Search Engines for Students:

Search by Keyword with one of the following: ask.com www.google.com |www.go.com | altavista.com

Search by General Topic or Categories with www.yahooligans.com

Search with several search engines at once (Metasearch) Ask Jeeves for Kids - (http://www.ajkids.com/) -  Students can ask real questions to find what they need.  It even includes a spell checker:  (For example: "Who was the third president of the United States?")

Searching Tips:

Boolean Search

Use AND between two words to include both words in the search: cherry AND pie.
Use OR between two words to look for either word: cat OR kitten..
Use NOT between two words to exclude a term: pets NOT dogs.
Use (..) parentheses, to further define a search: pie AND (apple OR cherry)

More Search Tips:

Place quotes around keywords that must appear together: "American apple pie" "stupid pet tricks"
Put a plus sign (+) in front of words your search must contain (no space between + and search term): +Utah +Jazz
Use a minus sign (-) for words to leave out: python -monty
Use a wild card (*) for words with the same root: teach* for teach, teaches, teacher, and teaching.
Captitalize names and titles: Star Wars