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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 |
|
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 |