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"Undergraduates and grad students alike will appreciate the usefulness of these search engines that allow them to find books, journal articles and even primary source material for whatever kind of research they're working on and that return only serious, academic results so time isn't wasted on unprofessional resources."

"Visual search engine for kids, powered by editors and Google safe search"

the hallmarks of a good online search education

Materials on this site help students become better at searching for things on Google.

Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.

A search tool that helps students see how change their search terms changes their results.

Welcome to the Search Stories Video Creator. Just type in your searches and select the kind of results that best communicate your story. Then, share your story with the world.

New Google features - especially like the 'card' style layout for search results and the 'football vs aussie rules' comparison searches

An innovative search engine built for education. Search via concept map, save searches in a personal journal. Great concept to check out. 

"To understand thoroughly and intuitively" - A search tool that show the inter-relatedness of a topic and allows users to graphically see the information relations.

Research any topic with an interactive concept map, that you can customize and share. Free personal and low cost educational accounts.

Really cool! Watch and make your own Google Search stories - videos on how to do searches of specific types. Would be good for students/educators to create to assist others in specific searches.

A custom search engine that searches tutorial sites ONLY. Find tutorials on Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, web design, html & more.

A Creative Commons-based search search engine of search engines.

A Creative Commons Search Engine

Create your own Google Safe Searching. Create a set of web sites for students to search without going to the wide open Internet. Great for young students or teaching about web site reliability.

Google adds "likes" to its searches with the new +1 button. Will thinks your friends "like" influence your results? If so, then your network of Google contacts will be more valuable than ever, since what they look at and like will affect what you see when searching Google

A great simple music search engine that streams free music from Grooveshark on an uncluttered page. Search by title, artist or album. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts

A reverse Google image search game where players must guess what has been searched for. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

Exciting search engine with a split screen. One side shows list results and the other side shows actual web page from the search!

The following search engines for kids are designed to help provide your children with a safe environment with which to navigate the Internet. Each offers a filtered search service that eliminates inappropriate results and keeps your kids focused on the information they really need.

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