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Answers. COM |
Provides
access to fast facts and other information from over 100 reference
sources |
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Wolfram |
Computational
knowledge search engine |
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eHow |
Clear
instructions on how to do (just about) everything |
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Google
A Day |
Practice
answer searching with Google-a-Day |
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Fact Bites |
Quick answers to questions in
meaningful sentences |
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Whyzz |
Help answer
the endless why questions kids have |
Bookmarking, Social Networking
and Alerts
Allow users to bookmark
and share links of interest, contain categories and notifications so
you needn't go searching, the information can even be brought to you
to save time.
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Delicious |
Bookmark and
share links of interest |
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Diigo |
Social bookmarking site, store, share, and search bookmarks |
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Google Alerts |
Email updates of latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based
on your choice of query or topic. For instance |
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Google Blog
Search |
Search Blogs |
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reddit |
The voice of
the Internet, news before it happens |
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Stumble Upon |
Discover photos, videos, and web pages recommended by friends and people
sharing your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like, so you only
see what's interesting to you from across the web |
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Meta Search Engines
Search several major engines at once.
Meta-search engines do not crawl the Web or have their own database,
they act as a middle agent, passing on the query to the major engines
and then returning the results. Use when researching to get a quick look
at what might be out there. |
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Carrot |
Searches and organizes into themes and categories |
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Yippy |
Meta Search Engine sorts results into topic clusters |
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Dogpile |
Meta Search Engine, searches Google, Ask, Yahoo, Live Search |
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Mamma |
Searches against
a variety of major crawlers, directories and specialty search sites |
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Pandia |
An all-in-one list of search engines and directories |
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refseek |
Designed for academic use
and eliminate the
advertising |
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SchoolR |
Includes a Google Search, a dictionary, thesaurus, citation builder, translator, and unit converter |
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Sputtik |
Organizes and
selects the best resources and applications on the web |
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Surfwax |
Gathers results from multiple search
engines at the same time |
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Spezify |
Visual Search
Engine |
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Viewzi |
Search
results in images, offers many choices for searching |
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Whonu |
Semantic web
search over 300 search sources |
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Newspaper Search Engines
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Newslink |
Find
newspapers from all over the world |
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All Newspapers |
Directory of
Newspapers |
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British News |
British
Newspapers and News online |
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Journalism Net |
Search news
sites |
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Real Time Searching
Search is real-time find out what
people are talking about right now |
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Twitter |
Network on
current topics of interest |
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Collecta |
Real time
search engine |
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Twingly |
Blog search
engine |
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Search Engines
Search
Engines use computer programs called spiders or robots to crawl the Web
and log the words on each page. With a search engine, keywords related
to a topic are typed into a search "box." Tip: General and
fast, use the advanced search and look at the first 40 items
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ipl2 |
Resources
from the Internet Public Library |
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Google |
Search web
sites, audio, images,
maps, news and much more, able to change filter setting |
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Lycos |
Search a variety of
categories such as web, image, video, and people
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Bing |
Gives
different results than Google because of its 'decision algorithm' |
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Yahoo |
Searches the
web and all of Yahoo pages |
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Ask |
Search for
answers to questions |
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Specialized Search
Engines
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Academic Index 2Learn |
Search
research-quality reference and information sources selected by
professional librarians, educators |
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2Learn |
Find resources quickly |
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American Memory |
Primary
source documents |
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College of Education Arizona
State University |
Current Issues in Education |
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Eric |
U.S. Department of Education, database of journal and non-journal
education literature |
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Google Scholar |
Peer-reviewed papers, thesis, books, abstracts and articles, from
academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories,
universities and other scholarly organizations. (fee for some
articles) |
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First Gov |
Government search engine |
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History Buff |
History
search engine |
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Infomine |
Organized access to University research and educational tools available
on the Internet |
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One Look |
Search engine for online dictionaries |
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Reading Online |
Hundreds of articles on a range of topics in reading education.
