Specialized Search Sites

Finding products & companies (General)
Europages, the European business directory	500,000 companies selected in over 30 European countries, key business information and links to Yellow Pages throughout Europe Search by: Product/service, company name (or browse the catalogue) Search languages: Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, Dutch
Yellow Pages - CH (English) (also in Italian, German & French)	Search by: product/service, name & location of company and more
Yellow Pages - UK (or here)	Search by: product/service, name & location of company
Yellow Pages - Italy	Search by: product/service, name & location of company Search languages: Italian, English
Internet Yellow Pages - Italy	Search by: category, product, service
Yellow Pages - Germany	Search by: product/service, name & location of company and more
Branchenbuch - Germany
Yellow Pages - Other countries (TelDir, Infospace, WebInfoSearch, Swisscom)
Kompass If you are a first-time user, you will need to register (free of charge). Simply click on "Sign in" or "Registrazione".	Database of 1.5 million companies in 61 countries. Search by: country, product, service, company name, trade name (or browse the categories) Search language: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and more NOTE: also provides URLs if available
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers	You must register (FREE!) Access to 156,000 North American Manufacturers, over 450,000 products available via secure online ordering, and over 1 million manufacturer specific downloadable CAD drawings. Search by: Product, service, company name or brand name Region covered: North America
Wer liefert was? (in German) Other languages	Search by company/product; Countries covered: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Croatia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Slovenia, Slovakia, France, United Kingdom, Italy Search language: German and others
Infoimprese	Il portale di tutte le imprese italiane. Dalle Camere di Commercio i dati di 5 milioni di aziende, iscritte al Registro delle Imprese. Ricerca per: denominazione d'impresa, prodotto/servizio, regione, provincia, comune, cap Navigare tra i settori di attività Search language: Italian Country covered: Italy
Global Sources	The Web's most comprehensive database of Asian products (all sorts) and suppliers. More than 80,000 products online. Search by: Product, supplier, or global search Regions covered: Various countries around the world (filter by country/region)
Switzerland: Registro di commercio del cantone Ticino Ricerca per distretto	Commercial Registry Office - Ticino Ricerca di ditte nel cantone Ticino (ricerca per persona / ditta / ragione sociale ecc.)
Switzerland: Registro di commercio degli altri cantoni svizzeri	Commercial Registry Office - Swiss cantons (selezionare il cantone richiesto)
Switzerland:Registro di commercio di tutta la Svizzera	Commercial Registry Office - Switzerland
Switzerland:Ufficio federale del registro di commercio	Swiss Federal Commercial Registry Office
Switzerland: Profil	CH companies
Switzerland: Swissguide	CH companies & products
Pagine gialle - Svizzera
Pagine gialle - Italia
Pagine gialle - Germania
Pagine gialle - Francia (or here)
Pagine gialle - Tutto il mondo
Corporate information	Search for company profiles
Finding products & companies (Specific)
QuestLink (electronics industry)	A key design resource for engineers all over the world. It provides part descriptions, product briefs, datasheets, application notes and FAQs for thousands of root part numbers. It contains information on over 300 manufacturers with corporate profiles and complete sales and distribution contact information. Search by: product, product category, manufacturer
Applegate Directory (electronics, engineering, and plastics & rubber industry)	Over 16,000 companies. Search by: company, product, town etc. Area covered: UK
Free Trade Zone (electronic components)	You must register (FREE!) Database of 12,000,000+ parts from 1800 manufacturers: specs, data sheets, replacement parts, side-by-side comparisons; Current information: prices, available inventory, links to supplier sites. On-line e-commerce
RS catalog (or here) (English) (various fields of industry) (Other languages)	Register FREE! (Products include: Books, Cable & Connectors, Consumables, Electrical & Automation, Electronic, Health & Safety, Information Technology, Mechanical, Office Equipment, Power Supplies, Test & Measurement, Tools)
IC Master Online (in English / in German) (ICs)	The industry's leading source on current and discontinued ICs. This comprehensive database, updated frequently, includes device specifications for over 135,000 base part numbers from more than 345 manufacturers. It also includes pinout and package data, "deeplinks," application notes, industry-wide second sources and cross-references, sales office and distributor information, and much more. Search by: Manufacturer, logo, product, part number and parameters
Electronic Engineers Master Online (electronics)	Search engine for electronic products. Search by: Company name, product, (or browse the product categories)
Electronic Products (electronics)	The online edition of Electronic Products Magazine, the engineer's resource for product technology. Search by: Manufacturer, product, keyword, time period (or browse the product categories)
The Electronics Engineering Network (electronics)	List of products, manufacturers & suppliers (various fields)
Electronic Industry Online Directory (electronics)	Browse by product or manufacturer or run a Supersearch
List of semiconductor manufacturers
More semiconductor manufacturers
Europäische Leuchtenhersteller
