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[|http://www.google.com] || Advanced search strategies encourages students to think more deeply about the topic || [|http://www.ask.com] || Great organization of info on results page -- places information in a context || [|http://clusty.com] || Clusters results to narrow down and refine generic search terms – helps students to find related topics || [|http:/aftervote.com] || Compares Google, Yahoo and MSN; Live search results with rankings || http://www.exalead.com/search/homepage
 * ==Search Engine== || ==Added Value to Students== ||
 * Google Advance Search Strategies
 * Ask.com
 * Clusty
 * AfterVote
 * Exalead

|| Offers supports through phonetic spelling, truncation, etc. || http://www.google.com/coop/ || Creates a customized search engine for your students || [|http://www.mahalo.com] || Offers expert help || [|http://www.scandoo.com] || Provides safe searching for young students || [|http://www.kooltorch.com] || Clusters results in a visual results page – “taxonomy display” || [|http://www.quintura.com] [|http://kids.quintura.com] || Presents results as a dynamic tag cloud – encourages exploration of keywords and results || [|http://scholar.google.com] || Offers quality academic results chosen by subject expert || [|http://ipl.org] || Offers evaluated, quality websites || [|http://www.answers.com] || Provides authoritative information || [|http://www.intute.ac.uk] || Provides annotated academic websites- helps students to understand the scope of their topic || [|http://www.50matches.com] || Draws on the “collective intelligence” of the social group ||
 * Google Coop
 * Mahalo
 * Scandoo
 * KoolTorch
 * Quintura
 * Google Scholar
 * Internet Public Library
 * Answers.com
 * Intute
 * 50Matches