Internet Search Engines  

Click here for an introduction to Internet Searching.

Lost in Cyberspace- More on Internet searching; includes information on selecting a search tool, search tool categories, Boolean searches, interpreting results, evaluating results and citing electronic resources.
http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/search.html

The following search engines are education friendly:

Ask Jeeves for Kids- grades 2-9
http://www.ajkids.com

Yahooligans- grades 3-7
http://www.yahooligans.com

KidsClick!- designed by librarians for grades K-7
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

Marco Polo Search- designed to provide Internet content for the classroom http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp

Britannica.com- searches the Britannica Encyclopedia and offers Website reviews
http://www.britannica.com/

Google- search the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology
http://www.google.com/