Searching on the Internet:

SearchTools are categorized into three types:  Internet Directories, Search Engines and Meta-Search Engines.   Each  type of searching tool accomplishes a different task and locates information in a different way.    Go to Sink or Swim  and Searching to learn more about searching techniques. Or you can go to NoodleQuest to create a search strategy and to NoodleTools to learn more.

Internet Directories:

An Internet directory will classify information by topic and also allows  you to  choose one of the topics or type a keyword or phrase to search.  

Yahoo	http://www.yahoo.com
Yahooligans	http://www.yahooligans.com
LookSmart	http://www.looksmart.com
Digital Libarian	http://www.digital-librarian.com
Little Explorers (for children)	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Search Engines

A search engine will search the entire contents of the Internet by keyword(s).

HotBot	http://www.hotbot.com
AltaVista	http://www.altavista.com
WebCrawler	http://webcrawler.com
Excite	http://www.excite.com
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com
InfoSeek	http://www.infoseek.com
Teoma	http://www.teoma.com/
Google	http://www.google.com
All The Web	http://www.alltheweb.com
Ilor	http://www.ilor.com/

Meta Search Engines

A meta-search engine will search a dozen different search engines and directories simultaneously and display the ten best responses from each search engine

C|Nets's Search.com	http://search.com
MetaCrawler	http://www.metacrawler.com
Dog Pile	http://www.dogpile.com
Ixquick	http://ixquick.com/

Search Engines For Kids

Safe Searching for Kids

http://www.schoollink.org/twin/searching_the_internet_for_kids.htm

Other Search Tools

Shareware.com: Software Searches	http://www.shareware.com
80+ Search Engines	http://www.aniota.com/search.html
Research-It!	http://www.iTools.com/research-it/research-it.html
Ask Eric	http://ericir.syr.edu
Kid Info	http://www.kidinfo.com
Reference Desk	http://www.refdesk.com/
NY Times Reference Site	htp://www.nytimes.com/navigator

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