Finding internet addresses (URLs) (see also Kompass, yellow pages)
International
Company locator	Largest database of categorized company web or FTP sites. Search by: company name
Whois (Geek Tools)	Database of personal/company information including company name, mail address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email address, web address etc. Search by any of the above.
The Big Whois	Database of personal/company information including company name, mail address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email address etc. Search by partial domain name, first/last name, company name
Allwhois (NOTE: more complete since regional registries are more accurate and comprehensive)	List of worldwide regional Whois registries. Select the country and press the Whois button. E.g. Switzerland -> Switch (see below)
SWITCH domain search	Swiss Whois registry (= directory of Swiss-registered websites) Search by: by name, surname, town, product, etc. (full-text search)
Internet Keywords (RealNames)	Database of internet addresses with intuitive searching through keywords. Simply type the name of a company, make, product or any other type of keyword to find direct links!
MSN Search (uses RealNames)	Intuitive search by keywords (search by proper name of company, product etc.)
Switzerland
Die Virtuelle Schweiz - Utopia City	Database of websites in Switzerland Search by: canton, town and sector
Camere di Commercio e dell' Industria della Svizzera (Ticino)	Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Switzerland
Italy
Virgilio Directory of Company URLs	Search or browse.
Finding email addresses
MetaEmailSearchAgent (MESA) (Searches: Bigfoot, Populus, WhoWhere, IAF, suchen.de, Yahoo People Search) People.suchen.com Bigfoot Yahoo! People Search Internet Address Finder (incl. reverse search to find people behind email addresses) WhoWhere Switchboard Infospace
Finding info on persons/companies based on their URL
CH & International
Whois	Search for mail address, telephone number, email address etc. based on URL.
International Whois	All domains (com, uk etc.) Search by domain name, IP address
Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE)	Search by IP address, person, routes, networks
Schober	Find email and physical address and tel. number based on URL (works for .de, .com, .net, .org domains)
Finding articles in magazines
Find Articles	Four years' worth of articles from over 300 magazines and journals organized by topic
Magportal	Catalogs fewer publications, but it includes magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, and PC World.
Finding places (maps)
Michelin	Colourful maps. Street details for some major towns & cities and for UK.
Mappy / Mappy.it	(Western) European country maps & itineraries; Interface languages: De, Es, En, Fr, It, Nl; Very detailed street maps!
Ismap	European city maps; zoom into maps or search for street names; Itineraries (directions): search for best route from A to B; interface languages: Fr, En, Ja, De, Nl, Es; Detailed maps (monuments etc.) for Paris & London. Maps can be downloaded to PDAs.
Multimap	European maps. Very detailed street maps. Directions only avilable for UK; aerial maps, historic photographs.
Mapquest	World maps. Find the route from A to B; travel directions (however, for Europe you cannot specify addresses or city routes). (click on "driving directions")
Expedia / Expedia.it	Maps of North America & Europe. City routes: For America, address may be specified for departure and arrival; for Europe only nearest town or city may be specified. Web designers may connect to maps on their websites.
Mapblast	Maps; detailed town & city maps only for Europe & North America; routes from A to B (NOT for Europe).
Proximus - Myblast	Finding the route from A to B; travel directions (click on "directions")
National Geographic Maps and Geography	Find locations with Map Machine; atlas maps, street maps, Europe, Canada, America, climate, weather, flags, facts and figures and lots more
Atlante Geografico	very basic; facts and figures
City Map of Zurich	Map of Zurich
ETHZ Map Libraries and Map Archives (or here)	World maps
Perry Caytañeda Library Map Collection	City map sites (all sorts of maps)
Mapfinder	also allows searching using latitude/longitude coordinates
Mappe Excite	Map of Italy
Mappe Virgilio	Map of Italy
www.yahoo.it	Map of Italy
InWind	Map of Italy
kwmappe (kataweb)	Map of Italy
Arianna	Map of Italy
Ciaoweb	Map of Italy
Concento	Map of Italy
jumpy maps	Map of Italy
Transport maps	Railroad, subway and tram maps of the world
The tube	London's tube map
Shellgeostar	Distance calculator & route finder; Does route planning across Europe
Indo - distance Indo - dist	To calculate the distance between locations; major cities only Distances are as the crow flies, and in miles, nautical miles and kilometers. Also: if you just input one location, you'll get the latitude and longitude (coordinates). As well as the distance, you are given the direction from one location to another.
Telephone directories
Switzerland: Pearsoft, White Pages, TelSearch (reverse search possible)
Italy: Pagine Bianche, ItaliaOnLine
Germany
France
United Kingdom: ukphonebook
Other countries (TelDir, Infospace, WebInfoSearch)
Standards organizations
List of standards organizations
More standards organizations
Other
Foglio Ufficiale (Cantone Ticino) Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation (admin.ch, Autorità Federali della Confederazione Svizzera) - pages translated in all CH langugages and more. Repubblica e Cantone Ticino (ti.ch) Home / Site Map Web design by Tanya Harvey Ciampi

Finding internet addresses (URLs) (see also Kompass, yellow pages)

Finding internet addresses (URLs)
(see also Kompass, yellow pages)