Karen Roof
Search Engine
Activity
Search Engines – Best in Category!
This site provides a general evaluation of search engines in the
following categories: General Search
Engines, Just For Kids, Images and Sounds, Full Coverage News and Maps. I have selected what I feel are the best two
in each category and have explained my reasoning for these choices. The search engines have been evaluated in
terms of their speed, ease of use and comprehensiveness in terms of relevant
search results.
General Search Engines:
All The Web – This is a general search engine providing excellent resources ranging from a search of the web, to images, sounds and videos. The site is very quick and easy-to-use, and allows the user to conduct a very limited search.
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Google.com – Google contains a seemingly endless index of websites, images and directories. The search engine is very fast, easy-to-use and locates the most popular sites regarding a particular topic. Google is convenient in that it posts along with its search results the URL and portions of each article located.
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Just for Kids:
Yahooligans – This search engine is an excellent resource for youth of all ages. Providing an endless variety of kid safe links to categories including “Computers and Games,” “Science and Nature,” “Sports and Recreation” and many others, the search engine is organized and highlights its most popular topics, and it contains an equal balance of educational and recreational sites.
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KidsClick – This search engine is designed specifically to guide young students to informative and age appropriate web sites. Endless links are available, and are arranged on the page in categories dealing primarily with educational topics, although links to “Sports and Recreation and “Weird and Mysterious” sites are available. The website is quite comprehensive in terms of the information available.
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Images and Sounds:
Google Image Search – This search engine is an excellent resource containing over 150 million photographs, cliparts and other images. Very fast and easy-to-use Google posts clearly any relevant information regarding the images. An endless variety of images is located for each topic.
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Classroom Clipart – This search engine is an excellent resource for students in grades K-12. The site not only lists a variety of popular categories, but also allows the user to conduct a general search. Classroom clipart is very comprehensive and contains both photographs and other digital images.
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Full Coverage News:
Yahoo Full Coverage – This search engine includes a complete compilation of background coverage organized by editors. Not only does the site highlight the top stories in such categories as “Business,” “World,” “Entertainment,” and others, but the search engine includes abstracts of the news articles, along with a very comprehensive list of other links on which the user may click. Links to specific newspapers are included, and Yahoo Full Coverage provides complete articles, with current and breaking news stories. An excellent site!
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US News Briefings – The search engine is an excellent source for those seeking more than simply basic news stories. The staff at US News has compiled background information, basic facts, biographies of key players, and links to relevant documents and Web sites, in order to help readers better understand the facts behind the printed articles. A complete list of links to various news categories, as well as to specific news sources is available. The website also highlights both breaking and ongoing stories.
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Maps:
TIGER
Maps – This search engine is an excellent source for obtaining maps to most
cities and towns in the
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Map Quest – Map Quest
is an excellent search engine that not only provides detailed maps to
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Another helpful search engine in terms of maps is Maptech, a site that
focuses specifically on
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