Search Engines
- Search Engines for Kids and Their Parents
- Metasearch Engines (searches multiple search engines)
- Librarian Internet Subject Guide
Search Engines - Any of the following search engines is great place to start when searching the Internet.
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Popular search engine with librarians and everyone.
Cuil
New search engine - sorts results by relevance & features an explore by category option.
Searching the Net (for Kids and Their Parents)
Ask.Com for Kids
Enter a question and get a list of websites that will answer it.
Funschool
Fun & educational games & activities for kids.
KidsClick!
Web search for kids created by librarians.
Yahoo! Kids
Yahoo! a fun web guide designed just for kids!
Find Spot
Teaches how each search engine and directory works.
Metasearch Engines - Provides quick access to several sources at once, allowing you to possibly find something that one search engine has, but another doesn't.
Ask.Com for Kids
Accepts questions rather than keywords, and returns the results in the form of question-statements that may match what you're looking for. Also searches six other search engines, and lists the results in short drop-down lists.
Dogpile
Sends your inquiry to 13 of the major search engines, and returns them sorted by search engine. Also searches business, news, and weather sites simultaneously.
Ixquick
Searches 14 engines and ranks the results by relevancy. Will eliminate duplicates.
Zuula
Compiles results from top search engines individually & has the ability to customize a search of your favorite search engines.
Librarian Internet Subject Guides
Oshkosh Public Library's Subject Guide to Websites recommended by Oshkosh Public Library librarians by subject.
Internet Public Library
Recommended websites by subject created by the School of Information - University of Michigan.
LibrarySpot
A library reference center - provides quick access to hundreds of online references sources by subject. This site is part of the StartSpot Network, and is not affiliated with any specific library.



