Search Engines
All the Web, All the Time
A directory containing over 600 million full-text documents, with a multibillion catalog planned in the near future.
AltaVista
Provides both basic and advanced searching of over 250 million Web pages as well as Usenet newsgroup messages.
Ask Jeeves
Frame your search query in the form of a question. Search results point to likely Web pages that will answer the question posed. You can also post questions to visitors to the site and answer the questions of others.
Complete Planet
A "Deep Web" search engine that provides access to more than 40,000 search sites organized into more than 4,000 subject headings including databases inaccessible to other search engines.
Teoma
A “popularity engine” that gives results based upon what other Web users have chosen on previous searches for the same terms.
Dogpile
Meta-search engine that simultaneous searches the major search tools, Usenet services, FTP sites, and more.
Google
A fast and sophisticated search engine typically offering a higher precentage of relevant results. My favorite search tool.
HotBot
Search engine with an easy-to-use interface and over 110 million Web pages in its database.
Mamma
This meta-search engine, dubbed the “Mother of All Search Engines,” analyzes queries posed in the form of questions and then formats the words and syntax for each of the major search engines it probes.
Metacrawler
Meta-search engine with search results returned in a "voted" order and then as a single list with duplicates eliminated.
Vivísimo
Uses "document clustering" to organize search results.
Educational Search Sites
Ask Jeeves Kids
This search engine allows kids to look for information on the Web by asking questions. All sites in its database have been reviewed by content editors and are considered “G-rated.”
Awesome Library
Directory for K-12 education with over 16,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
Blue Web'N
A searchable database of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type. Browse the index by content, subject area, or grade level.
FirstGov for Kids
This is the U.S. Government’s Gateway to the Web for kids and includes links to federally-sponsored kid-friendly sites along with various kids' sites from other organizations.
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
Links to over 1600 education-related resources.
Kids Click!
Directory created by a group of librarians to provide young users with access to “valuable and age appropriate Web sites."
SearchEdu
Search engine with over 15 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity.
Yahooligans
A kid-friendly" directory that filters out objectionable materials
on the Web for young surfers.
About.com
A network consisting of over 700 sites run by professional guides, covering
more than 50,000 subjects and organized into 36 channels.
IMLS
Digital Collections Registry
A gateway to digital image collections from an array of subject areas.
Internet Public Library (IPL)
The IPL is sponsored by the School of Information at the University of Michigan and provides online resources and services to over 1.5 million Internet users worldwide each month.
Open Directory
A grass-roots group of volunteers are hoping to make this site the most comprehensive directory of the Web.
Yahoo!
The most popular directory on the Web with its own search engine and over one million sites listed. Offers numerous other services including free e-mail, instant messaging, and more.
Image Search Engines
Ditto
Ditto delivers relevant thumbnail images and a link to the relevant sites that host the original images.
Google Image Search
A comprehensive image search engine with more than 150 million images indexed and available for viewing.
MultiMedia Search
Search the Web for images, video, and audio files.
Online Reference Tools
Britannica
Over 125,000 sites selected by Britannica editors, organized in 17 subject categories.
Xrefer
Provides access to over 50 reference titles including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.
Visual Art Search Tools
Artcyclopedia
You can search or browse the Artcyclopedia database by artist, movement,
medium, subject, or nationality.
Art in Context
Art in Context is an on-line reference library for the publication and dissemination of information about artists and where to find their work.
LACMA Collections Online
This online archive currently contains over 46,000 records and digital images of artworks in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Search Tutorials
Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
20 simple lessons on just about everything you need to know to search the Web more effectively.
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
An excellent introduction to the Internet along with tips on how to evaluate Web pages and search the Web more effectively.
Internet 101
Offers basic lessons for beginners on such subjects as the Internet, the Web, safe surfing, viruses, browsers, Web searches, online chats, and more.
Search Assistance Features
Illustrated summaries of some of the major search assistance features available on many of the major search sites.
Search Engine Watch
Offers Web searching tips; search engine listings, reviews, ratings and tests.
Yahooligans
Teachers’ Guide
Tips on teaching Internet literacy, writing acceptable use policies, citing sources, and evaluating Web sites.