictures, audio, and video |
www.altavista.com |
| American Library Association |
Directory of search engines across the world |
www.lita.org/committe/top
tech/toolkit.htm#multimedia |
| American Memory |
Looks for historical maps, movies, photos and prints, audio recordings |
memory.loc.gov/
ammem/collections
/finder.html |
| Creative Commons |
Searches for photos, music, text, books and other content;
specializes in materials that you are free to share or modify for
your own purposes |
creativecommons.
org/find |
| GoFish |
Finds multi-media files for a fee |
www.gofish.com |
| University at Albany Library |
Multimedia and images |
library.albany.edu
/internet/engines.
html#multimedia |
| Audio files containing music |
| All Music Guide |
Detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative source for music
information |
www.allmusic.com |
| Big Search Engine Index |
| Search tool guide, "MP3 music" branch |
www.search-engine-index.co.uk/Music_Search
/MP3_Search |
| FindSounds |
Finds sound effects and musical instrument samples; for simple
sounds. |
www.findsounds.com |
| Google Music Search |
Finds music |
www.google.com/
musicsearch |
| Yahoo |
Finds music |
audio.search.yahoo.com |
| Audio files containing special
sound effects |
| FindSounds |
Finds sound effects and musical instrument samples; for simple
sounds |
www.findsounds.com |
| Ljudo |
Finds sound effects of many kinds, in MP3 and RealAudio formats |
ljudo.com |
| Naturesongs |
Finds sounds from birds, animals, waterfalls, and the like |
www.naturesongs.com |
| SoundAmerica |
Finds sound effects in various categories presented as lists of
files |
www.soundamerica.com |
| Wav Central |
Finds sounds such as background sounds used in commercials |
www.wavcentral.com |
| Audio files containing speech
recordings |
| SpeechBot |
Experimental search of popular U.S. radio shows; can be used to
find audio clips having specified search terms |
speechbot.research.
compaq.com |
| The Eararchives |
Finds files in WAV format by actor, character, title, or WAV file
description |
www.the-eararchives.com |
| The Daily WAV |
Features a new WAV file daily with a variety of sayings from
different pop cultures |
www.dailywav.com |
| WebCorp |
Historical sounds, such as speeches by political leaders |
www.webcorp.com
/sounds |
| Image/graphics files containing
pictures, photos, and drawings |
SearchEngine
Watch.com |
Article: "Searching For a Better Image" |
searchenginewatch.com
/searchday/article.php
/3580061 |
| AskJeeves Picture Search |
General collection of images by a mainstream search engine |
pictures.ask.com |
| British Pathe |
Historical photos covering news, sport, social history, and
entertainment from 1896 to 1970 |
www.britishpathe.
com/index.cfm |
| Big Search Engine Index |
Search tool guide, "image and photo" branch |
www.search-engine-index.co.uk/Images_Search |
| ClassroomClipart |
Clip art for children |
classroomclipart.com |
| Corbis |
General collection of images |
pro.corbis.com |
| Ditto |
General collection of images |
www.ditto.com |
| Getty Images |
Provides an aggregation of a number of specialized image
collections |
www.gettyimages.com |
| Google Images |
General collection of images by a mainstream search engine |
images.google.com |
| Library of Congress |
Collection of all images from American LOC |
memory.loc.gov/ammem
/mdbquery.html |
| MSN Search |
General collection of images by a mainstream search engine |
search.msn.com/images |
| New York Public Library Picture Collection |
Provides a mostly pre-1923 collection of 30,000 digitized images
from books, magazines, newspapers, original photographs, prints, and
postcards |
digital.nypl.org/
mmpco |
| PicSearch |
General collection of images |
www.picsearch.com |
| Richman's list |
Picture/art sites |
jr.co.il/hotsites/
pictures.htm |
| SILS |
Art image search |
www.si.umich.edu
/Art_History/search.
html |
| TimePix |
Photos, prints, and illustrations taken from Time-Life magazines
and the Mansell photograph collection |
www.thepicture
collection.com |
| Yahoo Images |
General collection of images by a mainstream search engine |
search.yahoo.com
/images |
| Video files |
SearchEngine
Watch.com |
Article: "A Look At Other Video Search Tools" |
blog.searchenginewatch.
com/blog/050125-071400 |
| Article: "Inside the Internet Movie Database" |
searchenginewatch.
com/searchday/article
.php/3557726 |
| Article: "Video and Podcast Search Engines" |
searchenginewatch.
com/searchday/article
.php/3555196 |
| Blinkx TV |
Uses speech-recognition technology to create searchable text
transcripts (as opposed to using closed captioning text) |
www.blinkx.tv |
| Critical TV |
Uses the closed-captioning from most U.S. news networks and major
market local stations; can search in real time |
www.criticalmention.
com/platform.asp |
| Google Video Search |
Searches for TV video snippets based on the closed captioning text
that accompanies them |
video.google.com |
| Internet Movie Database |
Provides a sophisticated, advanced search interface that "offers
representation listings for over 35,000 individuals, including
actors, writers, and directors, as well as contact details for over
8,000 companies in the entertainment industry" |
www.imdb.com/list |
| reCap |
Replays U.S. congressional videos within moments after the debates
occur |
recap.fednet.net/
recap_promo.asp |
| ShadowTV |
Uses the closed-captioning from most U.S. news networks and major
market local stations; can search in real time |
www.shadowtv.com |
| Singingfish |
To quote: "... indexes multimedia formats, ... search through
categories spanning music, news, movies, sports, TV and radio, and
finance..." |
search.singingfish.
com/sfw/home.jsp |
| SpeechBot |
Uses speech-recognition technology to create searchable text
transcripts (as opposed to using closed captioning text) |
speechbot.research.
compaq.com |
| TVEyes |
Using voice
recognition technology to identify words and create indexes, allows
you to search each and every word spoken during TV news broadcasts |
tveyes.com |
| Virage |
Searches for PBS TV video snippets based on the closed captioning text
that accompanies them |
www.virage.com |
| Yahoo Video Search |
To quote from Yahoo: "... will allow you to search every word
spoken during television news broadcasts from the BBC, Sky News,
and Bloomberg. You'll be searching the closed captioning associated
with the broadcast and then can click to view the full-motion video
of your search terms being spoken." |
video.search.yahoo.com |
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Also see
Search Tool Guide:
Entertainment, transportation, travel, the sections dealing with
entertainment. |
