Search Engines for Adults to use with Kids

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Quick Search Strategies
Recommended Search Engines - Gathered together on one screen, eight recommended search engines with capsule hints for using them. You may start your search here, or click on each to get to fuller help screens. This collection was put together by  http://infopeople.org/search/tools.html.

Search tips:
Google, MSN, and Altavista (to name a few) can have the search preferences changed to "Strict Filter" which filters out adult content. Look for "preferences" settings.

What's the difference between these search engines? View this article to find out! http://infopeople.org/search/chart.html

Google

Answers

HotBot

Yahoo

Altavista

Lycos

InfoMine

GigaBlast

Complete Planet

Vivisimo

iTools

Teoma

Virtual LRC

DMOZ

A9

Librarians Internet Index

Mooter

BrainBoost

ibiblio

Ability Search Engines

Meta Search Engines

What is a meta search engine?
A meta search engine queries other search engines and then combines the results.

DogPile

MetaCrawler

Highway61

SurfWax

Mamma

Clusty: Clustering Search

Excite

WebCrawler

Reference Sites

Your Dictionary

OneLook Dictionary Search

Merriam-Webster

Reference Desk

CIA World FactBook

Digital Librarian