Discovery College Library

How to use Search engines

The links below will help you to learn how to search more effectively.

Google Search tips prezi
http://prezi.com/mohshuoe-qcf/google-search-tricks/

100+ Google tips
http://www.teachhub.com/news/article/cat/14/item/323

Web Search Strategies in Plain English

Using Search Engines - A Tutorial

Noodle tools : Search engine direction

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need

How to do research

http://www.kyvl.org/html/tutorial/research/

A search strategy diagram

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Search Engines, Metasearch Engines, and the Invisible Web - Ka

Designed for under 18's

Sortfix
http://www.sortfix.com

Search Credible
http://www.searchcredible.com/

Sweet Search
http://www.sweetsearch.com

Spezify
http://www.spezify.com/

Factbites
http://www.factbites.com/

Nice - designed for primary aged children
http://nice.medialab.nl/

Study Search
http://www.studysearch.com.au/PrimarySearch/tabid/79/Default.aspx

Fuse Early Education
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/child/pages/Default.aspx

Fuse Primary
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/primary/pages/Default.aspx
Age appropriate results for primary students

Fuse Secondary
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/secondary/pages/Default.aspx

Quintara for Kids
http://quinturakids.com/

KidsClick
http://www.kidsclick.org/
Age appropriate results directory based

Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/

Boolify
http://www.boolify.org/

Twurdy
http://www.twurdy.com/search.php
Identifies reading levels of web sites

Google Custom searches (need a Google account)
http://www.google.com/cse/

Based on Directories

BUBL
http://bubl.ac.uk/index.html

Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org
Results include further keywords and suggestions.

Kids Click
http://www.kidsclick.org/
Age appropriate results directory based

Librarians Internet Index
http://lii.org/

Infomine

Refseek

Pubmed

Search engines with a difference

OJOSE Science Journal and Book search engine
http://www.ojose.com/

Topsy
http://topsy.com/
Current trending topics in twitter, news feeds etc.

Zomobo - digital resource search engine
http://zomobo.com

Scientific search engine
http://www.scirus.com/

Search the deep web
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-explore-deep-invisible-web/

Cuil
http://www.cuil.com
Results come back like a news sheet

Skreemr - MP3 searches
http://www.skreemr.com/

Answers
http://www.answers.com/
Ask a question and see what answers you get

Grab all
http://www.graball.com
Compare results instantly between search engines

Leapfish
Sorts a Google search into media categories
http://www.leapfish.com/

Wolfram Alpha
http://www97.wolframalpha.com/
Computational Knowledge engine

Middlespot - allows you to keep mashtabs as you go
http://middlespot.com

Science Search Engine
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

Sounds and Music Searches

Royalty Free Sound Effects (FX) Library for Download
http://www.soungle.com

Find Sounds
http://findsounds.com/

Mp3.com
http://www.mp3.com/

Visual Search engines

Flickr Related Tag Browser
http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/related_tag_browser/app/

Retrievr - search by sketch, image or colour
http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/

Mulitcolour search lab - search by colour
http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/#

oskope
http://www.oskope.com/

Compfight - search flickr creative commons
http://compfight.com/

Eyeplorer
http://www.eyeplorer.com/eyePlorer/#
Put your search term in and it comes back with sorted results and further keywords in an  'eye' formation

Addict-o-matic
http://addictomatic.com/