SLIC - Search Tools for the Internet/Outils de recherches pour l'Internet

Search Tools for the Internet/Outils de recherches pour l'Internet

Search Engine Watch confirms, in its latest Nielsen Net ratings (July, 2006), that Google is still the search engine of choice for the Internet with 49.2% of online searches, followed by Yahoo with 23.8% and MSN with 9.6%. With over 80% of all Internet inquiries directed to these 3 search engines, it would be seem superfluous to discuss other possibilities but here are some search engines and websites to help students and staff in their online information searches.

Issue Contents

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Google - Has additional services for school libraries

The Librarian's Guide to Google

Google Librarian Central

Google Scholar

Vivisimo - Is a cluster search engine that can be helpful for high school students

Vivisimo

Clusty

Clusty Labs

Search Engines for Kids

Ask for Kids

Cybersleuth - Internet Search Guide for K-12 students

Ithaki for Kids Best search engine for 10-12 year olds.

Kidtastic

Yahoo Kids - Beta - Replaces Yahooligans - UPdated Information and more hip for kids

Awsome Library - 32,000 reviewed resources, including the top 5% in education

ALA/ALSC Great Websites for Kids Created by the American Library Association and maintained by the Association for Library Service to Children

Factmonster - Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Homework Help.

Kids Search Tools - Various search tools on one site.

A Virtual Library of Useful URL's - World's of Knowledge oraganized by Dewey Decimal Classification

Specialized Search Engines

Signing Fish - Audio Video Search Engine	Day Pop - Search 140000 News Sites, Weblogs and RSS feeds	Librarian's Internet Index
Librarian's E-Library - Selected resources on Libraries and Librarianship from the American Library Association (ALA) Library and a growing list of volunteers.	Liz- Zen - Library and InformationScience Search Engine	SearchEdu.com - Useful Reference Links as well as Calculators, Constants and Conversions
TeAchnology - Resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students.	ThinkQuest Library - Provides innovative learning resources for students of all ages on a wide range of educational topics.	EarthCaM - Live images from everywhere
Answers.com - Gives you free access to 4 million topics from over 100 dictionaries, encyclopedias and much more..	Factbites - What do you get if you cross a search engine with an encyclopedia.	Library of Congress - Ask a Librarian
Internet Archive - Founded with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format	FindSounds - Search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples	Project Gutenberg - Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet
Science Research - Allows students, teachers, professors, researchers, and the general public to access pertinent science information quickly and easily	Dewey Browse - Web Sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12	ConvertPlus - Measurement Conversion
StartPage.ca - The Canadian StartPage to the Internet	Digital Librarian	Internet Archive - Wayback Machine
LibWorm - the librarian RSS engine over 1500 RSS feeds	Resource Shelf - where dedicated librarians and researchers share the results of their web searches for resources and information	blinkx is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine

StartSpot Network - A useful starting point

Online Search Skills & Tutorials

Internet Public Library - Teen Space - Skills for Online Searching

Information Overload: How do you know when a site is right?

Library Online Tutorials - Whether you are researching an essay, writing a report or just looking for an answer, the process of looking for information always follows the same steps

Online Library Learning Center

QuickStudy: Library Research Guide

Research Models

FNO - Research Cycle (2000)

The Big6

The 8Ws Model for Information Literacy: An Overview

University Research Centers

UPEI - Education Resource Center

U of C - Doucette Library of Teaching Resources

UBC - Language Education Resource Centre

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Moteurs de Recherches Francophones

La Revue du Reférencement (Avril 2006) indique que les internautes canadiens utilisent Google dans près de 47% de leurs recherches, Yahoo dans près de 14.75% et la Toile du Québec dans près de 13.06%. Nous vous présentons des moteurs de recherches francophones du Canada et de l'Europe.

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La Toile du Québec - Répertoire des Sites Québecois

Voila.fr - L'index de Voila.fr est limité aux sites francophones

Francité - Portail Francophone

Moteurs de recherches spécialisés

Merci France - 32000 sites inscrits

Planète WebCam - Accès à 4054 Cams

Portail LeManique - Référencement de sites Internet en suisse

Couvrir.com - Le portail du Québec, de la France et la Francophonie

Les Signets de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

Répertoire Québec - Le Répertoire des meilleurs sites internet du Québec

Canada - Effectuer une recherche sur tous les sites Web du gouvernement du Canada

Acadie.Net - Ressources en Acadie

Information scolaire et professionelle

Didacthèque - La Didacthèque est un centre de ressources didactiques regroupant tous les documents disponibles en milieu scolaire pour les ordres d'enseignement préscolaire, primaire et secondaire

Université d'Alberta - Ressources en éducation - Faculté St. Jean

NTIC - Bibliothèque virtuelle de périodiques

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