Google search engine employs text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to a user’s search.
OneSearch
OneSearch is a one-step search tool that helps you quickly find unfiltered results without cookies or other tracking.
Yahoo
Yahoo is one of the easiest ways to find information on the web. Yahoo is a directory of sites rather than a true search engine.
Dogpile
Dogpile is a full Boolean search of multiple engines. It can look into ftp sites, Usenet, mailing lists, and web pages simultaneously.
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo gathers quick results from the internet without tracking you and doesn’t store your personal information.
StartPage
StartPage Serves up answers from Google without tracking your search history by removing all data, logs and ads.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.
Sign Up for FREE Email
Peoria Public Library does not directly provide electronic mail (email). These links are provided as a service for our patrons. We are not responsible for the availability or reliability of this service.
Gmail
Gmail is a popular, free email provider that only requires the set up of a free Google account and provides 15 GB of free email storage.
ProtonMail
Based in Switzerland with some of the most strict privacy laws, ProtonMail is more difficult to set up than some other email, but it offers built-in end-to-end encryption. A free version of this email is available with 500 MB of storage. You are limited to 150 emails per day with the free version.
People Search
These links are provided as a service for our patrons. We are not responsible for the availability or reliability of this service.
AnyWho
AnyWho is a free directory service with residential, business, and government white and yellow pages listings.
Switchboard
Probably the easiest and most popular way to find people on the Internet.
