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PICK Best Search Tools Page Page with the search forms for the "best search engines."
Ixquick Search web, pictures, news, MP3s . Categorizes results
Metacrawler Searches Metacrawler directory and multiple sites.
Vivisimo Clusters results allowing secondary keyword browsing/searching
AltaVista Largest database and fast search engine.
Ask Jeeves! Hybrid. Natural language Search Engine searches its own directory and runs it through other sites like Excite, Lycos and Yahoo. There is also an Ask Jeeves! for Kids.
DMOZ Open Directory Project Non-commercial, "human-edited" directory
Excite Search Engine plus customizable starting point
PICK Google Search-Engine. Sorts Sites by Most Popular.
HotBot Second most comprehensive database of web pages after Google. Great features.
InfoSeek Nice features include plain English query interpreter, allows for spelling variations
Lycos Basic Search engine
Yahoo! Canada Largest, Comprehensive Directory and search engine
PICK KidsClick!WebSearch Hybrid
Kid's Tools for Searching the Internet Major kids' search engines and directories on one page.
Yahooligans! Directory
Internet Training for Elementary students Brief exercise and links to other tutorials
Internet Training for Secondary Students Brief exercise and links to other tutorials
Teach Yourself the Web. Self-guided tutorial for teachers.
Information Literacy Research Guide What is Information Literacy, Research Skills, Internet research, Evaluating Websites, Writing Skills, Integrating Technology
Search Tools Chart - Chart of the best features of the best search tools from InfoPeople. Print this one for yourself and your patrons. Available in PDF for printing to two pages.
Search Engines Quick Guide - Quick guide to using the major search engines from InfoPeople. Print this one for yourself and your patrons. Available in PDF for printing on one page.
Searchtools Resources, developments and information on search tools
Cyberwise. The Canadian Strategy to Promote Safe, Wise and Responsible Internet Use
PICK Media Awareness Network Web-Awareness section provides parents, teachers and librarians with practical information and hands-on activities to help give kids the "cyber smarts" they need to make wise and safe online decisions.
Net Safe Managing and Communicating about the Internet in the Library
Netsafe article Safe and effective searches by Johan Ragetli (LRC)
Last updated: Friday, July 15, 2005