Search+Engines

=**Search Engines / Directories**=

Qwiki (New Mrs. McCabe Favorite; video encyclopedia with content from across the web and a text to speech translator too!)

[|Moreofit] (Mrs. McCabe Favorite - Thanks Mr. Lipari - to search for alternative websites for an application or a specific topic)

[|Quintura] (Mrs. McCabe Favorite)

[|Who2] (Mrs. McCabe Maybe-Favorite for Biographies)

[|Scirus] (Mrs. McCabe Favorite for Science - advanced)

[|Yippy] (formerly Clusty)

Semantifi (search portal for government and public datasets; tips on how to use)

[|CreativeCommons.org] (search for copyleft friendly images and audio) >
 * **Creative Commons is an online project that allows users to assign explicit rights as to how their materials may be used. Items may be used as-is, may be edited and remixed, and/or may be used for commercial purposes. All types of use require attribution back to the original content. A user can limit a search on major sites, like Flickr, to just items that already have permission granted for use. If you don't know about Creative Commons, or want to learn more, take the time to read about it! (From Kathy Schrock post, SOS for Busy Teachers, Site 33)**

[|WolframAlpha] (a computational knowledge engine: it generates output by doing computations from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links)

[|TimeSearch History] (search the web through timelines) (Mrs. McCabe Maybe-Favorite)

SweetSearch (full "suite" of search engines for students and teachers)

[|SweetSearch4me] (expert evaluated web search returns for K-8 students)

[|SearchCredible] (an aggregator of academic search tools)

[|Chunk It] (requires a download; can help narrow search results)

[|Search Cube] (3-D search engine)

[|KidsClick]

[|Internet Public Library Kidspace]

[|IPL2] (Internet Public Library and Librarians' Index to the Internet)

[|Goofram] (a mix of Google and Wolfram Alpha)

[|DibDabDoo]

[|Awesome Library for Kids]

[|Tek Mom]

[|Yahoo Kids]

[|First Gov for Kids]

[|Fact Monster] (Almanac)

[|KidInfo]

[|eBook Search] (.pdf Search Engine)

[|SlideFinder] (search tool to find PowerPoint slides available on the Internet)

KidReferenceGlog (compilation of free search tools from Joyce Valenza)

KidSearchGlog (compilation of free search tools from Joyce Valenza)

KidsVideoGlog (compilation of free search tools from Joyce Valenza)

Google Search Engines (compilation of Google Search Tools from Joyce Valenza)

[|Infomine] (scholarly Internet resource collections; this one is mostly for teachers)