Search engines help you locate what you want on the internet.
Thinking about your topic, using keywords and using
the following symbols will help.
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" " |
for adjacent words (ex. "united nations") |
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, |
for AND (ex. children,violence,television) |
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- |
for NOT (ex. "biomedical engineering"cancer-"school of" |
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* |
for a wild card (ex. child* retrieves child and children) |
Use lower case only!
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Google - An efficient search engine that is also quite fast - the librarian's favorite!
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Yahoo - A directory of places on the World Wide Web, organized according to subject and searchable by key word.
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Buscar en Espanol - Un mecanismo de busqueda en al Internet y World Wide Web, en Espanol.
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Mamma - The "Mother of all search engines." One option allows you to search through newspapers.
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All th Web - A fast and powerful search engine. Includes special areas and features for music, multimedia and FTP sites.
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Kidsclick - A search engine for kids, designed by librarians.