Search Engines
Google
Google
Presentation: North Canton, Ohio, Schools: Implementing Google Apps in a school district
Google Guide: Tutorials for beginners and experts on using Google
Google Power Searching Tips for Students
Google SafeSearch
Using Google Books for Search
Google Custom Search: create your own customized search engine on a certain topic
Alan November: Using Google Custom Search Engine
Lucy Gray: Google Custom Search site for education technology
Google Blog Search
Google Apps: Precipitate for Mac: Search your own Mac for material
Wikipedia
Simple Wikipedia (articles written in simpler English)
Other search engines
Safari http://www.apple.com/safari
Bing http://www.bing.com
Chrome
Yahoo https://www.yahoo.com
WolframAlfa http://www.wolframalpha.com
DuckDuckGo https://duckduckgo.com
Ask http://ask.com
MyWebSearch http://home.mywebsearch.com
WebCrawler http://www.webcrawler.com
ChaCha
iOS and Android browser apps
iOS http://tinyurl.com/m5g4hbyand Android http://tinyurl.com/89yqcrv Bing
iOS http://tinyurl.com/cxqllbs and Android http://tinyurl.com/mfccaar Skyfire
iOS http://tinyurl.com/bp37ytn and Android http://tinyurl.com/cyx8umy Wolfram Alpha
iOS http://tinyurl.com/kmfrwwo and Android http://tinyurl.com/k8lyr8n Yahoo Search and
Chrome OS Yahoo Toolbar http://tinyurl.com/k7cnoly
iOS http://tinyurl.com/lerwbel and Android http://tinyurl.com/m6yd7rx Ask
iOS http://tinyurl.com/lv696t6 and Android http://tinyurl.com/okkwqzk DuckDuckGo Search
iOS http://tinyurl.com/b3eqhko and Android http://tinyurl.com/mw3gayo Quora
iOS http://tinyurl.com/n3p4xd8 and Android addon http://tinyurl.com/k8vmsuy Dogpile
Audio search apps
iOS
Google Voice Search http://tinyurl.com/a6v8gkz
Dragon Go http://tinyurl.com/lr484wc
Voice Ask http://tinyurl.com/lu24tj3
Voice Search http://tinyurl.com/m7wn6sm
Android
Google Voice Search http://tinyurl.com/bm8jqpq
Andy http://tinyurl.com/kqoyo85
Assistant http://tinyurl.com/mv9zevf
Jeannie http://tinyurl.com/ofc3vk7
Dragon Mobile Assistant http://tinyurl.com/92rxa5w
Voice Ask http://tinyurl.com/cwffkw
Specialty search engines
netTrekker Search: Search for items reviewed by educators linked to assignments
InstaGrok: visual search results as a map of just "educational sites" based on the semantic web
SideVibe: Collects sites on a topic or issue and then add questions
Searcheeze: Collects material from searches for collaboration
Blekko: Search using "slash tags" to limit/focus searches
50 Awesome Search Engines
Ray Schroder: Search Engine Alternatives
"Data blogs": data collected by the Guardian newspaper
US Government: Data.gov
10 Ways to Use The New York Times to Teach Literature
ELM: Electronic Library of Minnesota
YoLink: Find materials and export into Google Docs: For writing papers
Aardvark: Pose questions that are answered by people's advice
Google Knol: articles on topics
The Ultimate Guide to Google Knol: 50 Tips and Tricks
itpints: Real-time search engine for late-breaking news
Scoopler: Searches by time for late-breaking events and information
Ambiently: Finds related websites similiar to a current site
Search Together: Collaborative searches within Microsoft Explorer 7
Ref Seek: Academic, ad-free searches
Reference Extract: Site under development by librarians
Cuil
Social Mention: Search all forms of digital communication
Wikia
Martin Miller, Wikia's Weird Dream, LA Times Magazine
Viewzi: visual representations of search results
Searchme: See visual examples of searched sites
iBoogie
Stumbleupon: provide similar or popular sites in searches
NYTimes: Using Stumbleupon for Web searches
Zotero, open-sourceFireFox plug in for bibliographic searches
Interview with Trevor Owens about Zotero, an open-source FireFox plug-in tool, Innovate Magazine
Soople: Search according to categories
Laura Mulligan: 100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You've Never Heard Of
Ask An Expert
Linda Briggs, Campus Technology, Indiana University teams up with ChaCha's for use of guided research methods
Microsoft Live
Mamma
Info
All the Web
Ask
Everyzing: audio and video
Altavista
Exalead
Dogpile
Surfwax
Copernic Agent
Vivisimo
Kartoo (visual search results)
Curryguide
Excite
Fazzle
Gimenei
Icerocket
Infogrid
Infonetware Realterm Search
Ixquick
iZito
Jux2
Meceoo
Turbo10
Search
Ujiko
Proteus
Queryster
Yurnet
Ms Dewey: search site introduced by a female avatar
E-Clarity: Free search sites
University of California Berkeley, Using Search Tools
Purdue University OWL: Internet Search Tools and Directories
What You Seek: Librarians’ Internet Index
Invisible Web
Completeplanet
Geniusfind
Finder Seeker
Omgili
Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines. (2007, February 6).
