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Way Beyond “Google” Google has become almost a synonym with searching, but there are other search engines, and some are specifically for children or educational purposes. Remember more is not always better, Google often ranks the priority of sites on revenue generated or the number of “hits”. Millions of sites found on a subject is often just plain overwhelming. Below are some that are worth looking at: Search Engines
Single Search Engines Academic Index or http://www.academicindex.net/ This is a search that includes results from databases that only look at research-quality reference and information sources selected by professional librarians and educators. Since you select the academic area, results are limited to that area. AltaVista or http://www.altavista.com/
A high profile search engine. Advanced Search features: search for files with extensions, by date, and more. Really great is the Babel Fish Translation site translates web page into different languages.
Ask or http://www.ask.com/
Formerly Ask Jeeves, who has apparently been let go. The is a great search engine, offering previews of some sites, links for expanding and narrowing your search, and other helpful features. Easy for younger kids or special needs, you can type in an entire question to be answered.
Bing or http://www.bing.com/
The search from Microsoft.com and was previously known as Windows Live Search. It organizes results into topic categories and offers related search suggestions; includes multimedia and other deep Web searches. Main focus of searches is to assist in making a purchase decision, planning a trip, researching a health condition, and finding a local business. Carrot2 or http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search
Automatically organizes small collections of search results into thematic categories. A good site for lower grades. Cuil or http://www.cuil.com/
Search results are ranked on relevance by searching the Web for pages for your search terms and then analyzing the rest of the text on those pages. Results show different meanings of the keywords in different contexts. Knows the difference between “Jaguar” the cat and “jaguar” the car. Lycos or http://www.lycos.com/
Gives users access to searching the Web, images, videos, people, news, shopping and Classifieds sites. These site lets you see the image of web pages found. Quintura or http://www.quintura.com/ Quintura is a visual search engine. Good for visual learners or for narrowing a topic. Good results with very little commercial sites. Soople or http://www.soople.com/ Soople is a gateway to Google, but helps refine the searching process. Technorati or http://technorati.com/
This is a fun search that lookes for the "top stories, opinions, photos and videos emerging across news, entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, politics and business" on blogs. Enter your topic into the search box, or you can use some of the specific categories: Photos, Videos, Blogger Central, and more.
Meta Search Engines Sends your search to several search engines at once. Clusty or http://clusty.com/ Organizes the top search results into topics or "clusters" for easier searching. Searches multiple engines. Dogpile or http://www.dogpile.com/
Many different types of searches from the Web, in the news, and more. Searches multiple engines at one time. IXQUICK or http://ixquick.com/
It searches and compiles results from 12 of the most popular search engines on the Web. Result is awarded one star for every search engine that chooses it as one of the ten best results for your search. MetaCrawler or http://www.metacrawler.com/
Results from several of the Web's major search engines. SurfWax or http://www.surfwax.com/
Works very well for reaching deep into the Web for information. TurboScout.com or http://www.turboscout.com/
With TurboScout you only enter keywords once, then you can check the results in several search engines. Vroosh or http://www.vroosh.com/
Use Keywords in any language, use Advanced Search to search in a specific country or select MP3 Search, and FTP Search. With Advanced Search you can search for sites written in a specific language, a specific country, free MP3 music and FTP downloads, including videos and images. Webcrawler or http://www.webcrawler.com/
Search results from several major search engines. Provides multimedia results, including images, video, news, and local information.
Using Search Engines and Guides Give this a look, there are several links to sites that will guide in choosing and using the internet effectively; Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need from NoodleTools Enoch Pratt Free Library: How-To Guides this is a great source of short video instructions on a variety of information seeking skills.
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