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Student Researching: The best Internet Search Engines

While there are over 300 free Internet search engines available today, it is not necessary to know each one of them. In fact, as a student doing Internet research, a specific few engines stand out for their breadth and depth of content, ease of use, speed of searching, and relevancy of results.

Here is a list of the best Internet search engines, as compiled from About Network editor and reader reviews.
Current to March, 2007:

• Google Scholar…a version of Google dedicated to searching literary and scientific papers online.
• The Top 10 Favorite Search Engines of About Readers, listed here…
• Search Tools for Reference, Research Experts and Students: The Invisible Web, Made Visible
• Invisible Web “Portals”
• Kid-Friendly Searching and Reference
• Kid-Friendly Research Sites