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Various Search Engines & Resources

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1Up Info
www.1upinfo.com/
"A hub of good reference information containing outstanding database of articles and reference materials. Students, teachers, and researchers can depend on it for information that is authoritative and up-to-date."
All Search Engines
www.allsearchengines.com
Handy list of all search engines by topic.
AllPages
www.allpages.com
Information is divided into categoriesl. Very interesting site and one to check out!
AllRefer
www.allrefer.com/
AllRefer.com has extensive information from trusted sources on over 150,000 articles from a brief encyclopedia, gazetteer, and health encyclopedia. Major topics covered include earth & environment, history, literature & arts, health & medicine, people, philosophy & religion, places, plants & animals, science & technology, social science, law, sports, everyday life, and more.
AllTheSites
www.allthesites.com
Another search engine employing Fast Search & Transfer technology.
AltaVista
www.altavista.com
AltaVista is consistently one of the largest search engines on the web, in terms of pages indexed. Its comprehensive coverage and wide range of power searching commands makes it a particular favorite among researchers.
Ameristat 
www.ameristat.org
AmeriStat gives you instant summaries — in graphics and text — of the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population
Andilinks
www.andilinks.com
Andilinks' mission is to identify products and sites that yield the best information fastest and for the least effort and cost. Very interesting site. Take some time out and browse around. Andi excludes pornography and checks sites every 10 days to make sure they are still active.
Ask is a human-powered metasearch service that aims to direct you to the exact page that answers your question.
Ask Jeeves For Kids
www.ajkids.com
Children can enter search terms question format. Also filters results.eyes graphic
Awesome Library Search
www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html
Excellent search engine separated into different portals for children, teachers, teens, parents, librarians, or college students.eyes graphic
Best Education Sites Search Engine
www.education-world.com
Searches for Education-related sites only from its database.
CompletePlanet
www.completeplanet.com
The complete source for searchable databases and specialty engines.
CyberSleuthKids
cybersleuth-kids.com/
This site for K-12 students holds an ever growing collection of educational links, from a wide variety of categories. Each link is pre-screened and is designed to help users access pertinent information on the web. eyes graphic
Daypop
www.daypop.com
Search 59000 News Sites, Weblogs and RSS feeds for Current Events and Breaking News

Diddabdoo
www.dibdabdoo.com/

Billed as an ad free, non-commercial directory of web sites designed for child-safe searching. eyes graphic
Ditto
http://www.ditto.com
Search for pictures/photographs only.
Dogpile
www.dogpile.com
A metasearch engine.
This site offers a searchable subject index of information related to earthquakes.

Animated arrowEducation Atlas
www.educationatlas.com

Education Atlas offers a comprehensive directory of Child Education, K-12, Higher Education, Special Education, and Adult Education resources.
Electronic Journals Resource Directory
library.usask.ca/~scottp/links
A specialized search engine for electronic journals.
Fact Monster
www.factmonster.com

Reference provider Information Please produces this site which provides facts and information oriented around the needs of children. eyes graphic

Fast Search
www.alltheweb.com
Fast Search & Transfer claims to have the world's biggest and fastest search engine; 300 million web pages searched in under one half second with highly relevant results. (We tried it and it really is FAST!)
Fed Forms
http://www.fedforms.gov/
Fed Forms provides "one-stop downloading" for federal forms. Direct searching cam be found at www.fedforms.gov/form_search.cfm
FirstGov for Kids
www.kids.gov/
FirstGov for Kids is the U.S. government's interagency children's portal, gathering the substantial number of federal children's sites in a subject group arrangement, with such popular categories as plants and animals, health, space, and careers. eyes graphic
FirstGov 
www.firstgov.gov
Your first stop for any federal government information.
Free CAD
www.freecad.com/
The one site for all free CAD, CAM and CAE programs
Google
www.google.com
Google is a search engine that makes heavy use of link popularity as a primary way to rank web sites.
Guide to NYS State and Local Government Sites
www.statelocalgov.net/ny.htm
Shortcut to various state and local goverment sites.
Hardin MetaDirectory
www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html
This search engine lists internet health sources and a selected list of free-to-all full-text general medical journals.
High School Hub
highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
High School Hub offers free online learning materials for high school students, gathering quizzes, lessons and reviews. eyes graphic
HotBot
www.hotbot.com
You can count on getting relevant returns because of its easy and powerful search features and its effective blending of Web, popularity and directory results.
How Far Is It?
www.indo.com/distance/
Enter two cities--ANY TWO CITIES--and this site returns 1) the distance between the cities, as the crow flies; 2) the direction you need to go to head from the first city to the second (again, as the crow flies); and--because you're NOT a crow (although over the Internet, nobody really knows for sure)--3) maps and driving directions!
Kartoo
www.kartoo.com
It's a meta search engine that displays results on a map in the form of a ball. The larger the ball, the more relevant the result. As you mouseover each result, site descriptions are revealed.
Kids Click
sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Websearch for kids by librarians. eyes graphic
Kids Directory
search.netnanny.com/p/page?sb=faq_kids
&pi=nnh1&ch=kids
The Kids directory, from Net Nanny, is a huge list of fun and interesting web sites that you can visit. We have put them all in one place for you to explore. eyes graphic
Kids' Search Portal
mciu.org/~spjvweb/kidsearch.html
Lots of links to search sites just for kids! eyes graphic
Kids Search Tools
www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Kid's Search Tools is a useful specialized search engine guide for children, particularly ages 7 through 12. It contains 17 search engines in 4 subject categories. eyes graphic
Knowledge Hound
khound.com
Find information on how to do things.

Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/

So much information here that it's frightening!
Linkopedia
www.linkopedia.com/kids.html
A list of Web-sites suitable for children 3 to 10. All links have been reviewed and are considered kid safe sites.  eyes graphic
Lycos Pictures and Sounds
www.lycos.com/picturethis/
The Lycos multimedia search service.
Lycos
www.lycos.com
Lycos started out as a search engine, depending on listings that came from spidering the web. In April 1999, it shifted to a directory model similar to Yahoo. Its main listings come from the Open Directory project, and then secondary results come from spidering the web.
Metacrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com
Go2Net took over exclusive operation of the award-winning MetaCrawler from Netbot, Inc. in February, 1997
Metor  
www.metor.com
Metor is a metasearch tool which submits your query to several search engines at the same time and combines the results. In addition to its general search function, Metor gives you access to databases that most search engines don't offer. Metor is now receiving acclaim as one of the best search tools on the Web.

Multnomah County Library Homework Center
www.multcolib.org/homework/

Multnomah County Library Homework Center is an Internet subject directory designed to address the needs of K-12 curriculum. eyes graphic
Musicplasma
www.musicplasma.com
Musicplasma is a visual search engine that allows to find music tracks and authors according to the musical genre they belong to. Through the basic application of some essential information design techniques Musciplasma shows once again how powerful information visualization can be in the realm of search applications.
MyWay
home.myway.com/
My Way has partnered with the Internet's leading search providers - Google, AltaVista, Ask Jeeves, LookSmart and AlltheWeb - to feature the world's best search engine along with our full portal offering...all without banners, pop-ups, video ads, direct marketing and privacy concerns.
NationMaster
www.nationmaster.com/
Interactive country comparisons.
New York State Virtual Learning Space
usny.nysed.gov/vls.html
Links to a number of existing sites that contain learning experiences, test preparation assistance, student activities, opportunities for professional development, and communications and data analysis tools.
PDA Search Engine
www.pda-search.net/
This is a search engine for information related to PDA's.
Photo and Media Finder
image.altavista.com/cgi-bin/avncgi
Impressive service that lets you find photos, images, audio and video clips from all over the web. Search results feature thumbnails of images found.
Profusion  
www.profusion.com
Search over 1000 information sources, including the "Invisible Web" at this beta site from Intelliseek.
Profusion  (formerly Invisible Web)
www.profusion.com/
The Profusion is a directory of over 10,000 databases, archives, and search engines that contain information that traditional search engines have been unable to access.
School Libraries on The Web 
www.sldirectory.com/
This is a list of library web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in the United States and in countries.
Search Beat
www.search-beat.com
For each THEME covered, there is an integrated web page for browsing with web links listed by category.
Search Engine Colossus
www.searchenginecolossus.com/
It's a meta-index of search engines broken out by country.
Search Engine Guide
www.searchengineguide.com
A guide to search engines, portals, and directories. There are 2651 search engines for you to choose from! They are listed by topic.
Strange and Unusual Dictionaries 
blueray.com/dictionary/index.html
Available on this site are the White Queen's Dictionary of One- Letter Words (over 700 entries), the Dictionary of All- Consonant Words, and the Dictionary of All-Vowel Words.
Teach-nology.com
www.teach-nology.com/

Directory of web sites for teachers and educators.

TekMom  
www.tekmom.com/search/
TekMom is a specialized search engine guide for students, from elementary school through high school. It contains 26 well-chosen search engines organized into 9 subject categories. Its simple, uncluttered design is understandable to children. eyes graphic
Teoma
www.teoma.com
New search engine that gives you 3 types of resuts: Search, Refine, Resources. Clean and fast interface.
Turbo 10
turbo10.com/
Here's another search engine that operates differently than your average engine. The search engine works to crawl the deep 'Net - places Yahoo! and Google don't cover.
Virtual Resources Learning Center 
www.virtuallrc.com/
This site has about 6,000 learning resources divided up into categories from the American Civil War to Writing Style Guides.
Virtual Technical Reports Center
www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/ENGIN/TechReports
 /Virtual-TechReports.html
This is a meta-index of web sites that contain full-text or extended abstracts of technical reports. All the links are on one page in fast-loading, alphabetical order.
Visible Earth 
visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Visible Earth is a free site from NASA that is a searchable, Yahoo-like directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth. If you are interested in learning more about Earth's biosphere, cryosphere, or any other type of sphere, you are going to LOVE this site.
Web Places
www.webplaces.com
Links to hundreds of search engines, including specialized ones.
WebCrawler
www.webcrawler.com
WebCrawler has the smallest index of any major search engine on the web -- think of it as Excite Lite. The small index means WebCrawler is not the place to go when seeking obscure or unusual material.
WorldConnect 
worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
Ancestry.com and RootsWeb.com have combined their family tree databases to create one large database of family trees -- over 160 million names at this point, with an expected count of 250 million names by the end of 2002.
Yahoo Search
www.yahoo.com
Its excellent categorization and organization makes it the place to go when your searching strategy is to drill down through a directory.
Yahooligans for Children
www.yahooligans.com
Search engine from Yahoo that filters sites for children. eyes graphic
Zip2
www.zip2.com

AltaVista/Zip2 provides a local portal services to get you locally relevant results.

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