I love Google.
But what I don’t love is when students use Google as their only research option.
And I don’t love when students focus only the first page of results (okay, let’s be honest, they may only look at the first few results- period). What about more useful websites that wind up deep in search results, outranked by websites that are commonly used but perhaps of inferior quality?
SweetSearch is one answer for those of you who share my concern about “Google as go-to.”
SweetSearch is a search engine designed with students and teachers in mind. Every single one of the SweetSearch websites has been evaluated by a core team of research experts and teacher consultants.
Not only does SweetSearch exclude spam sites, they are also constantly “fine-tuning” their search results, by increasing the ranking of websites from organizations such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, PBS, and colleges and universities.
You can find SweetSearch on the Pingree Library website as an academic resource for students. Perhaps, in the near future, students will be able to find a link to SweetSearch on your class Moodle page as well?
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