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Terrific
Tools
(At your fingertips!)
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This
page was established to create a one-stop searching experience for the
educators of our young children. Included below are links to search
engines, subject directories, gateways, reference tools, specialty databases,
and specific tools to use for yourself or with the students in your
classrooms.
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Basic Search • Broad Topic • Education Sites • Student Sites • Information Sites
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SEARCH
ENGINES
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These
tools utilize programs to search the Web.
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METASEARCH
ENGINES
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These
process a search across many search tools.
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Provides
comprehensive coverage of the Web along with great relevancy.
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Surfwax |
Includes
a sitesnap - a quick summary of a specific result.
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All the Web |
Provides
outsanding relevancy, as well as the ability to search for news stories,
pictures, video clips, and MP3's.
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IxQuick |
Includes
a star system for determining relevancy as results are brought in
from various search engines.
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AltaVista |
Provides
ideas for refining the original search; contains link to Babel Fish,
the AltaVista translation service.
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Vivisimo |
Contains
unique clustering results which categorize results into folders.
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SUBJECT
DIRECTORIES |
These
tools contain topics selected and organized by humans.
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REFERENCE
TOOLS
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These
tools provide access to a variety of reference materials.
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Librarian's
Index |
This
tool is organized and maintained by professional librarians.
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Find Articles |
This
tools contains an archive of published articles from 300 periodicals
dating back 2 years.
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Internet Public Library |
This
tool uses a library image map to offer quality resources.
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HeadlineSpot |
This
tool contains a link for News for Kids.
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KidsClick! |
This
tool was created specifically for students and their teachers.
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Scholastic NewsZone |
This
tool contains guide buttons for parents, teachers, and students.
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About.com |
The
resources here are compiled and maintained by paid guest experts and
include guide pages for educators.
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Encyclopedia.com |
This
tool contains more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the
6th edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia.
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Looking for Specific Educational Materials?
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GATEWAYS
FOR EDUCATORS
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These
tools are organized collections of recommended links.
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WEBRINGS
FOR
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION |
These
tools provide professional and personal sites that are dedicated to
the education of young children.
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators |
This
tool contains lesson plans, clipart, technology ideas, new sites for
the month, and information literacy links.
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ABC Educational Themes |
This
tool contains links to many good early childhood themes.
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Gateway to Educational Materials |
This
tool contains curriculum units, lesson plans, and other educational
resources, where you can search by subject and grade level.
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Teacher
Tidbits |
This
tool contains many early childhood links for lessons from A to Z.
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Multnomah Homework Center |
This
tool contains resources that are specific to K-12 education.
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1st Grade Classes |
This
tool contains web pages created for and by first grade classes.
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Awesome
Library: |
This
tool is comprehensive and well-organized with only resources that
have been reviewed and considered to be of the highest quality.
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Children's Literature Ring |
This
tool is devoted to information about books written for young people.
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Wanting to provide some Internet Experiences for your Students?
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Interactive
Resources for Student Use
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These
tools contain many online activities for student use.
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Search
Tools for Student Use
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These
tools provide search options and screens appropriate for students.
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Bookhive |
This
site contains mazes, connect the dots, puzzles, and coloring pages.
It also contains "Hear a Story."
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CyberSleuth Kids |
This
tool is a teacher-developed K-12 search guide.
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Little Clickers.com |
This
site contains category pictures for students to click on and learn
more, as well as play games.
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Yahooligans |
This
tool offers appealing categories and is designed specifically for
younger searchers.
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National Wildlife Federation for Kids |
This
site contains games, recipes, and information, chosen by age level.
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Ask Jeeves for Kids |
This
tool supports natural language searching, which is simpler for some
students.
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Crayola |
This
site contains interactive and printable games, coloring pictures,
craft ideas, and lesson plans.
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Great Web Sites for Kids http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites
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This
tool is maintained by the Association for Library Services to Children
and the American Library Association.
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This
site contains interactive and printable games and stories.
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Berit's Best Sites for Children |
This
tool is maintained by a librarian and contains 1,000 fun and educational
sites.
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Trying to get some Special Assistance?
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Specialty
Databases
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These
tools contain valuable information on a specific topic.
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Expert
Databases
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These
tools allow you to browse or ask questions in a variety of categories.
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Yahoo! Maps |
This
tool provides maps and driving directions for all of North America as
well as some European countries.
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Pitsco's Ask an Expert |
This
site connects you with thousands of real world experts where you can
browse or ask specific questions.
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Findlaw.com |
This
tool provides information on specific kinds of law as well as lawyers,
court cases, and jobs.
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Refdesk.com |
This
site indexes quality sites on a variety of topics and is very family-friendly.
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The Monster Board |
This
tool provides information for job searching, as well as career advice
and job postings.
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All Experts |
This
site offers 36 subject areas, each manned by volunteer experts.
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Web MD |
This
tool contains information on health care needs, costs, and related issues.
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Ask A+ Locator |
This
site is designed to link students, parents, and educators to quality
expert sites.
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"Do what you can, with what you
have, where you are."
Teddy Roosevelt
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