 ALTA
VISTA |
Great
tool for locating images and other multimedia elements |
| ASK JEEVES |
Best
when you're beginning research on a large topic. Good way of
locating a few good sites. |
| ASK JEEVES
for SCHOOLS |
Best
either for locating a quick answer to a common question or as
a first step in exploring a fairly broad topic.
Recommended: Grades 2-9 Kid Friendly! |
| DITTO.COM |
Great
tool for locating images.
Recommended: Grades 3-12 Kid Friendly! |
| GOOGLE |
A
great search engine with lots of helpful options. Highly recommended. |
| HOTBOT |
Powerful,
easy-to-use menus, clean interface, and effective search routines.
From LYCOS |
| KIDS
CLICK! |
A
resource "for kids by librarians," with a collection
of sites chosen by professional librarians who sign up to be
reviewers.
Recommended: Grades K-6 Kid Friendly! |
| LITTLE
EXPLORERS |
A
picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully
chosen child-friendly sites around the world. The pictures are
links, helpful for early readers.
Recommended: Grades K-6 Kid Friendly! |
| METACRAWLER |
A
multi-threaded web search that searches many of these other search
engines. |
| VIVISIMO |
A
meta-search tool that searches sites like Google, Yahoo!, and
AltaVista and compiles the results in a useful fashion. Vivisimo
uses a clustering algorithm that detects patterns in the results
and then groups them in folders of like topics. |
| YAHOO! |
A
very good subject-based search engine. Well known for its extensive
directory. |
| YAHOOLIGANS |
A
modified version of the extensive Yahoo! directory, with sites
selected especially for younger users.
Recommended: Grades 3-7 Kid Friendly! |
