Search Engines and Directories Meta Search Engines Search Engines for Students
           
Before You Begin: Have a look at this site which has some great tips for finding information, lesson plans, core competencies and everything you need to make your searching more effective.

 

Noodle Tools ."..this informative and up-to-date page provides you with the information needed to make educated decisions about the places to search for specific types of data "
Search Engine Watch This site provides a comprehensive guide to search engines. It looks at how to use them , how they work, who is behind them and much more. You can also subscribe to their e-mail newsletter
The Spiders Apprentice How to Use Web Search Engines. Lots of help in how to search effectively. Includes links to major search engines.
Micro Modules Use one of these 10 minute Micro Modules to upgrade your Search Engine skills
Web Search About.com's web search pages. Learn effective search strategies, take part in web scavenger hunt's, learn about search tools, explore student friendly search sites and much more
Internet Archive Do you have a URL that no longer works? Try the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive; simply type in the entire URL, and you will receive a list of the times that the site was cached. Click on a date and you can see the site. Sometimes the links and images are not available, but at least you can get to the information you need!
Four Nets Learn how to find things more effectively on the internet

 

Search Engines and Directories
Ms Dewey
An interesting search engine.
   
All the Web Alta Vista Anzwers Australia and NZ
AOL Ask Jeeves Aussie Seek
Australia.edu Australia's Cultural Network Clusty
A clustering engine. It automatically clusters text into categories for you.
Dewey Browse
Web sites classified by the Dewey system. R-12
EdNA Education World
Electric-library Find Sounds
A search engine dedicated to finding sound files
Garriga's Black Stump

Google

Google Zeitgeist
Find out the trends in what people are searching for. Interesting!
HotBot
Info Seek

Look Smart Australia

Lycos
Possum Pages Directory Web Wombat

Yahoo Australia

 

Meta Search Engines
Dogpile
Includes Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask

  Ixquick
Searches in 18 languages and includes international telephone directory
  Kartoo
A metasearch engine with a visual display. A different way of dealing with data.
Metacrawler
Includes Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask

Search IQ
Searches Google, Look Smart and others
 Web Crawler
Includes Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask

 

Search Engines for Students
Awesome Library

Kids Click Search Engines for Kids
Cyber Sleuth Kids

Linktopia TekMom
Fact Monster

Search Edu Yahoo Kids
Ask Jeeves for Kids

Noodle Tools
A suite of interactive tools to help students with research
Kids Tools for Searching the Internet
One page with links to lots of kids search engines
Kid Cyber
A great online search directory
   

Last updated 17th April 2008
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