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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." |
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All the Web |
Powered by Yahoo, offers web search , news, audio, video, audio search,
content filter |
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All My Faves |
A visual
directory of the best sites on the Internet |
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Alta Vista |
Search engine with, multilingual, audio, video, and image search
capabilities |
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Ask Vox |
Search engine with a talking interface |
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Bing |
A search
engine that finds and organizes the answers you need so you can make
faster, more informed decisions. |
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Digg |
Community-based news article popularity website. News stories and
websites are submitted by users, and then promoted to the front page
through a user-based ranking system. |
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Gigablast, |
Founded 2000, advanced
search features, topic generation, alternate between web search and
subject directory search |
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Google |
One
of the most popular search engines on the Internet, search for audio,
images, maps, news and much more |
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Sputtik |
Organizes and
selects the best resources and applications on the web |
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Tagedu |
Find educational resources and sites with a simple tagging system |
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UJIKO |
Results
presented in a central circle as well as in rows surrounding the circle.
The setup allows you to drill down into the categories in the circle or
click on actual results on either side, which can be marked as
favorites. |
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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. |
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Carrot |
Searches and organizes into themes and categories |
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Clusty |
Meta Search Engine sorts results into topic clusters searches Vivismo |
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Dogpile |
Meta Search Engine, searches Google, Ask, Yahoo, Live Search |
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Jux 2 |
Results from major search engines Google, Yahoo and Ask.com |
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Kartoo |
Search produces visual pictures of a tag cloud |
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Mamma |
One of the oldest meta search engines on the web. Mamma searches against
a variety of major crawlers, directories and specialty search sites |
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Pandia |
Pandia
Powersearch is our all-in-one list of search engines and directories.
Search the Web using the search form above, or select one of the
categories below to find the best Internet search tools. |
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Surfwax |
SurfWax gives you the option to grab results from multiple search
engines at the same time |
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SchoolR |
A handy search engine, on one page its has a Google Search, a dictionary
and thesaurus, a citation builder, a translator, and a unit converter |
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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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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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Awesome Library Database |
Carefully reviewed resources, including 5%
education |
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Open Directory |
Lists scholarly and popular websites |
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Google Directory |
A web
organized by topic into categories |
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About.com |
Directory with a twist. Each topic area has an assigned "Guide"
responsible for writing articles and organizing links on the topic |
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Internet Public Library |
Scholarly Research |
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Librarian's' Index to the Internet |
Librarian selected
Internet resources |
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MSN Directory |
View subject directory by alphabet or category |
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Yahoo, |
The largest subject directory on the Internet and is an excellent site
for finding topics that appeal to the general public. |
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Student Search Engines
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AOL School |
Filtered Web search for kids by educators |
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Ask for Kids |
Filtered Web search engine for kids |
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Boolify |
Designed for elementary middle school students a good search engine for
teaching basic search strategies |
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Cyber Sleuth |
Filtered Web search engine for kids |
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Dibdabdoo |
Interesting, original content about all aspects of family life Ad free,
non-commercial directory of web sites designed for child-safe searching |
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Kids Click |
Filtered Web search for kids by librarians |
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Fact Monster |
Almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary and homework helper |
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Ivy's Search Engines for Kids |
A collection of search engines, web guides and specialized search
engines (animals, web cams, coloring sheets and more) for students |
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Kid Grid |
Meta search engine for kids |
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Kids Search Tools |
A variety of searches for students |
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One Key |
Filtered Web search engine for kids |
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Quintara for Kids |
Filtered Web search engine for kids |
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School R |
Search tools for students |
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Searchquarium |
Education search engines for grade levels, subject areas, and
instructional technology topics |
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Sort Fix |
A friendly search engine for basic users |
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Super Kids |
Directory useful resources
suitable for children |
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Tech Mom |
Search tools for students |
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Answers. COM |
Provides
access to fast facts and other information from over 100 reference
sources |
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Ask an Expert |
Get connected to real world experts, ranging from astronauts to
zookeepers. |
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Answers.Com |
Find answers
to your questions |
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eHow |
Clear
instructions on how to do (just about) everything |
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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 |
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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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Databases for Teachers |
Databases by subject |
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Eric |
U.S. Department of Education, database of journal and non-journal education
literature. |
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Fast Check Edit |
FactCheckEd.org is an educational resource for high school teachers and
students. It’s designed to help students learn to cut through the fog
of misinformation and deception that surrounds the many messages they’re
bombarded with every day. |
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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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Lexpedia |
Helping show
relationships between words as a visual thesaurus |
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LSR7 Library Media Services |
Links to several good research
resources including Electric Library |
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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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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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Table of Directories |
A listing of
directories |
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Weather.com |
Weather
search engine |
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Web MD |
Health and medical information |
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Wiki Quote |
Search for a quote that you
remember, but do not have reference to |
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Ask Bruce |
Get answers to your Internet
questions |
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Favorites Explorer 7.0 |
Backing up and restoring
Internet Explorer Favorites |
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Internet Tutorials |
Explanation of how
the World Wide Web works |
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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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Getting your Topic Ready for Research |
Handy form which helps to
narrow topic for researching the Internet |
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Learn
the Net |
A website dedicated to
helping you learn the Internet |
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Seven
Habits of Highly Effective Searchers |
Know what you are looking for before you begin so that you will
recognize it when you find it |
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Spider's Apprentice |
Learn how to use
search engines |
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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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Top Free Web Directories |
List of the top free web directories |
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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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Web Basics Tutorial |
Self paced instructional tool
to help users become acquainted with the web |
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Who
Links to Me |
Identify pages linked to webpages |
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Wild Web Woods |
Connect to
and learn about the Web (interactive) |
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21st Century
Information Challenge |
Practice search of the Internet |
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Bibliography Makers |
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Bib Me |
Auto-fills citations for you
- MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian. |
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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 that can be used to
teach website evaluation, be sure to review the sites before sending
kids to these websites |
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Left-Handed Whopper, 1998
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A false site |
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Bonzobox |
Social bookmarking site,
store, share, and search bookmarks |
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Delicious |
Social bookmarking site,
store, share, and search bookmarks |
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Diigo |
Social bookmarking site,
store, share, and search bookmarks |
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Portaportal |
Social bookmarking site,
store, share, and search bookmarks |
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Sitemark |
View
thumbnail images of bookmarked Web sites |
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Zurpy |
Social bookmarking site,
store, share, and search bookmarks |
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Atomic Learning |
1-2 minute computer software
tutorials on over 100 different applications |
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Discovery |
Streaming video and
teaching resource (District resource) |
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Ebsco Host |
Research database
for students, includes kids search |
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Electric Library |
Research
database for teens and adults |
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InfoTrac |
Student
resource center kid infobits |
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Safari |
Streaming video and
teaching resource (District resource) |
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Worldbook Online
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Encyclopedia
includes Kids Worldbook |
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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 |
What to
consider when evaluating a 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 which includes a close up on several search
engines such as Google, Alta Vista, Yahoo! |
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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; good for use with students |
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Internet Tutorials |
Suggestions for which
search engine is best to use |
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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 that may not turn up when you do a
general search of the Web using AltaVista, Yahoo, and other search
engines and directories |
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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 |
