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Try out some of the search engines, metasearch sites, and directories used at Ask A Biologist. There are many more great search sites out there. These are just a few that we have used or still use today.

Name Type of Search Unique Features Adult Content filter Address
 
Bing Engine Microsoft's search tool. Yes www.bing.com(link is external)
Dogpile Metasearch Great place to enter keywords for a large search of other Web search sites. Also has image, video, and news search options. Yes www.dogpile.com(link is external)
Google Engine Largest and best results from a single search engine. Also has a great image search. Yes www.google.com(link is external)
Hotbot Engine Easy to use Boolean language and filter for edu, com, gov, or US and European searches (on the advanced page). No www.hotbot.com(link is external)
PubMed Engine Example of a search engine that specializes in one area (science and medicine). No www.pubmed.gov(link is external)
Yahoo Engine The original Web directory service on the Internet. Now a search engine. Yes www.yahoo.com(link is external)

To find more search engines including ones for specific topics, check out the following web site.

Search Engine Guide: www.searchengineguide.com/searchengines.html(link is external)

Filtering out adult content - some of the search engines include filters that help to eliminate links to questionable content. None of them are 100% foolproof. Adult supervision is always the best method and often fun for both student and adult.

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