
General Search Engines and Directories:
Technorati
- A search engine for blogs and other "citizen media".
It searches and organizes blogs and the other forms of independent,
user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.)
Radio Locator
- A comprehensive radio station search engine with links to over
10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from
radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.
Clusty - A clustering Metasearch
engine using document clustering technology, automatically organizing
documents into groups or clusters, generating an ordered list based
on comparative ranking.
Teoma
- A new search engine which uses Subject-Specific Popularity to
determine the quality of a site's content. It also identifies expert
resources about the subject of the search.
Google
- One of the best, delivers the most relevant search results very
fast and usually on the first couple of pages. No advertisements.
AltaVista
- A great search engine and directory all in one. Extras include
media searches (sound, images, etc.) and a translation service.
Yahoo
- Organized by subject categories, an image search and Yahoo search
engines in many foreign languages are also available.
About
- Organized into useful subject guides, with organized links in
over 700 GuideSites. A subject expert maintains each guide and gives
advice and guidance. Use the Shortcut Tool to create a single page
allowing you to view your favorite About GuideSites on a single
page. Also provides a forum for newsletters, discussions & chats.
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Child Safe Search Engines and Directories:
Awesome Library
- Thousands of sites organized and classified into a searchable
directory for teachers, students and parents.
Great
Websites for Kids - Excellent websites for children chosen by
librarians from ALA.
NetNanny
- Family-friendly search engine and directory provides kid safe
Web sites.
CyberSleuth
Kids - An Internet search guide to help K-12 students sift through
the maze of information on the Net.
DMOZ
- Kids and Teens Open Directory - channels kids and teens appropriate
web sites into a targeted directory.
Awesome
Library for Kids - Reviewed sites divided into school subjects
and sites of general interest.
Enchanted
Learning - A search engine for elementary students.
KidsClick
- A collection of sites for kids, grades K-7, chosen by professional
librarians.
Ask
Jeeves for Kids - Natural language search tool, no directory
browsing. Database includes hundreds of preselected sites. Pull
down menu displays search results. Locate quick answers to common
questions. There is also a study tools reference section.
Yahooligans
- A directory of preselected sites for kids. Other resources include
an Almanac, Teacher's Guide and Cool Sites of the Week.
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