Search_Engines

Kelly Lowder Ellen Sloan
 * Silobreaker**
 * []**
 * news search engine
 * provides suggestions as you type in the search box
 * give's biographical information and pictures on a person, along with links to YouTube videos, etc.
 * top stories updated regularly
 * there are links to other people involved in stories, called "entities"
 * an "in focus" box gives more detail about a topic
 * a "network" box gives a graphic representation
 * page can be personalized by creating an account and adding widgets
 * you can add "entities" to help with future searches
 * FindLaw** [|FindLaw]
 * leading online legal information search engine
 * provides free legal information
 * includes listings of local attorneys
 * provides answers to legals questions
 * has links to additional legal sites with legal information
 * has a partnership with legalzoom.com to provide legal documents
 * allows users to learn about the law on individual issues like bankruptcy, car accidents, criminal rights, foreclosure and etc.
 * this site also has up to date blog posts about current legal issues


 * Mojeek __[|http://www.mojeek.com]__**
 * prides itself on its unbiased search results
 * no advertisingon the search results page
 * relies on no other search engine for results
 * an independently run crawler-based search engine
 * clear and easy search options with the option for advanced search

Alison Cash


 * CIA The World Factbook** https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
 * provides information on 266 countries (such as history, people, government, economy, geography, etc.)
 * includes information on maps, flags, and standard time zones
 * provides access to intelligence from the American Revolution and American Civil War (good for history teachers)
 * offers a suggested reading list of intelligence (includes WWII, the history of the CIA/OSS, women in the CIA, counterintelligence, espionage, covert operations, etc.)
 * includes a declassified electronic reading room
 * has a kid's page
 * almost all of the information is copyright free since it's public information
 * built and maintained by the CIA's Office of Public Affairs

Katherine Tuttle


 * Infomine** http://infomine.com
 * Scholarly Internet resource collection
 * Features a large number of annotated and indexed links
 * Provides access to resources that are relevant to faculty, students, and research staff, at the university level
 * Includes databases, electronic journals, electronic books, patents, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, and directories of researchers
 * Search results can be limited by Resource Type, Resource Origin and Type of Access (fee or non-fee)
 * Built and maintained by academic librarians from Wake Forest, California State, and the University of Detroit
 * Search screen looks similar to that of an OPAC (within large subject category a user can search by author, subject, keyword, title)

I love the fact that this search engine was built and is maintained by academic librarians. Go librarians!

Sarah Rasmussen


 * Ask Jeeves for Kids- [|http://www.ajkids.com]**


 * Answers are appropriate for kids
 * Any site that is on on the Cyber Patrol block list is listed on the site
 * Includes fun and games
 * Includes news resources
 * Provides study tools that provide help in the different subject areas
 * Children can view questions from other children that continues to update while on the site

Elizabeth Osayande-Davis


 * International Directory of Search Engines: Search Engine Colossus- ** [|http://www.searchenginecolossus.com]
 * Links to search engines specific to 312 different countries and territories
 * Possible to search in other languages
 * A listing of topic related searches as well

I even found a librarian job in New Zealand with this (unfortunately it closes March 4 =). There are still quite a few in Australia however.

Joren Roth

**Yippy!** - [] Kelly Lowder
 * actively promotes censorship; states that it blocks:
 * politically-oriented propaganda or agendas
 * pornographic material
 * gambling content
 * sexual products or sites that sell them
 * anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, anti-Conservative, anti-Sovereign USA views or opinions
 * sites deemed inappropriate for children
 * automatically clusters search results into categories
 * produces visual representations of search engine results

Jacquelin Daves
 * Infotopia** - []
 * search engine for reference and information sites
 * divided into a variety of categories including: arts, biography, quotations, history, science/technology
 * contains beautiful graphics that are updated frequently
 * allows you to search in a number of different portals separately or all at once

Ragan Osteen
 * Lycos** - http://www.lycos.com/
 * Offers Further Suggestions
 * Thumbnails of the web pages on the left of the result
 * Allows searches in different categories including: web, image, video, news
 * Offers other services such as email and free website building

-Several areas to explore on main page, such as news (broken into categories), weather, games, etc. -Can create an account and design your own page -Able to search web, images, news, and video -Top, right corner has icons for: email, money, sports, weather, T.V., and movies Vanessa Stenulson
 * Excite**: http://www.excite.com/

Becky Patterson
 * WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/**
 * Offers medical information for anything from ADHD to Zone diets
 * Top trends in medicine and health
 * Health polls
 * Search by symptoms for answers; Find Doctors for your situation
 * Can view videos or slideshows; find today's health news

John Vanhook
 * ChaCha** - [|http://www.chacha.com]
 * Pose a question and chat within the ChaCha guide box until you get the answer you want
 * No time limit
 * No fee
 * Category choices at the top of the page

Jenell Rosol
 * Yoople!**- http://www.yoople.net/
 * Yoople! = Yahoo! + Google + People
 * Allows users to "shift" positions of sites in a search result based on perceived relevance
 * Shows how many times site has been shifted
 * Shows where the site's position in Yoople! compares to its position in Yahoo!

Rachel Dodson
 * Pics4Learning -** [|http://www.pics4learning.com]
 * Copyright friendly images
 * Browse by topic
 * Enter any keyword in search box
 * Appropriate for use by students
 * No clip art, all real photography

Kelly Vigil
 * Ask Kids** -http://www.askkids.com/
 * · Fun, easy to navigate, neat and uncluttered
 * · Looks like lined note book paper.
 * · Links to five specialized search tools: Schoolhouse, movies, games, videos and images.
 * · Provides image, a definition and help to refine your search.
 * · Links to narrow or expand the search.

