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Search Engines

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Check out the Pre-Search resource links but don't miss these two:

Choose the Best Search for your Information Need (a great starting point)

Boolify (visual, interactive way to teach and model the use of Boolean logic)

MakeUseOf.com has also created an excellent guide to Internet searching in pdf format.

Beyond Google is a web-published short book with excellent tips and techniques.

Top 10 Search Engines (Oct. 2010) also lists some Google alternatives.

Web Search Engines (Wikipedia) provides a little history and a list of links to different general search engines

Basic Search Engines

Google

Google Fast Flip (visual search, sort of)

Bing

Bing Visual Search Gallery

Directories

IPL2 (Librarians Internet Index and Internet Public Library combined)

Metasearch Tools

Government Search Tools

Uncle Sam Google The Google Uncle Sam U.S. government search engine [www.google.com/unclesam] is not functioning as of June 2, 2011. Waiting on an update.

USA.gov

Kids.gov

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Pathfinder Pages

Gateway to 21st Century Skills (includes GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials)

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

Edsitement (Humanities)

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site

SCORE Cyberguides

Thinkfinity

ReadWriteThink

Kids' Search Tools