Search Sites for Teachers



 

Yahoo
Excite
AltaVista
DogPile
Ask.Com
Metacrawler
GoTo
Yahooligans
The Invisible Web
Lycos
Google
SportingNews.com

Search Tool Resources

The sites below have information about searching the web.  Some are even tutorials

Site Description of Site
Search Engine Watch Contains information on Internet search tools.  It includes lots of tips and tricks for finding information on the Web.  The site will help you keep up with the latest and greatest in search strategies and sites.
Search Engine Showdown This site is not as extensive as the one above, but according to Kathy Shrock, it contains sound bites which help to keep one current about the latest and greatest information in the search world.
The Spider's Apprentice:
 A Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines
According to Kathy Schrock, this is still one of the best sites for quality information on search tools. 
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators:  Search Engines, Subject Directories, and Slide Shows

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/yp/iypsrch.html

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/yp/iypdir.html

http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows/searching.pdf

Ready to use information for learning about search engines.  That can be used to help students learn search strategies.
The Invisible Web There are websites that cannot be found using regular search engines.  This site allows one to find those sites. 
SportingNews.com This is also a search tool for accessing those invisible web pages.  Kathy Schrock writes that this is a good site for finding those pages that the regular engines often miss.

Compiled by B. Jones 
  The Search Tool Resources came from an article by Kathy Schrock in School Library Journal (Feb 2003)
Revised May 29, 2007 (3:50 PM)