Searching
for Younger Pupils
Ask Jeeves for Kids
Kids only Search from AOL
Yahooligans! - for pupils, filtered
but American!
KidsClick! a search engine
and topic list for young people
Guides
and Tutorials
Bare Bones - 17
lessons on Web searching
How Stuff Works - search engines
Finding
Information - Berkley University search tutorial
The Internet
Detective - teaching resource
Michael's Internet Finding Tips - strange but true!
Search tutorial from University of Berkeley - staff and older pupils
Search Engine Watch - Tips, Reviews, Newsletter
Search Tools Chart - comparisons
Tutorial: Information and Communication Skills - Searching
Web Skills - research using the Web, Kent NGfL
Main
Search Engines
Alta Vista - very large and sophisticated
All the Web - a large engine
Google - straightforward but really effective
HotBot - includes date searching
Lycos - UK based
Northern Light - claims to be the largest
Subject
Directories and Catalogues
Ask a Librarian - YES! e-mail your question
BUBL Information Service - HE bias
Google's new directory
Librarians' Index to the Internet - American
The Mining Company - people as Internet guides
Directory of Networked
Resources - FE/HE
Tagish's Lists
of UK Information Sources
UK Web Library
- Searchable Catalogue
UK Online - Government Information
Yahoo (UK) - the original subject directory
Resource
lists for Schools
Awesome Library - lists of resources for education
BBC Education Web Guide
BECTA Learning Resource
Index
Education Index - sorted
by lifestage
Newman College - Websites
for education
In the Staffroom - information for Teachers
Topmarks list of educational resources
Advanced
Search and Meta Crawlers
Ask Jeeves! - an intelligent search engine (?)
Copernic - multiple search agent
IxQuick - metasearch engine
MetaCrawler - search the search engines
DogPile - searches across several search engines
On-Line
Public Access Catalogues (OPACs)
24 Hour Museum - UK Galleries,
Museums and more
British Library - Portico
British Library OPAC - BL Public Access
Catalogue
Library of Congress
World Wide Web
VLmp - Virtual Library Museums Pages - UK
Copyright and Articles
10 Big Myths about Copyright - common sense!
The Copyright Website - readable but US-based
Copyright Licensing Agency - UK
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