Specialized Searches
Here are some very specialized search engines, courtesy of @SomeBitchIKnow on Gab:
Reverse Image Search: | https://tineye.com/ |
Mind Mapping Tool With Degrees of Connectivity: | https://graphcommons.com/ |
PDF Search Engine: | http://pdfyes.com/ |
Powerpoint Search Engine: | http://vadlo.com/Powerpoint_Search_Engine.html |
Facebook Ad Library:
Useful for tracking political ads and NGO propaganda. |
https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=all&country=US |
OpenCorporates:
Database of most every company in the world. |
https://opencorporates.com/ |
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search:
Best way to find form 990-PFs, which lay out nonprofit financials. |
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search |
FollowtheMoney:
Political spending tracker. |
https://www.followthemoney.org/ |
Health Data: | https://healthdata.gov/ |
Pharmaceutical Side Effect Search: | https://www.druginformer.com/search/ |
Snapchat OSINT Multi-Viewer: | https://www.osintcombine.com/snapchat-multi-viewer |
Nonprofit Foundation Information Guides: | https://www.foundationguide.org/foundations-trust/ |
Article Citation Index:
Search for authors, topics, etc., of scientific articles. |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index |
Internet Archiver:
View old versions of sites or search through the index of millions of documents, photos, videos, etc. |
https://archive.org/ |
Username Search:
Do a single search to see what platforms a username appears on. |
https://checkusernames.com/ |
AI Search Engine:
A very powerful search engine that uses AI to find exactly what you're looking for. It takes a little getting used to, but it does an amazing job. |
https://www.iseek.com/#/web |
Directory of Open Access Journals and Articles: | https://www.doaj.org/ |
World Legal Information Institute:
Laws, legislation, treaties, law journals, etc. |
http://www.worldlii.org/ |
CrimeSpider:
It's a now-defunct website with endless resources for investigating crimes. However, it was archived extensively and can still be explored very thoroughly via Archive.org. |
https://web.archive.org/web/20181011232223/http://crimespider.com:80/ |
UN Map Library:
Maps of pretty much anywhere. I know it's a UN site, but it's handy. |
https://research.un.org/en/maps/ |
Old Maps:
A directory of old world maps. |
http://www.oldmapsonline.org/ |
ReliefWeb:
NGO aggregate. |
https://reliefweb.int/ |
Breaking News List:
Just a list of headlines from around the world in chronological order. No frills, useful. |
https://www.1stheadlines.com/ |
Other Internet Tools and Resources for OSINT:
This site has a pretty extensive list of different resources and methods for internet deep dives. Very handy to have bookmarked! |
http://www.onstrat.com/osint/ |