# Search engines for kids **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-for-kids/100281 "2002-03-27T00:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-for-kids/100281/1 "2002-03-27T00:39:01Z")
Can anyone suggest some good search engines for children. Each week as part of her homework my daughter is given a couple of general knowledge questions to research and has to find out some basic information on a specific country. While our out of date copies of Encarta and the World Almanac usually provide the answers, I’d like to encourage her to start using search engines - and Google and the like simply provide far too much information. To give you an idea of the level of information required, the questions are generally along the lines of “Who was Adolf Hitler?” or “Who was Beethoven?” and a one sentence answer is expected. In respect of the countries, the children are basically expected to find out the general location, the capital city, the flag, and any outstanding features (mountains, volcanoes, etc) for which the country might be notable. All suggestions are welcome - I’m hoping to create her own bookmark file for her. Many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-for-kids/100281/2 "2002-03-27T00:56:07Z")
Why don’t you check out the [CIA World Factbook](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/). A lot of information nicely set out. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-for-kids/100281/3 "2002-03-27T01:40:56Z")
[http://www.askjeeves.com/main/askjeeves.asp?ask=Who+was+Adolf+Hitler%3F&o=0&x=27&y=15](http://www.askjeeves.com/main/askjeeves.asp?ask=Who+was+Adolf+Hitler%3F&o=0&x=27&y=15) ---
**Author:** ![columbusCL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@columbusCL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/columbusCL)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-for-kids/100281/4 "2002-03-27T01:57:30Z")
> **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-for-kids/100281/5 "2002-03-27T04:05:23Z")
Yeah, what Squink said. Ask Jeeves is a good all-purpose answer machine for those kinds of easy questions. [http://www.ask.com/index.asp](http://www.ask.com/index.asp) They also have Ask Jeeves For Kids, too. [http://www.ajkids.com/](http://www.ajkids.com/) Information Please is good. > **[Online Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, and Thesaurus](https://www.infoplease.com/)** > > Infoplease is a free, authoritative, and respected reference for Internet users that provides a comprehensive encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus. Also [http://www.encyclopedia.com/](http://www.encyclopedia.com/) is good, but it tends to probably have too much information.