Kristy Cawthorne
 * Azoos-** http://www.azoos.com
 * provides users with one million sites
 * provides users a tremendous diversity of records
 * provides users with the opportunity to search using all keywords listed
 * provides users with a category of hottest websites that have been professionally reviewed by experts
 * provides users with searchable data bases that are independent links in various categories
 * provides businesses with the opportunity to promote their online products and services through advertisements
 * provides users with the ability to submit their own URL if they desire for it to be included
 * once a user's URL has been submitted it will be included in the search engine within 24 hours

**Bing**- http://www.bing.com/
Cathryn Record-Horn
 * You can choose your filter for adult content
 * 41 languages available
 * Open links in a new browser window.
 * provides images, video, shopping, news, maps, travel,and entrainment on main page
 * links directly to MSN, Explore and hotmail.
 * Is Microsoft and will replace yahoo
 * agreement with [|Hewlett-Packard] to have Bing as the default search engine for all new PCs it sells for the next 3 years.

Dawn Bonacci
 * Zap-Meta-** []
 * Saves time by searching multiple databases simultaneously
 * Returns results that have been organized and ranked
 * Lists the source of the returned information (possible to discover additional search engines)

Heidi Head
 * Duck Duck Go -** @http://duckduckgo.com/
 * a hybrid search engine, that uses sources, including __[|Yahoo! Search BOSS], [|Wikipedia], and its own [|Web crawler] (DuckDuckBot).__
 * produces its own content pages
 * displays multiple definitions
 * has a phone application
 * hosts forums and chat rooms
 * has a community website to allow the public to report problems, discuss means of spreading the search engine, request features and discuss open sourcing the code
 * positions itself as a search engine that values privacy
 * has anonymous searching, including an exit enclave, for its search engine traffic
 * deletes search results for companies that are //content mills// or has a lot of advertising

Emily VanLangen
 * Zuula** - http://www.zuula.com/
 * checks multiple search engines, including Google, Yahoo, Bing, Gigablast, Exalead, Alexa, Entireweb, Mahalo, and Mojeek
 * can customize what search engines to search and place the tabs in any order
 * can choose which search engine is searched first
 * has a search option to filter out adult websites
 * has Web, Image, Video, News, Blog, and Job searches
 * has a customizable display--users can change the interface and the number of search results displayed
 * easy to use
 * Advanced Search options allow users to limit searches based on the last time a page was updated or search only a specific site

** Blekko **[|http://www.blekko.com]


 * Features a slash tag to find a particular slant on your search topic (liberal, conservative, green, etc.)
 * Search vertically through one slice of the information (see one side versus every position on a topic)
 * 2 or 3 column format
 * Create your own slash tag
 * Aims to reduce spam by filtering more specific content

Lisa Johnson

Clipblast! [|www.clipblast.com]

* A growing way for viewers to search and watch videos. * Viewers can register, personalize their preferences and create their own clipblast! library. * Offers categories button with numerous types of videos ranging from A-Z (adventure, animals, arts etc..) * Offers providers button from A-Z (ABC Family, HBO, Youtube etc.) * Offers Top News video searches * Videos on a topic seem to be trailers, interviews and such. I don't think you can watch a feature film from beginning to end.

Sonya Dominguez

Zillow [|www.zillow.com] *Real estate search engine *Provides current mortgage rates for your state *Shows current homes for sale and rent in your area *Provides front view and aerial view of house and surrounding neighborhood *Provides local information including schools Monica Gadson

Side Step [|www.sidestep.com] *Over 200 travel websites to search for the best values for national and international flights. * Lists available hotels by cost. *Finds expensive and "not-so-expensive" cars. *Finds rhe best cruises.

Frances Albright

**Kosmix** [|http://www.kosmix.com] -Organizes social media search results by topics. IE Photos, Articles, News. -Focuses on trending topics and popculture. -Sorts results into 25 categories across 3 main websites: Tweetbeat, Righthealth, Kosmix. Malissa Mobley

**MetaGlossary**: [|www.metaglossary.com]
 * Takes definitions from the entire web
 * Provides concise explanations for terms
 * Organizes result meanings based on topic and usage
 * Addresses technical terms, phrases, acronyms, and slang
 * Provides keywords and related terms in results page
 * Registering with the sight provides the user with a Word List that can be added to.

Janelle Richard


 * Sweet Search: [] **
 * Created for k12 students
 * Every site approved by a team of teachers, librarians and researchers
 * Returns most relevant results of credible returns
 * Section for teachers with resources
 * Excludes spam sites

Wendy McAlister

KidRex: [|http://www][|.kidrex.org/] Kerryn Rodriguez
 * Kid friendly pages
 * when you type in a search it directs you to information about the topic relevant to kids
 * big friendly dinosaur protects the area to enter the search
 * Google Custom Search engine using Google SafeSearch technology
 * KidRex maintains its own database of inappropriate websites and keywords making it a safe choice for parents
 * aimed at younger audiences, middle and high school students may think it is too "baby"

**Dogpile**: []
 * Shows most relevant results from popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing, and Ask
 * Efficient and time-saving
 * Possesses a cute mascot, Arfie, who conducts your search, bringing a fun, playful aspect to searches, especially if you like dogs
 * Celebrates different holidays/important dates with seasonal displays, cute and relevant graphics, and interesting facts/information
 * Contains filters and search suggestions

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