Online searches. Hidden away on thousands of databases are gigabytes of information just waiting to be discovered. We'll start our journey with some sites that launch right off into the hidden Web, then expand your mind with education searches, and finally show you some narrowly focused sites perfect for uncovering the unknown! Use Complete Planet to explore two parts of the Internet, the "surface" web and the "deep" web. Try the "surface" web of 45,000 engines to do a general search. Or to get to the heart of web and go "deep" by checking out more than 200,000 databases. Just the facts In addition to thousands of databases, webdata.com also lets you do a comparative shopping searches and widespread job searches. Go beyond what the regular search engines want you to see. Lycos was one of the first popular search engines to incorporate invisible web searching technology. Find hundreds of search engines for many different specific topics. Ask not what the invisible web can do for you... EasyAsk offers a natural language search engine delivering results from any structured or unstructured data source You can ask a question any way you want, and this site will give you an answer. Ask and you shall receive. UP EDUCATION Mining the invisible Web Supported by major universities, this is the ultimate education resource on the web. Nine categories provide everything in the realm of education, from music to mathematics. There are also search engines for teaching resources as well. You can even find links to thousands of scholarly journals. Science rules! All right Einstein, put on your thinking cap and explore the world of science on the web. Here you can engage in intellectual discussions or use their online calculators. Learning is fun when you choose what you want to learn. Gateway to education Get advanced searches of several academic disciplines. Research is a breeze online--just pick a subject. Ask Eric Who is Eric, anyway? Ask him a question and he'll look at over 3000 search engines on education issues. You can find a list of lesson plans for just about any subject, or search for information on a particular topic. SPECIAL SEARCHES While the Invisible Web is huge, you can still use it for very specific purposes. This way, you get a very intense search of a particular topic. Here is a list of some extensive search engines that offer just what you've been looking for. Know your rights Need some legal advice? This extensive law search engine has everything you need to fight city hall. Get legal consulting, search for a lawyer, or learn your rights. It even has direct links to divorce law, employment law, and cyberspace law. Multimedia searches Find images, clips, and sound bytes from all over the web. Do a general multimedia search or get specific and find the type of file you want. Yes, they even have an MP3 search. Darn it, Jim, I'm a search engine, not a doctor Keep your family safe and safe healthy. This site is like having a doctor online. Get links to medicine sites, search for medical professionals, or find health tips. Nature's gift to the Web This site offers conservation on over 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities throughout North America. Learn where wildlife lives, read about specific species and even find out which species are currently endangered. Find PDFs from all over the Web PDF files are very convenient to work with and they contain a wealth of information in a compact form. This site will scour the web for PDF files on all subjects. UP AND FINALLY... Direct search If you have the time, this site is the place to browse through a big compilation of links to search engines and resources that hold data that can't easily or entirely be accessed from mainstream search tools. Didn't somebody say there's such a thing as too much of a good thing?