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Internet Research & Searching Tools
Don't overlook our section on Internet Research
- Searching the Web
- http://numa.niti.org/ enc/
Created for teachers by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC), this is an excellent guide to finding information on the Web. In addition to basic and advanced search strategies, it also covers question analysis and includes examples.
- Microsoft® Encarta® Research Organizer
- http://encarta.msn.com/
encartahome.asp
School reports and other research projects are a snap using Encarta Research Organizer! Use Research Organizer to take notes and add pictures from Encarta articles, Web sites, books, magazines, and other sources. Then use Research Organizer to assemble the notes into an outline and create citations for your sources.
2. Archives of Primary Source Documents
This is a valuable collection of primary source documents and pictures dealing with history, culture, art, literature, law, and government. Many of the documents in these archives are in the public domain and are therefore royalty-free. Check each site carefully for required permissions to use.
Of course, you should always properly cite the source of documents, pictures, and information you use.
- Repositories of Primary Sources
- http://www.uidaho.edu/
special-collections/ Other.Repositories.html
- Ready, Net, Go! Internet Resources for Archives
- http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/ ArchivesResources.html
- Archives and Archivists
- http://www.muohio.edu/archiveslist/
- United Kingdom Public Record Office
- http://www.pro.gov.uk/
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
- http://www.ed.gov/free/
- The Digital Classroom
- http://www.nara.gov/education/
classrm.html
Primary Sources, activities, and training for educators and students.
- The National Archives and Records Administration
- http:/www.nara.gov
- The Presidential Libraries
- http://www.nara.gov/nara/
president/ address.html
- National History Day
- http://www.thehistorynet.com/ NationalHistoryDay/
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- http://edsitement.neh.fed.us
- Library of Congress
- http://www.loc.gov
- The Gallery of the Open Frontier
- http://www.unl.edu/UP/gof/unp-aw.htm
Digital graphics and photographs of the American West.
- Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
- http://thomas.loc.gov
- American Studies Crossroads Project
- http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/
- The University of Oklahoma Law Center: A Chronology of US Historical Documents
- http://www.law.ou.edu/ushist.html
- The Smithsonian Institution
- http://www.si.edu/newstart.htm
- The National Gallery of Art
- http://www.nga.gov
- The National Endowment for the Arts
- http://arts.endow.gov
- The Kennedy Center's Arts Edge
- http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ artsedge.html
3. Topic-Oriented Research Directories
Begin your search for information here. Because these are topic-oriented directories, you may find quality information more quickly or reliably than generic search engines.
The first section below lists standard search engines; the next section lists education-oriented search engines.
Searching Tips
Not all search engines locate the same resources. Use a few different search engines to get better results.
Put words you want to appear together in quotes. For example search for "networked projects" or "Internet Projects".
Use the word "And" between words or the "+" sign directly before a word to indicate that both the words must appear in the Web sites found by the search engine. For example, you may search for "networked projects" AND history. or +Brazil +"field trip".
Define several terms you can use to search. For example, you may want to search for "project registries", "virtual field trips", "information exchanges", etc.
- Yahoo
- http://www.yahoo.com
- Yahooligans
- http://www.yahooligans.com
Yahoo for children
- LookSmart
- http://www.looksmart.com
- Snap
- http://www.looksmart.com
- Àpali
- http://www.apali.com/
Spanish Languages Directory
- Native Search
- http://nativesearch.com
Directory of Native American web resources
- Webhoo
- http://nordstrand.hypermart.net/ webhoo/
Web directory for web builders
- YoPet
- http://www.hisurf.com/yopet/
A directory of resources for your pet.
- Landmarks for Schools
- http://www.landmark-project.com
- Homework Central
- http://www.homeworkcentral.com
- G.R.A.D.E.S.
- http://www.classroom.net/Grades/
Global Resources and Educational Link Archives from Classroom Connect
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
- Planet K-12
- http://planetk-12.planetsearch.com/
- Blue Web'n
- http://www.kn.pacbell.com/ wired/ bluewebn/ categories.html
Subject Browse
Here are quick links to popular search engines to get you off to a fast start. If you don't find it in a topical index, you'll probably find something here.
- Search Microsoft® Encarta® Concise Encyclopedia
- Articles contain code you need to link directly to the article from your Web project. You must be online to use this.
- Alta Vista
- http://www.altavista.digital.
com
- Excite
- http://www.excite.com
- HotBot
- http://www.hotbot.com
- Infoseek
- http://www.infoseek.com
- Lycos
- http://www.lycos.com
Meta Search Engines (search engines that search other search engines)
- MetaCrawler
- http://www.metacrawler.com
- DogPile
- http://www.dogpile.com
- Highway 61
- http://www.highway61.com
