Try searching Google for "whatever you are looking for"
A search strategy "your discipline then topic"

Google Directories will allow you to specify Internet searches to specific focus areas.
http://directory.google.com/

Google Scholar for academic information
http://scholar.google.com/

For kids and teens:

Kids and Teens Directory at DMOZ Open Directory
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/

Find How Search Engine
http://www.findhow.com/

Pandia Search Central
http://www.pandia.com/

Pandia search engine for kids and teens
http://www.pandia.com/kids/index.html

Pandia Powersearch Tools
http://www.pandia.com/powersearch/index.html

Awesome Library educational resources
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/searche.html

NClive.org offers online resources from North Carolina libraries
http://www.nclive.org/authhome.phtml

Librarians’ Internet Index is a searchable database of information
http://lii.org/

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

Internet Public Library for teens
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/

Teenspace research and writing help for high school students
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/

Teen Web: Homework Help
http://www.library.nashville.gov/teens/tee_homework.asp

refdesk.com search engine resources
http://www.refdesk.com/newsrch.html

CyberSleuth Kids’ search guide for K-12 students
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/

Ask.com has Ask for Kids and other search options
http://www.ask.com/

Thinkfinity search engine for educational resources
http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp

Education World search engine
http://www.education-world.com/

Metacrawler will search several engines at the same time
http://www.metacrawler.com/

Dogpile is a good metasearch engine
http://www.dogpile.com/

Kartoo.com is another metasearch engine
http://kartoo.com/

AlltheWeb is another metasearch engine
http://alltheweb.com/

AllSearchEngines.com is a metasearch engine, not for kids
http://www.allsearchengines.com/

Virtual Search Engines
http://www.virtualfreesites.com/search.education.html

EduHound resources for K12 education
http://www.eduhound.com/

Search Engine Colossus explores 342 countries and territories and will search in languages other than English
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/index.html

 

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updated 1/12/09