Search Engines and more

Search Engines
Here you will find tutorials, online lessons on how to be a more effective searcher
and a listing of some of the top search engines available to students and educators.

Learning about Search Strategies for Grades 3-9 http://www.worldsofsearching.org/ An excellent comprehensive tutorial on how to search, the logic behind different search engines and tips on how to effectively search the web. Extremely child friendly text with online exercises.	Boolean http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/ Confused not sure how to use this strategy look no further here is your answer. This is an excellent virtual tutorial on learning on how to use the AND, NOT and OR Boolean search techniques
Internet for Kids: Search Tips http://www.internet4kids.com/search.htm Find out the best way to start a search and find almost anything on the Web. Research Launch Pad http://www.researchlaunchpad.com/ This site acts a a launch pad to resources for any research project, lots of great suggestions and ideas. An excellent place to visit for any research project.	The World of Search: Learn the tricks of searching on the web with this comprehensive set of resources and lessons. Geared for students, this site does an excellent job of explaining through interactive examples effective ways to search. http://www.rcls.org/wows/
The Search Engine for Little Kids called Little Explorers http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Dictionary.html Click on a letter of the alphabet and connect to, not one, but many pictures of words with that letter and hot links to web sites about that word.	The Search Engine of Librarians for Kids http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick! Excellent, comprehensive and provides reading levels for kids and teachers of the sites.
Kids Net out of Australia http://www.kids.net.au/ Kids.net.au is a non profit search engine just for kids, which is operated by volunteers. Searching sites that are fun, educational, and child safe.	Awesome Library - 18,000 carefully reviewed resources. http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com/ First searches a database of selected sites arranged as questions; then conducts a parallel search of encyclopedias, Yahooligans and Education World.	Yahooligans Search Engines http://www.yahooligans.com/ An excellent search engine with a nice set of kids activities and information.
Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/ The Ultimate Reference link on the web.	Education World http://www.education-world.com/ Search a database of over 500,000 education-related URLs
Cybersleuth http://cybersleuth-kids.com/ A search engine for Grade k-12	Google http://google.com A very powerful and effective search engine without lots of banners , ads and other annoying stuff. Excellent hit rate.
Non BBC Web guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/webguide/ Is the BBC's extensive compilation of carefully selected annotated listings of useful non-BBC Websites. The entire collection may be searched by keyword, or users may browse by category	Yahoo.com http://yahoo.com The big directory search engine, actually a full web portal with all kinds of bells and whistles- excellent free e-mail service
ithaki.net http://www.ithaki.net/kids/ Is a powerful and innovative metasearch engine. It searches in other search engines simultaneously, removes the duplicates, ranks the results and shows them in one page!. Ithaki 4 Kids also let you find MP3s and images	Vivísimo http://vivisimo.com/ Vivísimo a new search engine with a new interface the way information and results are displayed. Organized search results with document clustering. Excellent alternative.
Picture Search Engine http://gallery.yahoo.com/ Looking for a picture for a project check this site out. Lots of cool pictures for you to use. Amazing Picture Machine http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm This site as a good collection of pictures and photographs available for public use.	Internet Public Library Youth Division http://www.ipl.org/youth/ The Internet Public Library has created an Internet guide for kids. Sections include: Reference ; Our World ; USA ; Reading Zone ; Art, Music and Museums ; Math Whiz ; Science Net ; Health & Nutrition ; Sports & Recreation ; Fun Stuff ; Dewey Catalog ; Ask A Question.
Web Feet With Web feet you can search by grade level--in the search box, you put g2 (for grade 2) and then your topic--for example insects. It then comes up with a list of appropriate sites. http://www.webfeetguides.com/wfonline/rhfwfk12.htm This requires a subscription-great school licenses available	Specialized Search Engines and Directories http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/specialized.html There are approximately zillions of specialized search engines out there, as can be seen at Search Engine Guide. The list below is a selective subset of these, chosen because they might help you find materials useful as resources in a WebQuest
Michael's Internet Finding Tips http://www.botos.com/train/searchit3a.html Michael Botos, a Connected University guide, has prepared this page with handy search tips. This is a fun, student-friendly page of hints for getting the most out of the Web.	Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com One of the most complete sites for search engine information. This site includes news, tips, and other helpful information. This is geared more to upper elementary school students.
Search Engine for School Webmasters http://northernwebs.com/set/ The Search Engine Tutorial for Web Designers explains how to design your Web site with the search engines in mind, and why it is necessary to do so.	Searching the Internet: Recommended Sites and Search Techniques http://library.albany.edu/internet/search.html This site explores the unique search capabilities of different search engines to help you search the Web with more efficiency.