Search Engines

 

Getting Starting on the Internet, Searching the Web is Easy http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr028.shtml 

General Subject Directories
 use folders divided up by humans

Yahoo! www.yahoo.com
About.com http://about.com
Complete Planet http://www.completeplanet.com
Galaxy Directory http://www.galaxy.com
IWon http://www.iwon.com

Search Engines
 use keywords / search against a fixed database / good for locating a specific PIECE of information

Google http://www.google.com
AltaVista Search http://www.altavista.com
Educator's Reference Desk: Resource Guides http://www.eduref.org/ 
Excite http://www.excite.com
Go http://www.go.com
Lycos Search http://www.lycos.com
MSN Search http://search.msn.com
Ref Desk http://www.refdesk.com/ 
Vivisimo
* clustering helps eliminate the garbage
http://www.vivisimo.com
Web Crawler http://www.webcrawler.com
Meta Search Engines
searches multiple search engines at one time
DogPile http://www.dogpile.com
c4 http://www.c4.com
DipBox http://www.dipbox.com
Ixquick http://www.ixquick.com
MAMMA the Mother of all Search Engines http://www.mamma.com
MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com
Planet Search http://www.planetsearch.com
SurfWax http://www.surfwax.com
Search Tools for Kids
AskJeeves Kids http://www.ajkids.com
Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.com
Berit's Best http://www.beritsbest.com
Kids Search Tools http://www.rcls.org.ksearch.htm
KidsClick http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
TekMom's Search Tools for Students http://www.tekmom.com/search/index.html 
Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com

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