What People are Saying About Infotopia

"... The reason I love it (http://www.infotopia.info) so much is that it is powered by Google but the web sites it finds have been vetted and recommended by teachers and librarians. Actually, a retired librarian developed the search tool. For academic subjects, the search results are quite amazing and it cuts down on evaluation time for you and your students."
               Barbara Connolly, Riverdell High School, River Edge, NJ

"NOT ALL SEARCH ENGINES ARE THE SAME. Google has no quality control of sources therefore is NOT research. Infotopia is the best for our academic sources"
               Cassandra Smyers, Lawrence High School, Kansas

"Infotopia: Infotopia is an academic search engine accessing only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers and library and educational consortia. With Infotopia, 'Safe Search' is always on. I thought this would make a great addition to our library page."
               Caroll McMath Middle School, Denton, Texas

"INFOTOPIA offers websites of databases with information on many topics. Fast and easy way to retrieve reliable web info."
               Skyline Lib. Media Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

"Powered by Google, this search engines cuts out the "junk" and includes only reliable websites chosen by information professionals."
               Ruben A. Cirillo High School Library

"My teacher has us use a search engine called Infotopia because the safe search is always on. She says that the sites are trusted because the Web sites are selected by teachers and librarians.""
               Warrensburg Schools, Warrensburg, Missouri

"Try this great search engine to find quality websites!"
               A. D. Oliver MS Library, Brockport, New York

"Thanks for the awesome websites. I just wanted to let you know that my son is in college and was working on a research paper. He was having a hard time getting websites. I told him about your sites and he was able to complete his research with no problem at all. Thanks a million. "
               Beatriz Porras, Librarian, Vermillion Elementary, Brownsville, Texas

"Great primary source documents!"
               DEMAREST SCHOOL, Bloomfield, New Jersey

"Search multiple websites with a single search box at Infotopia. Sites are selected by librarians and teachers. Topics include arts, biography, health, history, images, news, quotations, science, technology, social sciences, and social issues."
               Sandra Hawes, Associate Professor, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL

"Before you go to Google, try Infotopia..."
               Marilyn Goad, Arlington Middle School (Tennessee)

"Infotopia gives access to good websites on most topics, and it also has a page with links to portals worth recommending. Infotopia is recommended both for students and teachers."
               Univ. of Stavanger (Norway)

"Infotopia is a search engine, powered by Google, for selected information and reference sites. Great resource for social sciences, art, history, magazines, newspapers and so much more!"
               Tallmadge High School Library

"Infotopia Search Engine.. It`s as good as it sounds!"
               Clawson Elementary Schools Research Page

"A Power Point Presentation was made by High School Librarian, Andrea Loyola. Mrs. Loyola reported that Infotopia is new in the Library. This program is a search engine that helps students with their research papers which has been a great resource for our students!"
               Andrea Loyola, High School Librarian, Carlise ISD, Price, Texas

"Do you have difficulty finding quality information resources on the Web? You might want to use Infotopia, an academic search engine that accesses only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers, and library and educational consortia. You can go directly to a category or search all at once. Who knows, you might just find your next favorite website using Infotopia!"
               Mrs. Hightower`s blog

"Infotopia- Massive clearing house for resources and web-based data"
               Jeff Yasinchuk's List: Library

"Infotopia- an online search engine that goes only to sites that have been pre-approved by educators. This is an AWESOME source for easy and reliable research. SHARE this with your kids!!!!"
               Harrison High School Media Center Wiki

"This is the alternative to google that we should be telling our students about! Infotopia is a search engine that uses limited and ``approved`` sources (resources it lists for searchers so that you know where the information is coming from). Perhaps its best feature is the refinement bar on the top of a search that allows searchers to easily apply limitations and refinements to it."
               Provincial Intermediate Teachers` Association (Canada)

"As an LMS I was aware of most of the searching techniques that we discussed in class and the google game, but I hadn't looked at many other search engines. I'm as bad as the kids, I just resort to google because it's familiar. I did find a number of different search engines that were specific for education, and would be great to use with my students. The one I really liked is www.infotopia.info. I have already suggested it to a few teachers, they all loved it, and I put a link to it on my library home page. I need to spend some more time working with this. We have specialized databases that we encourage students to use, this would just be another good step to take."
               Danen's Tech Thoughts

"Infotopia - A great site that links you to lots of reference material - find out about anything you are interested in!"
               Susan Strautman, Classroom Links

"Infotopia is a comprehensive academic search engine that has many different topics of research. From the original search you can search many different subjects that have websites. This will be helpful when giving students search engine options other than Google and teaching them how to use a variety of sources. There are many different possible options to use for searching and finding things but there are so many it my be overwhelming. Still, there are a lot of good sources that can be found on this cumulative search engine."
               MelissasToolkit : 10 Websites to Use with Your Classes

"Infotopia is a fantastic place for help. All the results are aimed at kids doing homework!"
               BMS Library Media Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY MS Library Media Center

