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Search Tools
Kid Friendly Sites | Directories | Search Engines | Specialized Searches | Evaluating Search Engines
CobblestoneOnline
Archives- index to the full text of Faces, Cobblestones, Calliope
etc.
See Mrs. Stellitano or Mrs. Corvello for username and password.
Kid Friendly Sites
Most of these sites are directories (lists of sites,
chosen by professionals).
They are generally safe and reliable sites for students to locate
information.
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Electronic Zoo- many connections to animals
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One Key the Kid Safe Search Engine
Search Edu.com Dictionaries, Thesauri, Calculators, Conversions etc.
Visual Thesaurus fun interactive way to find the word you want
Word Central --Merriam Webster's Dictionary
Kid Friendly Directories
Lists of hand picked links arranged by subject.
ALA Great Sites for Kids
Awesome Library
Information Please
Kid's Click!Web Search for Kids by Librarians
Kid's Space @ The Internet Public Library
Yahooligans
- Academic Info
- BUBL Link
- Cyber Dewey topics organized by Dewey numbers
- Desk Ref: Sources for Quick Answers
- Digital
Librarian
Earth Station 9
Infomine scholarly internet resource collection from the University of California - Internet Public Library
- The Librarian's Index to the Internet
- NYTimes Navigator a selective guide to the Internet
- Open Directory Project
- Refdesk
- Virtual Library
- Multnomah County Library Homework Center
- LibrarySpot slow to load
Search Engines
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AllTheweb
Altavista
Answers.com
Ask Jeeves
ez2find
Fossick
Google
Incy Wincy the invisible web search engine
Teoma
Yahoo
Clustering Search Engines
These search engines organize information into categories.
Kartoo
Grokker
a different kind of search engine
Metasearch Engines
Use several search engines at once.
Dogpile
Fazzle
Info.com
Ixquick
Killerinfo
Metacrawler
Profusion
Vivisimo
results organized by subtopic
Webcrawler
The Invisible Web
Google does not find everything!
CalPhotos-
database of digital images
Deep Web
Incy
Wincy the invisible web search engine
Invisible Web Directory
The Invisible Web!
a directory of resources which
are not available with standard search engines
National Archives
Research Page
Portals
to the World- Library of Congress
The Perseus Project-
Ancient Greece and Rome
What
is the Deep Web?
What
is the Invisible Web?
Specialized Searches
United States Government Sites
Reference Sites
Biographical Databases
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American Authors on the Web database of American authors from the 16th century to the 1950's
Return
to the top
Other Specific Searches
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About.com Quotations find quotations
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Find Articles full text index to 300 journals from 1998 to the present.
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iTools tools for finding information on the Internet
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KnowPlay-- rhyming dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, etc. ready to use.
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Lewis and Clark - celebrate the 200th anniversary of their journey!
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All about State Quarters at the United States Mint
Evaluating Search Engines
Not sure about a site? Use Yahoo to see what other sites
it is linked to.
type link: webaddress into the search bar
- Search Engine Watch search engines in the news
- WebSearch Strategies
- The Spider's Apprentice - a helpful guide to search engines
- Seach Engine Showdown comparison of popular search engines.
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