Search

Google
www.google.com
This is a hybrid between a crawlers and a directory, great resource.
(You can use the search button on this page to start with Google)

Yahoo
www.yahoo.com
This is a great directory to search.

Altavista
www.altavista.com
Whe
re you can search for music, movies and more.

Metacrawler
www.metacrawler.com
Search multiple search engines simultaneously.

Dogpile
www.dogpile.com
Use this metacrawler to search engines simultaneously.

 

 

10 Tips for Searching

1.   Ask for parents’ permission.

2.   Be specific in your search.

3.  Reword, are you phrasing in the best possible way.

4. Use + to make sure you include all keywords.

5. Use – to omit results containing the following subject.

6. Use quotation marks for an exact phrase.

7. Don’t rely on one site, different sites rank results in a different order of importance.

8. Use Advanced Search, it can carefully guide your search.

9. Ask yourself “Is this a credible source?”

10. Bookmark your findings so you can easily reference it in the future.

 

 

Google

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Last Updated:
11 April 2006

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