diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92b0fd7..e5bd8d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ google('node.js best practices', function (err, res){
 ```
 
 
+### Search Within Different Categories
+
+You can also specify the type of the Google search.
+
+```js
+var google = require('google')
+
+google.searchType = 'videos'
+
+google('node.js best practices', function (err, res){
+  …
+})
+```
+
+
 ### Set Request Options
 
 You can specify the options to be passed to request, see the [request module](https://github.com/request/request) for all available options.
diff --git a/lib/google.js b/lib/google.js
index bf5d0f0..c2c6188 100644
--- a/lib/google.js
+++ b/lib/google.js
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ var igoogle = function (query, start, callback) {
   if (google.timeSpan) {
     URL = URL.indexOf('tbs=qdr:') >= 0 ? URL.replace(/tbs=qdr:[snhdwmy]\d*/, 'tbs=qdr:' + google.timeSpan) : URL.concat('&tbs=qdr:', google.timeSpan)
   }
+
+  if (google.searchType=='videos') {
+    URL+='&tbm=vid'
+  }
+  else if (google.searchType=='news'){
+    URL+='&tbm=nws'
+  }
+  else if (google.searchType=='books'){
+    URL+='&tbm=bks'
+  }
+  
   var newUrl = util.format(URL, google.protocol, google.tld, google.lang, querystring.escape(query), start, google.resultsPerPage)
   var requestOptions = {
     url: newUrl,