General
Search Engines
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Google -
a meta search engine – one that searches for phrases or words on a
webpage. Returns hits with
descriptions of the pages. |
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Second best |
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AltaVista – also a meta search engine.
Gives the searched words in bold in the description of the web page hit. |
Meta Search Engines |
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I would pick the above two search engines as my favorites in this category also. I would include the use of advanced search in this category. In the google advanced search you may include the extension for the web page type for which you may be searching. For example if I would like only web pages with the extension .edu I can type that in the box which says domain. |
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AltaVista Advanced – the advanced
search in Alta Vista gives the capability of a boolean search. |
News Search Engines |
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Google news Search – top stories links are
listed on the left including categories of World, U.S, Sci/ Tech, Business,
Sports, Entertainment and Health. Provides the ability to keyword search
across thousands of news sources. |
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Second Best
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Yahoo News Search - Similar to Google News, you can keyword search across thousands
of news sources. |
Kid Safe Search Engines
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Favorite
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Yahooligans – web search for children
ages 8 – 14. On the left of the
search page are categorical searches for games, animals, music, movies,
etc. This makes it easy for children
to point and click on their preference. |
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Second best
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KidsClick - A searchable web directory created by "a bunch
of librarians" at the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
KidsClick
has categorical search links where kids only need to click in order to select
a preference. Also has an area to
search specific topics. |
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Links page to Kid Safe
Search Sites - here is a page of
links to Kid Safe Search sites. Some
search engines have the option to reduce offensive content by default or by
using customized options. |
Medical Search EnginesFavorite |
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WebMD -
search by topic. Provides hits
by popularity. Usually several for each topic. |
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Second best |
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KidsDoctor – a good site for parents with young children. Topics are arranged by both category and
anatomy. |
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