"I always have my 8th graders do an in-depth 'research skills unit'. After seeing this site mentioned many times on LM Net, I decided to give it a try. Needless to say, my students love it! Thanks for providing a realistic and relevant search engine!"
               Karen Myers, Hallettsville Junior High School in Hallettsville, Texas

"The Internet is a extraordinary place to find a wealth of information instan-taneously, but the downside is that we do not always know how creditable the information is that we have found. For the inexperienced researcher, this can make the World Wide Web a dangerous place. A safer alternative for students researching on the Web is Infotopia (www.infotopia.info), a Google Custom Search Engine, created by Dr. Michael Bell in November, 2009. Infotopia searches only sites recommended by librari-ans, teachers, and educational and library consortia. It has most of Google search features that students are use to, but returns much less junk."
               James I. O`Neill High School Library Media Center

"New Search Engine - There is a new search engine online that has student friendly features. It is called Infotopia(www.Infotopia.info). Note: This is not a .com site but a .info site.This search engine determines the au-thority, overall quality and relevance of a site and ranks it in the hit list from best down. (Did you know Google ranks sites based upon advertising dollars?) Infotopia selects only trusted websites and is highly rec-ommended for students and teachers. This search engine was created by Dr. Michael Bell, former chair of the Texas Association of School Librarians."
               Cherry Hill Middle School Newsletter - Media Center News

"I recently discovered a great new search tool: Infotopia http://www.infotopia.info/ . It is an academic search engine that searches only pre-selected sites put together by librarians, teachers, and library and educational consortia. It was created and is maintained by Dr. Michael Bell, former chair of the Texas Association of School Librarians. I have only gotten terrific, reliable results from this search engine! Give it a try! "
               Web Search Tool - Infotopia

"I've been enjoying some new search engines recently. There are two that are particularly useful for students: Sweet Search and Infotopia. Both of these search engines filter results by quality so that students are looking at websites that have been chosen for their content. I've written about Sweet Search before in a previous post. Infotopia is brand new... This search engine will be great for students researching topics about which they have limited background knowledge. I`ve done a few searches so far on it and it really does access some great resources. Go ahead and check it out - Infotopia. "
               Joanna Arkans - New Platz High School Blog

"Infotopia: A great way to search ... it has become increasing frustrating for students and teachers to try to narrow down the information a search produces as well as check for accuracy, currency, and authority. Well, along comes something to help - Infotopia. Infotopia is an academic search engine that searches with Google but accesses only trusted websites previously selected by librarians, teachers, and library and educational consortia. Automatically it has the Safe Search filter on. ...Fifth and sixth graders ... enjoyed the ease with which they found reliable websites and images and all said they would use it again in their own research."
               Voices From The Inglenook - Cold Spring School Library

"Reliable, evaluated web sites on many, many topics - powered by Google."
               Clinton Township Middle School Library

"It (Infotopia) indexes only quality websites previously recommended by librarians and teachers. The Infotopia safe search engine for students (or anybody) is a good source for great websites. Great quotations links."
               Edmonds Woodway High School

"Infotopia is a new search engine for students and teachers. Are your students working on research projects? Looking for a safe place to search? Check out Infotopia. Infotopia 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 homeschoolers. Infotopia was created by, and is maintained by Dr. Michael Bell, former chair of the Texas Association of School Librarians.  Check it out at: www.infotopia.info"
               Siskiyou County Instructional Media Center

"Working on an assignment? Researching a topic? Need authoritative information FAST? Start your quest with Infotopia, the research search engine..."
               Woodlawn Middle School

"If I were working with students, I would encourage them to use http://infotopia.info/ instead of Google, to maximize their chances of getting appropriate and useful hits ..."
               One Media Specialist's Journey - From Library to Classroom

"Infotopia (www.infotopia.info) is a very comprehensive list of web reference resources for all subjects and issues (with a great directory of images as well)."
               MBA LIBRARY NEWSLETTER - PATRICK WILSON LIBRARY -
               MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY

"Dr Bell has just released an enhancement to his fabulous Infotopia site."
               Gordon`s Library Links

"When searching the internet, try ... ( Infotopia ) ... instead of Google or BING"
               Donovan Middle School - Even Better Than Google

"Google Custom Search - http://www.infotopia.info/ Articles more suitable to school research"
               ESL Tools for Teachers and Students

"Infotopia indexes tens of thousands of educator-selected academic web pages.  This is a safe source for students to use."
               Union Middle School Media WebPage

"INFOTOPIA - a great way for kids to search for information."
               GES Library News

"Are you in need of a new search engine for academic research? ... Check this one out: Infotopia. I think you will find it to be quiet pleasing and easy to use. Enjoy!"
               The Cross Connection

"Infotopia - an academic search engine with trusted websites selected by educators.  A reliable alternative to Google."
               Villages Charter School

"Infotopia is an academic search engine accessing only trusted websites ... Because Infotopia is a Google custom search engine, you get the cool Google search features, but without the garbage."
               Tuffree Library

"The Infotopia Safe Search Engine is a good Google alternative for students."
               LCS District Media Site

"Infotopia-a great search engine for students and teachers. This is my students' favorite web site ..."
               TreksOnline - Favorite Research Web Sites