Another search engine powered by Yahoo. Offers web, images and news searches as well as a link to Babel Fish Translation (translate a web page by copying and pasting and Answers where one can specify a question.
If you are looking for images, videos, music, media etc. that has been identified by Creative Commons as giving permission to modify, adapt or build upon - or use for commercial purposes, try this search tool
A Google project that includes user-written articles on a range of topics, similar to Wikipedia.
Google announced Jan 16, 2009 that Knol had grown to 100,000 articles, and that users from 197 countries and territories visit Knol on an average day. A good starting point depending upon the topic you are searching on.
A computational knowledge search engine.Unlike Google, this is a computational search site designed to help you find answers.
For example, you can enter a math problem. WolframAlpha will return the result. Google can do this with simple problems. But try feeding it a complex calculus equation. Try entering dates or names. Ask questions about science or the stock market.
Searching Techniques
Finding and using images on the Internet
Be mindful of copyright - just because its on the Internet does not mean that it is free for use by anyone.
You can't just copy a picture you find without getting the owner's permission or paying a usage fee. To avoid any copyright issues, look for pictures that are in the public domain. Do a search for "public domain images". Also try a search through Creative Commons to find images that are specifically licenced for republication.
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