Search Engines and Tips on Searching and Evaluating Web Sites

Search Engines

All the Web
Fast, powerful search engine.

Ask Jeeves
Good for asking a relational question, e.g., "What is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator?"

Google
Uses sophisticated text-matching techniques to locate hits particularly relevant to your search. Each result includes an excerpt showing your search terms in context.

Yahoo!
Yahoo! can be searched by subject links or keywords. Advanced search provides phrase and Boolean searching.

Kid-Friendly Search Engines +

 Great Web Sites for Kids
Recommended web sites from the American Library Association for young people and their parents.

Ask Jeeves for Kids
Students ask questions and G-rated sites are selected. Study Tools includes an online reference desk.

KidsClick!
An excellent web search guide developed for kids by librarians.

Yahooligans!
Yahoo's web guide for kids. Appropriate for children ages 7-12.
Tips on Searching and Evaluating Web Sites

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation
Many links to critical evaluation sites on the web.

Kathy Schrock's The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation

Write Source: Judging Sources
Helpful evaluation guidelines to judge the value of sources available on the Internet.



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