Use the Right Search Engine
Use the Right Search Engine
Bellingham Public Schools
Site |
URL |
Description |
Most
Recommended Search Engines: Fast, Accurate,
Relevant Results |
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| http://google.com/ | Highest quality, most accurate sites. Hits are based on the number of links to sites from other web sites. Default is AND; use " " for phrases. | |
| All the Web | http://www.alltheweb.com/ | Rivals Google for relevancy and comprehensive web coverage. Includes tabs to search for news, pictures, video and audio. |
Search
& Meta Search Engines That Refine Your Search |
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| Alta Vista | http://www.altavista.com/ | Web crawler to choose after Google and All the Web. Improved for ease of use. Good image and news searches. |
| Ask.com | Search technology responds to questions, phrases, or single word searches | |
| Ixquick | www.ixquick.com | Searches 14 popular engines. Brings "top 10" from each search engine and aggregates results. |
Metasearch
Engines That Cluster Results |
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| Vivísimo | http://vivisimo.com/ | Organizes results from other search tools in clusters with many ways to search. Simple to use for good results. Fast becoming a competitor to Google. |
| Metacrawler | http://www.metacrawler.com/ | Searches several other engines. Allows you to select results listed separately by search engine. "Exact Phrase" check box--useful for detecting student plagiarism. |
| Webcrawler | http://www.webcrawler.com/ | Features similar to Metacrawler. Posts sites without duplication. |
| Dogpile | www.dogpile.com | Features and results very similar to Metacrawler. |
Best
Search Engines for Kids |
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| Yahooligans! | http://www.yahooligans.com/ | Consistent offerings for kids. Many links are outdated. Good outweighs the bad. Simple search feature, but no instructions. |
| Ask for Kids | http://www.askforkids.com/ | Incorporates natural language searching. Quality sites. |
| KidsClick! | http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ KidsClick!/ |
Web search for kids by librarians. More categories than Yahooligans. Browse options for subjects, simple search box. Advanced search options with good instructions. |
| KidSpace @ IPL | Kids' division of the Internet Public Library. Many useful and inviting subject categories with annotated links to sites. | |
| OneKey | http://www.onekey.com | Claims to have the largest database of kidsafe sites. Filters out all sites that do not meet network TV standards. |
Locate
Site Published on a Specific Date, Using Advanced Feature |
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| Ask.com | Can narrow to a specific date range when a page was modified. | |
| Metacrawler | http://www.metacrawler.com/ | Can narrow to a specific date range when a page was updated. |
| HotBot | http://www.hotbot.com/ | Can narrow to after or before a specific date |
Find
Foreign Language Sites |
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| Ixquick | www.ixquick.com | Has a language feature to search non-English sites |
| Ithaki | http://www.ithaki.net/indexu.htm | Has an international focus and searches 14 different languages. |
Academic, Scholarly & Other Subject Directories |
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| Librarians' Internet Index | http://lii.org/ | Highest quality sites selected and annotated by professional librarians. |
| Internet Public Library | http://www.ipl.org/ | An organization started at the University of Michigan to study library connections with the world wide web. Includes subject collections with links to browse and a search function. |
| WWW Virtual Library | http://conbio.net/vl/database/ | A catalog of subject pages with links to high quality sites. Contributions compiled by volunteer experts in their fields. |
| Best Information on the Net | http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/ | An A-Z list of subjects with links to quality resources, compiled by St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. |
| InfoMine | http:/.infomine.ucr.edu/ | Academic search engine, focusing on scholarly databases that the general web search engines miss. |
| Academic Info | http://www.academicinfo.net/ | College and research level information and test preparation resources |
| Yahoo! | http://www.yahoo.com | A directory with sites submitted by users. Especially useful for popular and commercial topics. |
Best
for Cities, Companies or Sports Teams, Travel |
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| MSN Search | http://www.msnsearch.com | Select a search topic and see a list of sites editors consider most relevant to topic. Emphasis on consumer information |
| Excite | http://www.excite.com/ | Prioritizes search results results for: maps & weather, city info, company news & info, sports schedules, stats & scores |
People |
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| Bigfoot | Addresses and phone numbers, as well as email | |
| InfoSpace | http://www.infospace.com/ | Has global telephone and address search and a Reverse Telephone lookup feature: Yellow and white pages. |
| MESA | Searches 7 Web email directories in parallel, then organizes results by name. | |
| Genealogy.com | http://www.genealogy.com/ index_r.html |
Information about family and ancestors. Enter a name. If found, you can download the entire family tree. |
| Biographical Dictionary | http://www.s9.com/Browse | Biographies of more than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world - ancient times to present. |
Clip
Art, Photos, Images, Multimedia |
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| Web Clip Art on About.com | http://webclipart.about.com/ | Most comprehensive links to clip art. Many advertisements and pop-ups |
| Google Image Search | Finds photos and graphics from all over the web | |
News
& Late-Breaking Information |
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| Yahoo! News | Updates continuously from newswires; full coverage of "hot topics" | |
| Go.com | http://www.go.com | News from ABC and ESPN; also entertainment, recreation, leisure and lifestyle |
Education
Specific Subject Directories |
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| EduHound | http://www.eduhound.com/ | Specialized educational directory with resource links for teachers, students and parents. Helps teachers use the Internet as a classroom tool |
| The Educator's Reference Desk | http://www.eduref.org | Access to educational research, theory and practice |
| Education World | Searches educational web sites to find lesson plans and research materials | |
Searching
the "Invisible Web" |
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| The Invisible Web Directory | http://invisibleweb.net/ | Claims to be the largest collection of searchable databases on the Web |
| Complete Planet | http://www.completeplanet.com | Access to the "Deep Web"--searchable databases not found using typical search tools |
| Beaucoup! | http://www.beaucoup.com | Searches 10 engines; broad array of topics; links to lesser known databases. |
Newsgroups
(a.k.a.Usenet) |
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| Google Groups | http://groups.google.com | Specialized database just for searching Newsgroups. Large subject-indexed archive of discussion groups, searchable. |
Tutorial |
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| U.C. Berkeley | Teaching Library Internet Workshops | |
Eileen Andersen and Vicki Schaeffer; revised by Mary Rausch, 8-18-06. Information on these pages collected and summarized from: Jennifer Laycock at About.Com; Debbie Abilock at Nueva School; Joe Barker at UC Berkeley; Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineWatch.com
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