Searching the Internet
compiled by Computer Strategies, 1998

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Some of the (Many) Search Engines and Directories

Search Engines

(Robots or spiders search the internet and are computer driven)

Alta Vista

CyberDewey

Education World (tm) Search Engine

Excite

HotBot

Infoseek

Lycos

Pathfinder!

Point: It's What You're Searching For

WebCrawler Searching

 

Directories

(Created by humans where subjects are first categorized and then you can search within those categories)

Liszt: Directory of Discussion Groups

Magellan

Yahoo!

Yahoo - San Francisco Bay Area

Yahooligans!

 

MetaSearch Engines

DogPile

Mamma: Mother of all Search Engines

MetaCrawler

 

 

 

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Searching Tips & Tricks

 

Search Tools Quick Reference Guide

http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/conferences/pres/bookmark.html

A useful tool to help you decide which search engine or directory to use that was designed by the University of Central Florida.

 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Internet Searching Tools

http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/yp/iypsrch.htm

Overview of Internet Searching Tools.

 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Internet Directories

http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/yp/iypdir.htm

Kathy's practical explanations of Internet Directories and how to use them.

 

Searching FAQs

http://www.cln.org/searching_faqs.html

Great basic searching information from the Community Learning Network.

 

Secrets of Searching the Web

http://www.best.com/~mentorms/eureka_i.htm

Contains some good definitions and clarifies the differences between Web Directories and Search Engines

 

Searching FAQs

http://www.classroom.net/searching/searchingfaq.html

Classroom Connect's useful overview of how to formulate a search and which tools to use.

 

Search, Don't Surf

http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/WORKSHOPS/search/search.html

More useful information about searching from UCF.

 

Search Tools Chart

http://infopeople.berkeley.edu:8000/src/chart.html

Chart created by InFoPeople Project.

 

 

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Articles & Organizations

 

California School Library Association Home Page

 

Filling the Tool Box

http://www.fromnowon.org/toolbox.html

Innovative and new ways to get students thinking about the process of gathering and processing information "From Now On", an online journal for educators.

 

Libraries of the Future

http://www.fromnowon.org/libraries.html

Excellent article from "From Now On" journal about do's and don'ts for using technology in the school library

 

Information Problem Solving Basics

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/edfirst/bigsix/basics.html

Basic Problem Solving strategies for critical thinking. Big Six skills defined in this article.

 

 

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