A search engine indexes Websites. You type in words or phases and a list of sites is returned about your topic. Sometimes the list does not give you what you expected. Try different words and phrases until you find information about your topic.
Search engines use different methods for searching. You will want to look at the directions and tips at each site for complete details or begin by reading the Internet Search Tools Quick Reference Guide.
Internet Search Tools Quick Reference Guide
Organize your search strategies using this guide to the various search engines.
Special features include searching for images and translating pages into other languages.
Google returns pages that contain all of the words you type in the search box. Advanced features allow you to fine tune your search to include or exclude words or phrases. You can also download a Google toolbar that allows you to search directly from your browser.
Metasearch option for finding information.
A metasearch engine that retrieves hits from many different search engines.
Metacrawler and others let you query several search engines at one time. They retrieve the top hits by relevancy. This can be a time-saver. However, there are occasions where sites are duplicated several times or useful information is not retrieved. Experiment and see how it works for you.
Kid Safe Search Engines
This is a fast and easy way to find information because this site has created a database of 6 million answers to the most popular questions. It also provides a "metasearch" option.
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 20,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
Websites chosen by library media specialists and organized by subject categoroes.
A directory of subject areas for browsing and searching.
