There are already search engines out there that are content rich and are maintained by real people (what a concept). Some of these are:

About.com (formerly the Miningco)
www.about.com

Open Directory Project
www.dmoz.org

WWW Virtual Library
www.vlib.org
(which I am member of and has its own meta search engine.)

There are also an increasing number of connected meta networks of specialized resources, like the

OCLC - CORC project
http://www.oclc.org/...earch/projects/corc/

There are also reference sites on the Web that offer updated references, articles, etc., like the following:

Electric Library
http://www.elibrary.com/

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

It would be a very ambitious task to work on something that is unique and is not offered anywhere else on the Net.

Good luck.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
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Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
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