Search+Engines

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Great for visual learners! Auto-fill in at Search provides options (For example, I typed Henry VII and was given: the king, wives of, the play, the television series, and the film) Upon selection, a slideshow runs providing images & information on your topic Underneath the show, you have links of other topics related to your search (For example, I got Anne Boylen, Catherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour, and Thomas Wolsey) ||= Leticia Montelongo || Qrobe is a search engine which allows the user to add "PowerSearch Commands" such as /hu to find a video on Hulu, /i to just find images, or /yt to limit results to just YouTube videos. ||= Julie Walton ||
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 * = yebol ||= [] ||= Search results include: images, video, top sites, related searches, twitter all displayed on the same page. ||= Olga Barreto ||
 * = DuckDuckGo ||= [] ||= No tracking/instant answer section/innovative special queries/personalized result settings ||= Brandy Gonzales ||
 * = blekko ||= [|www.blekko.com] ||= Human aggregators as well as algorithms. Tutorial videos on-site teach how to limit search for political viewpoint, date, and more. Spam reporting built in. Icons for links, SEO info with all results. ||= Carmon Thomas ||
 * = 3d space engine ||= http://search.spacetime.com/ ||= This search engine presents the requested material in visual windows, rather then one page of text. ||= Kevin Wray ||
 * = Qwiki ||= [] ||= Slideshow-style results
 * = Qwiki ||= [] ||= Slideshow-style results
 * = Secret Search Engine Labs ||= [] ||= This search engine gives you alternative results that are frequently left out when you use large, mainstream search engines. It was started 4 years ago in 2007. ||= Gabrielle Brown ||
 * = AGA-KIDS ||= [] ||= This is a visual search engine especially designed for younger children. It is colorful and highly appealing to kids. It offers links to cartoons, poetry, games, and even doll-making. It also provides links for parents as well. ||= Kelly Hart ||
 * = True Knowledge ||= http://www.trueknowledge.com/ ||= This search engine is used for answering questions. It takes the question that is being asked and breaks it down into smaller parts. It then takes the pieces, compiles factual information for them logically, and then comes up with the answer based on millions of facts and ideas. It filters to find "credible" sources only. It actually uses the process of deduction. Then you can scroll down to find other sites with information on your particular question or topic. It can connect with Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Reddit. ||= Erin Ellis ||
 * = Spezify ||= [] ||= This site is definitely for visual learners and for more casual research. It offers a fun and unique way to browse, offering text, images, videos, sound clips, and responses. Users can easily filter what kind of hits they want to receive. Users could most definitely "end up" somewhere in research they might have not expected, which can be a very good thing with discovery-type research and learning. This site launched in 2009. ||= Kinsey Riley ||
 * = Greplin ||= [] ||= First introduced September 2010, Greplin is a personal search engine that allows users to search for their information that is stored in the cloud. Users must first register with the search engine and grant authorization for it it to search password-protected sites. User interface is very clean and straightforward. This search engine could prove especially useful as people conduct increasingly more of their lives online. ||= Samantha Johnson ||
 * = the Find ||= http://www.thefind.com/ ||= theFind.com was created in 2006 to help people who wanted an easier shopping search engine. It pulls up every product, store, sale, coupon, and discount for what you are looking for. It uses a Product Ranking Search engine that ranks stores and items based on popularity and store ranking. ||= Brittany Barrett ||
 * = URL.com ||= [|http://www.url.com] ||= URL.com is a collaborative search engine created in late 2005 that shows you the results of your query with links to sites through many different search engines. (It uses Yahoo, Bing, Google, and several others to bring you the best and most relevant information.) You can vote for the search results that you liked best or that got you to the information you sought. This information is then saved on the web site so that others can view it later to assist in similar searches. You can vote positively or negatively for a search engine result . Your results of certain searches can still be kept anonymous by you not commenting or voting on them. Once you make a comment or vote, the knowledge of what you searched for becomes public. ||= Amy Taylor ||
 * = Sputtr.com ||= [|http://www.sputtr.com] ||= Sputtr.com, created in 2007, offers a fun way of searching the web with related information based on the search term, and lists the information under vertical tabs on one page. Example: Users type in "Christopher Columbus" and receive a page of websites, images, videos, social, news and more...all on one page with vertical tabs that slide open to reveal information. ||= Sandy Stewart ||
