SEARCH ENGINES
(Some Commonly Used Search Engines)




ANSWERS.COM  (http://www.answers.com)

Search Engines.2 (http://www.search-engines-2.com/): Search Engines 2 offers over 12,500 links to local, regional, national, and foreign internet search engines, web directories, pay per click search engines and meta search engines; many of which accept free/paid web site submissions and advertising.

Search Engines.com ( http://www.searchengines.com)

Yahooligans(http://www.yahooligans.com)

KidsClick(http://www.kidsclick.org)

Librarians Index to the Internet  (http://lii.org)

Kaboose Kids Domain (http://www.kidsdomain.com/): Family friendly search engine.
 
 
AlltheWeb(http://www.alltheweb.com)
Teoma (http://www.teoma.com)
Vivisimo (http://vivisimo.com)
Infomine (http://infomine.ucr.edu)

Open Directory Project (http://dmoz.org)

Yahoo(http://www.yahoo.com)

Academic Info (http://www.academicinfo.net): Educational Subject Directory - Online Degree Programs - Test Preparation Resources

Kartoo (http://www.kartoo.com)

SEARCHING MADE EASY (http://www.smcoe.k12.ca.us/techmedia/search.html)

Proteus Internet Search  (http://www.thrall.org/proteus.html)

Internet Public Library  (http://www.ipl.org/)

LOOKsmart(http://www.looksmart.com)
Google(http://www.google.com)
HotBot(http://www.hotbot.com)
Britannica Intermediate Online (http://search.ebi.eb.com)
Ask Jeeves (http://www.askjeeves.com)
Dogpile(http://www.dogpile.com)
Northern Light (http://www.northernlight.com)

Metacrawler(http://www.metacrawler.com)

Netscape(http://www.netscape.com)


ResearchBuzz.com (http://www.researchbuzz.com/)


 

The InFoPeople Search Tools Chart (http://infopeople.org/search/chart.html) gives an excellent overview of serveral search engines and the best way to narrow your search for each.  The InFoPeople Site also has a Best Search Tools (http://infopeople.org/search/tools.html) chart on which searches can be performed.  The Search Engines Quick Guide (http://infopeople.org/search/guide.html) compares what special language to use when searching in different engines.

Article: "Answering Quick Reference Enquiries Using Google"  By Terry Kendrick  (http://everyschool.org/u/global/tlai/answering.html)
 

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