Search methods and assistance
Sortfix: Provide useful keywords for searching
32 Ways to Use Search Engines in the Classroom
Question and answer sites: Wikianswers and Yahoo Answers
ChunkIt: Search for information within search results
Selecting search sites based on specific purposes
iBreadCrumbs: saves search results to share with others
ReadWriite Web: 6 Ways to Save Links to Read Later
Video: Databases Are Different
Google Tutor: Assistance in using Google search tools
Sharon Betts, Oodles of Google. K12 Online 2007 Presentation: Using Google tools
Firefox add-ons to enhance search
Firefox Tips: 5 Ways to Spice Up Your Sidebar
Sortfix: Provide useful keywords for searching
Searches for Children and Teens
Nettrekker
KwMap: generates a list of key terms on a topic
Electronic Library for Minnesota
Family Friendly Search
Gofish
2learn: Search for teens
Ask for Kids
CyberSleuth Kids
Fact Monster
HomeworkSpot
InfoPlease
iTools
KidsClick!
Library Spot
MSN Encarta
The National Student Research Center
Refdesk.com
Subject Searches/Databases/Virtual libraries
U.S. Government: Outdocuments
NCTE Blog: 21 Great Library Links: Library image and text databases
Freebase: repository of world's knowledge
University of Idaho: Repositories of original documents and academic research
Yahoo! Teachers: lesson plans/resources
Public Library of Science
National Archives Educators and Students site
Google Books
Universal Digital Library (one million books)
Gilder Lehrman Institute: one million primary-source documents for history classes
Nettrekker
World Factbook
Databases: grades 6-12
Blackboard Scholar
Twingine
TexShare: Texas public database for school use
Georgia Public Library System
Galileo: Georgia University System database
Scirus (science)
SOSIG (Social Sciences)
HUMBUL (Humanities)
Google News (news)
State virtual libraries
Biography Center
PSI Gate: Physical Science Information Gateway
GE Source (Geography Gateway)
Library of Congress
Memorial Hall Museum Online
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: letters from American wars
About
Opendirectory
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Infomine
Academic Info
ERIC (for educators)
Qango
Links2go
The Big Hub (technology)
HUMBUL (Humanities)
StartSpot
Best History Sites
Biography Center
Direct Search
Find Articles
Free FullText
Google Scholar
Internet Movie Database
Literary Criticism
Literary History
National Science Digital Library
Nature Serve Explorer
Scirus(science)
Sci Net Science Search
OAIster: University of Michigan open-source academic database
IDEALS: University of Illinois open-source academic database
MySpace Library Search Sites
Albany County Public Library
Brooklyn College Library
Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh
Goshen Public Library
Hennepin County Library
Lansing Public Library
Morrisville College Libraries
Public Library of Charlotte
& Mecklenburg County
Thomas Ford Memorial
Library
University of Illinois
Undergrad Library
University of Texas at Austin
Library
Westmount Public Library
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