| Elephind | |
| Type: | Search engine |
| Current Status: | Shut down |
Elephind was a search engine for digitized versions of newspapers from various countries, with the goal of making it possible to search all digitized newspapers from a single website.[1], 3,600,000 newspapers were accessible on the website, many of them not accessible through Google. The website was shut down mid-October 2023.
Elephind was a search engine specifically for digitized versions of historical newspapers, allowing the user to freely search across various newspaper archive websites instead of visiting each individual site. When the user clicked on a search result, they were directed to the online archive where it could be accessed.[2] The collection was international, with newspapers from various countries included.[3]
, 3,600,000 newspapers were accessible on Elephind.[4] Many of the newspapers were on the deep web and could not be accessed through other search engines such as Google.[5]
Optional registration allowed users to bookmark and comment on newspapers.[6]
Elephind used software from Veridian Software, which was spun out of Greenstone.[7]
Between 8 October and 13 October 2023, the website was shut down. Since then, it only contains the following message: