I find Google pretty good. You can do research under many different sections of Google. For example, you can search not just under "web" but also under "news," "blog," "books," "images" and "directory" etc.
If you were looking for information which concerned a specific country, then perhaps you can also try local search engines. For example, if the information you wanted is somehow related to India, then you could try Guruji.com which is an Indian search engine. You could even try Google India.
Good luck with your research Mei!