Google, of course, it the king, the emperor, the ruler of the universe. And it keeps getting better. There are all kinds of tips and tricks to finding things on Google, so it deserves its own page here.
But there is also Yahoo, Alta Vista, and others. Some are graphic, some are specialized.
Wikipedia - is it reliable?
Educators can set up their own customized search engines that help guide students to desired results. Teachers also sharing customized searches by exchanging links or making their engines public. Visit http://www.google.com/educators/p_cse.html for more information.
Nice slideshow for students: http://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/research.html
Research Helper: http://www3.sympatico.ca/sandra.hughes/sandra.hughes/research/researchs.html
A+ Research and Writing: http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/step1.htm
The following is from Edudemic at edudemic.com/2012/10/50-search-engines/ however I intend to check through each one to make sure they work and have educational value...
Meta Search and Multi Search Engines
Search a number of different sites at the same time.
- Dogpile.com is one of the oldest metasearch engines.
- Ms. Freckles
- Kart00
- Fazzle
- Trexy
- Mamma
- 1-Page Multi Search
- iZito
Multimedia and Interactive
See section on Images or Music or Free Music Sources
For Specific Subjects or Curated by Librarians and Educators
Custom Searches
Tailor your search to your daily needs with these search engines, which can be modified by remembering search history, customizing templates and more.
Reference Searches
Library Search Engines
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