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"Though the general Google site is often touted as the number one search engines online, college students sometimes need more specific tools to help them uncover quality information on the Web that they can use for class projects, research papers, and even job and apartment searches. This list features a huge variety of search engines that can be useful to students, including tools that find photos, sound effects, summer internships, health and medical information, reference guides, and a lot more."

A comprehesive list of search engines

A search engine that allows you to enter your query, then select a credible source to search for that term in. These include JStor, the Library of Congress, Ebscohost, Eric, the Internet Archive, and many more.

TinEye is a "reverse" search engine: you upload an image file, and it finds all the places on the Internet where that same photo (or a lightly altered version) has been found. This can be useful if you are looking for the original version of a picture (rather than someone's repost).

tutorial for how to refine your searching

The graphical knowledge engine

very cool searh tool