 * = Silobreaker ||= http://www.silobreaker.com/ ||= Silobreaker.com was launched in 2008 and is a free news search service for many private, enterprise, academic and government agency users around the world. It would be helpful for students needing to look up current news articles. I have middle school students constantly looking for "science" in the news. This search engine pulls up a variety of science articles based on specific categories and gives students many choices from around the world. You can put in any person's name and get news articles, YouTube videos, tweets, etc. ||= Jane Rader ||
 * = yippy ||= [] ||= Yippy searches several popular search engines for you and combines them into one large list. They have “clouds” that group your search by common topics. This way your search is narrowed into groups and you might find sites that you otherwise wouldn’t reach. ||= Holly Anderson ||
 * = Boolify ||= [|http://www.boolify.org] ||= Boolify is produced by the Public Learning Media Laboratoy and was copyrighted in 2010. It is directed for use by elementary and middle school students and uses a visual of puzzle pieces to help teach children how to refne their searches. There are 4 languages available and options for where to search (web, books, videos, etc) Boolify also includes a tab that contains lessons on how to use advanced Google search criteria such as specific site searches, synonym searches. The engine is powered b Google and uses the Safe Search STRICT filter. ||= Lyndsey Theobald ||
 * = NowRelevant ||= http://www.nowrelevant.com/nrbeta/ ||= NowRelevant is a search engine, first launched in 2010, that eliminates materials about your searched topic that are older than fourteen days. This means that the search will instead only provide you with all written materials about the subject from the past two weeks. It guarantees relevance on your given topic. Advertisers also, consequently, are able to advertise products based on the search interest. It offers a less cluttered website that is more up-to-date with original documents. ||= Karen Gelwicks ||
 * = Searchtastic ||= http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php ||= Searchtastic is a search engine that allows you to search for historical tweets. You can then export your search results into an excel file. It allows you to search for a particular user. Another neat feature is that it has a "click search" interface where you click on words to add or take them away from your search. ||= Melissa Heselmeyer ||
 * = Leapfish ||= http://www.leapfish.com/ ||= This search engine combines many other search engines as well as popular social networking sites into one place. One search for a topic as simple as cats returns news results, websites, twitter feeds, image results, and shopping. The option to use real time search allows users to find the information about their search topic that is recent. ||= Charity Seals ||
 * = Qrobe ||= [] ||= A friend mentioned that I posted a link which was used previously. Here's my new search engine.
 * = Qrobe ||= [] ||= A friend mentioned that I posted a link which was used previously. Here's my new search engine.
 * = Kosmix ||= Kosmix.com ||= Kosmix defines itself as "Your Social Media Filter." It searches social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube to find the latest information on social media. ||= Christy Jonas ||
 * = ChaCha ||= http://www.chacha.com/ ||= 2006-2011Not just for use with your computer- You can call or text on any type of cell phone anytime, for free. A person can ask any question in conversational English and receive an accurate answer as a text message and the answer is received in minutes. ||= Laura Holz ||
 * = the Full Wiki ||= www.thefullwiki.org ||= New search engine just launched (2010) by fact bites that finds similar sentences to those in Wikipedia, complete with their citations, to add to a student's essay. Quizzes for many subjects can also be searched for here. ||= Lori Irvin ||
 * = Information you can trust... ||= http://www.ipl.org/div/about/ ||= This site became available in 2010, the site has a special place for students, children and general researchers. Several sections from which to choose. The different sections are Resources by subject;newspapers and magazines; special collections created by ipl2; for kids; and teens. There is even a place for Ask a Librarian. ||= Edna Moore Sawey ||
 * = Blind Search ||= http://blindsearch.fejus.com/ ||= This site was developed in 2009 by an employee of Microsoft. You type the topic you want to search and the site will give you three columns of information and each column represents a different major search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc..). The user can look through the information and "vote" which column best fit their needs. After the user votes, it is revealed which search engine produced which column of results. It's an interesting site, but I think I would use it more out of curiosity than real research. ||= Jennifer Lewis ||