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All of the following search tools have
been developed to help students search the web for safe, authoritative,
and accurate information. Many of them were created by librarians. All
of them are free.
Grade Level
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Resource
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Description
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Elementary
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KidsKonnect |
Created by a retired elementary school teacher to
provide access to curriculum-based, safe web sites. |
K through 7
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Ask for kids |
Formerly known as Ask Jeeves, Ask for Kids' editorial
board searches for web sites appropriate for children and filters
results. Searching is kid-friendly; however, advertising is rampant. |
K through 12
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Kigose |
A search engine designed for education, Kigose includes
only public web
sites suggested by students, teachers and parents. Search for images,
songs, games, videos and more. |
Middle school and high school
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Finding
Dulcinea |
Provides a narrative overview of the search topic along
with with links to credible, trustworthy web sites. Guides to the
Internet and Internet searching help students understand the search
process. |
| Dogpile |
The best combined results of Google,
Yahoo!Search, Ask.com, and Bing,
most relevant to your search term with duplicates omitted. Provides
fewer, but better results. |
| Clusty |
Combines the results of several major search engines,
and groups
similar results into clusters with headings, allowing the user to
choose the most relevant sites. |
High School and College
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Infomine |
Built by librarians at four major universities,
Infomine provides organized access to college level research and
information on the Internet. For more advanced students; read the how-to page to
learn the best way to search. |
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