What's the best kid's search engine?

What search engine is the best one to use?

Where's the best place to find Australian Information?

I need more specialised information about searching.

What Search Engine is the best one to use? with thanks to Debbie Abilock (Nueva School, California) & Amanda Credaro (Richmond High School, NSW)

I need to use natural language in my search. Try InfoSeek and Ask Jeeves I want to ask the question I have been given. Try Ask Jeeves and Ask Jeeves for Kids I need a few good hits fast. Try Google I have a broad, general subject and need to focus it. Try Librarians' index to the Internet ; Northern Light ; Encyclopedia Brittannica; Encarta Online ; Yahoo I have a popular topic & need to focus it. Try Yahoo I need a smaller number of relevant hits. Try Excite I have general keywords but I need help refining the search? Try Excite which suggests word lists to help refine searches; Try Alta Vista which suggests phrase search terms I need a pinpoint search because my terms are narrow. Try Alta Vista . Massive & fast indexer of full text, good for very specific searches. I need Australian information. Try our Australian links I need almanac information. Try Information Please ; or CIA World Fact Book I need a virtual librarian to help me. Try KidsConnect I want to get advice or opinions from others. Try Ask Kids Connect - question answering & referral by librarians I need to search on words that are often ignored in a phrase (such as "to be or not to be"). Try InfoSeek or Alta Vista I need hard-to-find or the very latest news. Try YahooNews ; or Northern Lights Current News - both update continuously from the wires. I need scientific information. Try Altavista (rated best for this) I need quotations. Try Quoteland I need images & sounds. Try Alta Vista Photo Finder; try Google Images I need to search using a proper name (place, place, object) . Try HotBot - Person search will retrieve the name in both reversed and normal order. I need an educational site. Try EDNA I need quality, evaluated pathfinders prepared by a subject expert? Try WWW Virtual Library How do the Search Engines rate? Computer Choice (Sept/Oct 1998) tested search engines & found:- Accuracy - Excite & InfoSeek Ease of Use - AltaVista & HotBot General searching when you're not sure what you're looking for - Yahoo & LookSmart Beginners - HotBot Scientific - AltaVista What are some other recommended Search Engines? Google: Superior advanced search capability; a few good hits fast. HotBot: [MetaCrawler] Dogpile: [MetaCrawler] All The Web Northern Light: Northern Light is an excellent search engine for senior students. It offers excellent tutorials for research and also has an excellent hit rate. It always manages to give relevant information within the first ten hits. It will cover Australian content is you use the power search option linked to Australia.

What are the best places to find information about Australia?

Anzwers Anzwers allows you to look for any or all of the words, the person or the exact phrase. LookSmart Try LookSmart (use category or keyword search). GoEureka GoEureka gives lots of details in the search list which helps you assess level of suitability etc. You can use the search refiners to narrow your search. Australia's Cultural Network The online gateway to Australian cultural organisations, websites, resources, events and news. Australian Governments Link page Links you to all state, federal & territory government departments and organisations.

What are the Best Search Engines for Kids?

Ask Jeeves For Kids You enter a question, and Ask Jeeves tries to point you to the right web page that provides an answer. Answers have been vetted for appropriateness. If Ask Jeeves cannot answer a question, it pulls results from various search engines in its MetaCrawler mode. At Ask Jeeves For Kids, no site that is on SurfWatch's block list will be listed. Yahooligans Yahoo for kids, designed for ages 7 to 12. Sites are hand-picked to be appropriate for children. Adult-oriented banner advertising will not appear within the service. Yahooligans is the oldest major directory for children. KidsClick! Backed by librarians, KidsClick lists about 5,000 web sites in various categories. AOL NetFind Kids Only From AOL, it contains links to sites that are safe for kids. Awesome Library Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory, specifically organized for teachers, students and parents. Information can be found by browsing or searching. Education World Over 115,000 sites of interest to educators. Browsable or searchable, with the ability to narrow in by appropriate grade level. Infoplease Kids' Almanac Reference provider Information Please produces this site which provides facts and information oriented around the needs of children. SearchEdu.com Index of pages built by crawling education web sites. CyberSleuth Kids Educational directory and homework helper for the K-12 student. Search from thousands of subject specific Internet sites. DizzyDuckling Click on animated characters to have your child lead into topics with kid-friendly sites. There is also the ability to search a directory of sites. No adult content sites are listed, but the listings may not be entirely designed for children, as are the animated topic helpers. Teach-nology.com Directory of web sites for teachers and educators. Family Web Files A directory of kid-safe web sites, presented in both English and Spanish. Linkopedia Kidzone Rated and reviewed sites for children aged 2 to 10.

Filtered Search Engines These allow you to search the entire web rather than just through a handpicked selection of kid-safe sites. Results are then filtered to remove possibly objectionable material.

AltaVista Family Filter AltaVista Family Filter is designed to protect children from seeing objectionable material when searching the entire web. Enable it by selecting "AV Family Filter" from the links below the main search box, in the "Specialty Searches" section. Excite's Magellan From Excite, Magellan offers the ability to search only kid-safe "Green Light" sites via an option which appears below the search box, on the home page. GOguardian This provides filtered results at the Go Network (InfoSeek). To enable, select the GOguardian link below the search box, on the home page. Even if Guardian is not enabled, Go will warn if it thinks search results contain possibly objectionable material. Lycos SearchGuard To set up the Search Guard, click Parental Control near the search box. Allows parents to screen possibly objectionable sites from Lycos search results. Formerly Lycos SafetyNet. Searchopolis An Inktomi-powered filtered search engine, with directory listings from LookSmart. Family Friendly Search Meta search service that queries major kid-friendly search engines.

Where can I find more specialised information about searching & Search Engines?

Nueva Library Help - Choose the best search engine for your purpose Site by Debbie Abilock Choose the best Search Engine for your Information Needs Site by Amanda Credaro Search Engine Watch The Spider's Apprentice - a helpful guide to web search engines

Last updated 01/07/2001