Search Links

Search Engines
Google - Check advanced search for more options.
Google Scholar - Google's index to online scholarly journal resources
Ask.com - The new name for Ask Jeeves
AllTheWeb - Index provided by Yahoo
AltaVista - One of the first web indexes/search engines. Includes BabelFish, a translator.
WiseNut - You can set preferences for number of results, language, result clustering, search guide, and filtering.
Yahoo - Includes web, image, video, news searches and more.
Picsearch - An image-search engine
USA Search - Official information and services from the U.S. government
Meta Search Engines (these search multiple search engines)
Clusty - A metasearch service that organizes the output of other search engines.
Dogpile - A multi-search engine. Searches other search enginges, plus newswires, usenet, FTP and more.
Ixquick - Returns only the top results from multiple search engines. Deletes your personal data.
Mamma - Queries 10 major search engines and sorts results by relevance and source.
SurfWax - A metasearch service that suggests broader or narrower terms to focus your results
Directories (human compiled subject indexes)
Librarians Index - Indexes thousands of Internet sites selected and evaluated by librarians.
Google Directory - Google's directory
Yahoo - The earliest, best known directory.
About - Includes subject guides, listing links and lots of ads.
Virtual Learning Resources Center - Includes an index of academic websites and is also a meta-search engine of some of the best web portals.
BUBL - Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
The Invisible Web (parts of the web not indexed by most search engines)
IncyWincy
GeniusFind
CompletePlanet
ResourceShelf
Highwire Press
Image Search Tools
Clip Art Gallery - Choose from many categories. Be sure to check the copyright & use information.
Pics 4 Learning - Copyright friendly sight for education-related images.
FreeFoto - A large collection of photographs free for personal use.
Classroom Clipart - Search or browse for photos, clipart, and historical images
PicturesOf - High quality photos which may be used without permission for school projects
Graphic Maps - get images of continents, flags, and outline maps
The NYPL Digital Gallery - from the New York Public Library, a collection of 363,000 public domain images including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. Searchable.
Picsearch - An image-search engine
Other Web Search Tools
Clusty - A "clustering engine" that organizes the outputs of other search engines: URLs, titles, and short descriptions
Answers.com - Answers questions with content from the site's own editors and/or over 60 brand-name publishers
Kartoo.com - Queries relevant search engines and displays results on a graphic "map" with descriptions. Try it.
Mooter - clusters results visually.
Ujiko - a new search engine from Kartoo using Yahoo search technology. The more you use it, the more features you see.
Highbeam - not all content is free.
LivePlasma - Search music and movies.
Just for Kids
KidsClick Image Search Tools - Kid-friendly image search tools.
Yahooligans - Yahoo for kids. Easy to use, fast, and COLORFUL.
Ask for Kids - A younger version of Ask.com.
Suggestions for using search tools
Advice Engine - from Noodle Tools
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