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Serra Catholic School Search Engines & Web Portals |
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Serra Catholic School Search Engines & Web Portals |
Indicates designed for kids For an excellent description of, and reference on how to use search engines, start with Classsroom Connect |
All the
web Super-duper general purpose search engine. Bested all others in 12/99 speed
and page return tests
Ask Jeeves A search engine
allowing you to type in your question (Where can I find clipart for this page?)
Ask Jeeves For Kids Ask Jeeves' kid-friendly version,
wonderful in the classroom
Copernic Using its own downloadable software
Copernic will scan up to 32 search engines. Page returns are noted for their high level of
relevancy rather than on sheer volume
Excite An all-purpose search engine
Ditto Engine devoted to searching for images of
people or things
Dogpile Puts your query through eleven search
engines
Education World A database of 120,000+ sites: très
cool
Google Ranks web pages based on popularity, based on
the number of links a web page has to other pages, and vice versa. Also supports searches
in ten languages (French, German,
Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish).
Lycos A well-regarded engine for general
purposes: uses Direct Hit technology, which ranks pages by the
numberof poeple who have browsed a particular site for more than just a few seconds
OneKey A closed search engine for kids that requires web sites to
meet an editorial policy. Updated weekly.
Webcrawler One of the first popular search
engines, now owned by Exite
Webcrawler Kids and Family Channel A directory for everyone, with
topical features
Yahoo Yeah, everyone knows Yahoo. But what
does it stand for? Yet Another
Hierarchieral Officious Oracle.
Yahooligans Yahoo's search engine for kids
AOL at School A great place for any student or teacher. Great links to start a research project or find find a lesson plan
AskA+Locator The Virtual Reference Desk AskA+ Locator provides resources and links to experts that offer answers to questions that students might have. "The following is a list of all the sites organized by their subject matter. The list is in alphabetical order of subject, and then title name. There may be more than one site with the same name listed, but each link leads to an individual resource." This is an excellent way for schools to allow and promote collaboration beyond the school site.
Bigchalk.com Offers information on such topics as study skills and home learning as well as links to numerous tutorials.
Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library "Blue Web'n is a searchable database of outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools)."
DiscoverySchool Discovery Channel's Homework Helper. Great resource for Social Studies, Science, english and Math homework.
EduScapes A site for life-long learners.
KidsClick! A database of sites assembled and maintained by librarians throughout the country
Internet Public Library "From the University of Michigan, the first virtual library on the Web. Very well-organized graphical interface makes this an enjoyable site to link into."
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators "This is a highly acclaimed, well organized and categorized list of sites on the Internet. According to Schrock, "It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites."
Librarians' Index to the Internet "From U.C. Berkeley, an excellent organization of links to Internet resources, prepared especially for use by librarians."
Library of Congress Web "The entry point to the Library of Congress, our nation's leading library. Lots of full-text and graphical resources, exhibits, and of course, databases."
Lightspan A range of resources on collaborative learning projects and interesting Internet projects for families.
My Virtual Reference Desk "Vast and well organized sets of reference resources on the Web Includes selective search engines, plus sections for print and broadcast news, lots of quick reference sources, as well as links to many standard reference sources."
Refdesk is a compilation of a variety of reference links, including almanacs, an encyclopedia, dictionaries, sources for news, weather, sports, and much, much more, including address and phone reverse look-ups. Interesting facts, photo-of-the-day, even daily crosswords and trivia are also part of the nearly overwhelming collection. The categories are too numerous to mention so come see for yourself. You'll certainly want to bookmark this site for easy access to the "single best source for facts on the Net!"The Scout Report "The Scout Report is the flagship publication of the Internet Scout Project. Published every Friday both on the web and by email, it provides a fast, convenient way to stay informed of valuable resources on the Internet. Our team of professional librarians and subject matter experts select, research, and annotate each resource."
Web Gateways The Web Gateways Page From the Chico High School Library
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