Dear Aileen,
Infotopia ( http://www.infotopia.info ) is an academic search engine
accessing only trusted websites previously selected by librarians,
teachers and library and educational
consortia. Infotopia is recommended for students, teachers, and,
especially, homeschoolers. Because Infotopia is a Google custom search
engine, you get the cool Google search features, but without the garbage.
With Infotopia, safe search is always on.
I just searched Infotopia for "medicinal plants" and got a lot of really
good looking hits.
Sincerely,
Michael Bell
Former Chair, Texas Association of School Librarians
drmichaelbell@hotmail.com
Retired school and university librarian
webmaster at http://www.virtuallrc.com
webmaster at http://www.infotopia.info
webmaster at http://www.virtuallrc.com/magbot
webmaster at http://www.virtuallrc.com/alphamarks
webmaster at http://www.academicindex.net
> Dear wise ones,
>
> Our seventh grade students are in the library pulling together information
> on medicinal plants. Suddenly, a "pop-up" ad appears selling something
> totally inappropriate. Unfortunately, our filters can't block the ads.
> Does anyone have a suggestion for good search engines that do not promote
> (or that filter out) this garbage, but still connect to useful sites?
> Google used to be much better at this than they are now.
>
> Thank you so much for any recommendations.
>
> Aileen
>
> Aileen Kay
> Director of Library/Media Services
> St. Mary and All Angels School
> 7 Pursuit, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, U.S.A.
> aileen.kay@smaa.org<mailto:aileen.kay@smaa.org>
>
>
>
>
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Dr. Michael Bell
Former Chair, Texas Association of School Librarians
drmichaelbell@virtuallrc.com
Retired school and university librarian
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