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Quiki |
Put in a
search term and get a multimedia presentation for your search topic |
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Search the Internet |
UC Berkeley Library; sophisticated, comprehensive Internet
resources including search engines, advanced search engines,
directories, online tutorial, and other help |
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Search PlanIt |
Custom lesson
plan search engine that ranks lesson plan and worksheet results by
teacher rankings |
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Web MD |
Health
and medical information |
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Wiki Quote |
Search for a
quote |
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Student Search Engines
Search Engines that are filtered to
make web surfing safe for kids |
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Ask for Kids |
Filtered Web search engine for kids |
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Boolify |
Designed for elementary middle school students |
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Dibdabdoo |
Ad free,
non-commercial directory of web sites designed for child-safe searching |
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Fact Monster |
Almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary and homework helper |
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Kids Click |
Filtered Web search for kids by librarians |
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Kid Rex |
Student Search Engine |
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Kid Grid |
Meta search engine for kids |
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One Key |
Filtered Web search engine for kids |
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Lycos |
Safe search
for kids |
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Quintara for Kids |
Filtered Web search engine for kids |
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Safe
Search for Kids |
Filtered
search for kids |
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Sweet Search |
Search engine for
students |
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Subject Directories
A catalog of sites collected and organized by subject. Subject
directories are often called subject "trees" because they start with a
few main categories and then branch out into subcategories, topics, and
subtopics. |
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Argus
Clearinghouse |
Michigan
Clearinghouse for Subject-oriented Internet Resource Guides |
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Awesome Library Database |
Carefully reviewed resources, including 5%
education |
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EI Net Galaxy |
Both a search
engine and an index guide |
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Google Directory |
A web
organized by topic into categories |
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Internet Public Library |
Scholarly Research |
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The Mining Company |
Powered by
About.com |
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MSN Directory |
View subject directory by alphabet or category |
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Open Directory |
Lists scholarly and popular websites |
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Yahoo |
Subject directory
that is excellent for finding topics that appeal to the general public |
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Ask Bruce |
Get answers to your Internet questions |
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Learn the Net |
A website dedicated to helping you learn the Internet |
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Google |
Interactive online book all
about the web |
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Spider's Apprentice |
Learn how to use search engines |
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iE9 |
Getting
started with Explorer 9 |
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iE9 |
Videos from
Microsoft for Explorer 9 |
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iE9 Back pages |
How to go
back several pages in iE9 |
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Noodle Tools |
Choose the best search engine for your information needs |
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Six Great
Ways to Search the Web |
Ways to find
information on the Internet |
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Webwise |
Learn how to use the Internet |
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Web Search
Strategies |
Excellent tutorial on using the proper search tool on the Internet |
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Wild Web Woods |
Connect to
and learn about the Web (interactive) |
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Bibliography Makers
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Bib Me |
Auto-fills
citations for you - MLA, APA, and Chicago |
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Easy Bib |
Online bibliography wizard |
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Otto Bib |
Online bibliography wizard |
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Son of Citation Machine |
Online bibliography wizard |
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Dihydrogen
Monoxide Research Division (DMRD) |
A sham site |
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Hoax Sites |
A variety of websites to teach website evaluation; Review the sites
before sending kids to the websites |
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Left-Handed Whopper, 1998
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A false site |
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Discovery |
Streaming video and teaching
resource |
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Mobile
Discovery |
This site may be accessed on a mobile device iPad, iPod
Touch, to view streaming video |
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Electric Library |
Research database for teens and adults (grades 7-12 only) |
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Gale Center Learning |
Research database for teens and adults (grades 7-12 only) |
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Kids Info Bits |
Research database for young students from
Gale Learning |
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Safari
Montage |
Streaming video and
teaching resource |
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Teaching Books |
Resources and
support for using literature in curriculum
(get username and passwords from media specialist) |
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Worldbook Online
|
Encyclopedia includes resources for all grades and dramatic learning |
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Evaluating Websites |
Information to consider when evaluating a website |
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Evaluating Internet
Resources |
Suggestions for evaluating Internet resources on the basis of purpose,
source, content |
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Five Criteria for Evaluating
the Web |
Criteria to consider when evaluating a website |
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Internet Search Challenge |
Great
activity that teaches students what to look for in a valid website |
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Who is? Directory |
Check to see who has registered any Internet domain |
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Bare
Bones 101 |
A basic tutorial on
searching the web |
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Boolean Machine |
Interactive site
which demonstrates how to refine Internet search |
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Choose the Best Search Engine for an Information Need |
Directs user to best suited
search information based on need |
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Four
NETS for Better Searching |
Quick tips for better, more
productive searching |
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Noodle Tools |
Choose the best
search engine for your information need |
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Search
Engine Showdown |
Compare search
engines |
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Smarter Searching for Kids |
Internet Safety, Web
Page Evaluation, Good Search Habits |
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Specialized Search Engines and Directories |
Links
to sites
that contain specific information |
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Using the Internet in
your Classroom
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Integrating the
Internet into the Classroom |
Ideas for
using the Internet in the classroom in a variety of ways |
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Using the Internet in your Classroom |
Information on how and
why to use the Internet in your classroom |
