Search Sites and Databases

 

 

Search methods and assistance

 

32 Ways to Use Search Engines in the Classroom

 

ChunkIt: Search for information within search results

 

Selecting search sites based on specific purposes

 

iBreadCrumbs: saves search results to share with others

 

ReadWriite Web: 6 Ways to Save Links to Read Later

 

Video: Databases Are Different

 

Google Tutor: Assistance in using Google search tools

 

Sharon Betts, Oodles of Google. K12 Online 2007 Presentation: Using Google tools

 

 

Firefox add-ons to enhance search

 

Firefox Tips: 5 Ways to Spice Up Your Sidebar

 

 

Search Engines

 

Google

 

Google

 

Google Guide: Tutorials for beginners and experts on using Google

 

Google Power Searching Tips for Students

 

Google SafeSearch

 

Google Custom Search: create your own customized search engine on a certain topic

 

Alan November: Using Google Custom Search Engine

 

Lucy Gray: Google Custom Search site for education technology

 

Google Blog Search

 

Google Apps: Precipitate for Mac: Search your own Mac for material

 

 

Other search engines

 

50 Awesome Search Engines

 

Ray Schroder: Search Engine Alternatives

 

US Government: Data.gov

 

Aardvark: Pose questions that are answered by people's advice

 

WolframAlpha: Particularly useful for numerical/statistical information

 

Google Knol: articles on topics

 

The Ultimate Guide to Google Knol: 50 Tips and Tricks

 

itpints: Real-time search engine for late-breaking news

 

Scoopler: Searches by time for late-breaking events and information

 

Yahoo! Search

 

Ambiently: Finds related websites similiar to a current site

 

Search Together: Collaborative searches within Microsoft Explorer 7

 

Ref Seek: Academic, ad-free searches

 

Reference Extract: Site under development by librarians

 

Cuil

 

Social Mention: Search all forms of digital communication

 

Wikia

 

Martin Miller, Wikia's Weird Dream, LA Times Magazine

 

Viewzi: visual representations of search results

 

Searchme: See visual examples of searched sites

 

iBoogie

 

Stumbleupon: provide similar or popular sites in searches

 

NYTimes: Using Stumbleupon for Web searches

 

Zotero, open-sourceFireFox plug in for bibliographic searches

 

Interview with Trevor Owens about Zotero, an open-source FireFox plug-in tool, Innovate Magazine

 

ChaCha (provides interaction with a guide to assist students)

 

Soople: Search according to categories

 

Laura Mulligan: 100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You've Never Heard Of

 

Ask An Expert

 

Linda Briggs, Campus Technology, Indiana University teams up with ChaCha's for use of guided research methods

 

Microsoft Live

 

Mamma

 

Info

 

All the Web

 

Ask

 

Everyzing: audio and video

 

Altavista

 

Exalead

 

Dogpile

 

Surfwax

 

Copernic Agent

 

Vivisimo

 

Kartoo (visual search results)

 

Curryguide

 

Excite

 

Fazzle

 

Gimenei

 

Icerocket

 

Infogrid

 

Infonetware Realterm Search

 

Ixquick

 

iZito

 

Jux2

 

Meceoo

 

Turbo10

 

Search

 

Ujiko

 

Proteus

 

Queryster

 

Yurnet

 

Ms Dewey: search site introduced by a female avatar

 

E-Clarity: Free search sites

 

University of California Berkeley, Using Search Tools

 

Purdue University OWL: Internet Search Tools and Directories

 

What You Seek: Librarians’ Internet Index

 

Invisible Web

 

Completeplanet

 

Geniusfind

 

Finder Seeker

 

Omgili

 

Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines. (2007, February 6).

 

 

 

Searches for Children and Teens

 

Nettrekker

 

KwMap: generates a list of key terms on a topic

 

Electronic Library for Minnesota

 

Family Friendly Search

 

Gofish

 

2learn: Search for teens

 

Ask for Kids

 

CyberSleuth Kids

 

Fact Monster

 

HomeworkSpot

 

InfoPlease

 

iTools

 

KidsClick!

 

Library Spot

 

MSN Encarta

 

The National Student Research Center

 

Refdesk.com

 

 

Subject Searches/Databases/Virtual libraries

 

U.S. Government: Outdocuments

 

NCTE Blog: 21 Great Library Links: Library image and text databases

 

Freebase: repository of world's knowledge

 

University of Idaho: Repositories of original documents and academic research

 

Yahoo! Teachers: lesson plans/resources

 

Public Library of Science

 

National Archives Educators and Students site

 

Google Books

 

Universal Digital Library (one million books)

 

Gilder Lehrman Institute: one million primary-source documents for history classes

 

Nettrekker

 

World Factbook

 

Databases: grades 6-12

 

Blackboard Scholar

 

Twingine

 

TexShare: Texas public database for school use

 

Georgia Public Library System

 

Galileo: Georgia University System database

 

Scirus (science)

 

SOSIG (Social Sciences)

 

HUMBUL (Humanities)

 

Google News (news)

 

State virtual libraries

 

Biography Center

 

PSI Gate: Physical Science Information Gateway

 

GE Source (Geography Gateway)

 

Library of Congress

 

Memorial Hall Museum Online

 

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: letters from American wars

 

About

 

Opendirectory

 

Librarians' Index to the Internet

 

Infomine

 

Academic Info

 

ERIC (for educators)

 

Qango

 

Links2go

 

The Big Hub (technology)

 

HUMBUL (Humanities)

 

StartSpot

 

Best History Sites

 

Biography Center

 

Direct Search

 

Find Articles

 

Free FullText

 

Google Scholar

 

Internet Movie Database

 

Literary Criticism

 

Literary History

 

National Science Digital Library

 

Nature Serve Explorer

 

Scirus(science)

 

Sci Net Science Search

 

OAIster: University of Michigan open-source academic database

 

IDEALS: University of Illinois open-source academic database

 

 

 

MySpace Library Search Sites

 

Albany County Public Library

 

Brooklyn College Library

 

Carnegie Library of

Pittsburgh

 

Goshen Public Library

 

Hennepin County Library

 

Lansing Public Library

 

Morrisville College Libraries

 

Public Library of Charlotte

& Mecklenburg County

 

Thomas Ford Memorial

Library

 

University of Illinois

Undergrad Library

 

University of Texas at Austin

Library

 

Westmount Public Library