Search
Tools
Directories:
700+
Great Sites
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
"Amazing, spectacular, mysterious, wonderful web sites for
kids and the adults who care about them"; includes sites in
Spanish as well as English language pages, sites for parents too.
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework
Helper
http://www.bjpinchbeck.com
Compiled by a boy who was looking for his own homework help, this
site links to about 250 others that probably cover all your
school subjects.
Interesting
Places for Kids
http://Interesting.Places.to/Browse/forKids/kids.html
Art, literature, music, museums, science, math, toys and games,
movies, tv, etc.
Search engines:
Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com
Employ natural language to ask Jeeves, your personal butler, for
what you want
to know. Pick from Jeeves' replies the closest to what you are
asking-and view a list of relevant sites.
Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org
Over 14,000 extremely reliable sources organized into categories,
you may also choose to search by keyword.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com
Possibly where your teacher goes to learn new things; over 115,000
sites are in this database. Includes sites from schools.
Internet Public Library Kids
Page
http://www.ipl.org/youth
Useful sites for school and for fun, selected by librarians with
you in mind. In addition to categories about school and fun
subjects, you will find information about how to search the
Internet.
KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!
An excellent search engine: use keywords or browse the subject
directory. You can limit your exploration to sites with your
reading level, and you can choose sites with many pictures or
with few or no pictures.
SalukiSearch.com
http://www.salukisearch.com
Calling itself "the family friendly search engine,"
SalukiSearch offers a directory of subjects classified under
headings like news, education, entertainment, and family; also
provided is a keyword search engine.
Yahooligans!
http://www.yahooligans.com
Search by category or use keywords.
http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/Sites/search.html
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