Search Tools
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Search Tool |
URL |
Description |
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About.com |
Real
people offer expert guidance on the Internet’s best; search a wide range of
subject areas |
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Alexa |
View a
site’s address, traffic volume, user ratings and related links. Block pup ups and access archived copies of
sites. |
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AltaVista |
Database
of Internet resources including WWW pages and some Usenet newsgroups |
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Ask Jeeves |
Asks you
to type in an actual question. The
software identifies a variety of possible answers to your question. |
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Ask Jeeves for Kids |
Kid’s
version of Ask Jeeves |
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Bookmarklets |
Right
click on highlighted links to add a “Favorite” or “Bookmark.” Click on saved
bookmark to show a page’s freshness, links, email addresses, etc. |
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Copernic |
Download
products for free or pay for enhancements.
Create toolbars, do multiple searches, summarize results, check for
page changes |
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Dogpile |
Searches
26 databases simultaneously and supports Boolean searches |
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Excite |
Collects
the “most popular” frequently accessed Internet sites. It is unique because it searches by concept |
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Fast
Search |
Has one
of the largest indexes of the Web. The
site is also known as All The Web |
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Foreign
Languages |
Alltheweb, Google, Hotbot, ixquick, Vivisimo |
Almost
all general and metasearch engines allow you to
search in different languages. Google
also offers the ability to translate text or web sites to/from a number of
Western European languages. |
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Google |
Searches
for sites based on popularity and these sites are ranked by how many sites
have links to them |
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Google |
View data
about similar or linked sites. See
search terms highlighted, block pop ups and restrict hits to a specific
country. |
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Google
(cached sites) |
After
typing in a search string, click on the “cached” link below a returned result
to view an older version of that page. |
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Google
Scholar |
Searches
for scholarly material on the web or at the closest participating library,
including your own. Use advanced features to restrict your search by author,
date, publication. |
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Google
Web Directory |
Database
of sites organized by subject categories.
This directory has over 1.3 billion pages and is considered the
largest database |
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HotBot |
Provides
a number of search options and ranks search results by relevancy |
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Internet
Archive |
Type URL
in the “Wayback Machine” to find an old version of
a web page. Do an advanced search by date and capture redirects and aliases,
remove duplicates and compare older versions of a page. |
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ixquick |
Brings
for the best engines (11) on the Internet and merges the results. It removes redundancies and puts the
results into a grouping. Highlights your search terms. |
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KidsClick! |
Created
by a group of librarians, shows students sites for grades k-8 |
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Kids Surf
Zone |
Popular
kids site & tools on the Web with 1000’s of links |
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LookSmart |
Searchable,
category-based Web directory |
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Lycos |
Cross
between Yahoo and AltaVista. It also
enables you to search for images |
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MetaCrawler |
Searches
many search tools quickly and at the same time |
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Open
Directory Project |
One of
the most comprehensive search tools with millions of sites |
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Search
Engine Watch |
Web
searching tips including search engine reviews and news. |
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Search
Engine Showdown |
Review
the strengths of various search engines.
Peruse statistics, reviews, charts and side-by-side comparisons. |
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Veoda |
Searches
4 of the largest engines including Google, MSN & Yahoo. |
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Yahoo |
Popular
hierarchical directory. |
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Yahoo! |
A
simplified look to Yahoo |
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Yahooligans |
A kid’s
version of Yahoo |
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Web
crawler |
Searches
content areas and is also a web directory |
Resources
Luehr,
Paul H.(July, 2005). Internet Tools, Stroz Friedberg, LLC
Sharp. Vicki (2004) Computer Education for Teachers,
Dana D. Luehr, MEd., © October 2006