Searching the Internet
Sponsored by The Department of Teacher
Education & Professional Development at
Central Michigan University
Sponsored by The Department of Teacher
Education & Professional Development at
Central Michigan University
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Searching the Internet
Sponsored by The Department of Teacher Education & Professional Development at Central Michigan University |
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LINKS TO INFORMATION ON SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND TO HUNDREDS OF SEARCH ENGINES ARRANGED BY CATEGORIES:
Sites marked with a star [  ] are "must visit" sites. |
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How to Search the Internet
It is strongly recommend you spend some time here and learn how to select the best tool to find what you want. |
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Single Search Engines
22 powerful search engines to choose from. |
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Meta-Search Engines
Although not suggested as a good search strategy, 18 links to metasearch sites are provided. |
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Invisible Web
The "visible web" is what you see in the results pages from general web search engines. It's also what you see in almost all subject directories. The "invisible web" is what you cannot retrieve ("see") in the search results and other links contained in Searchable Databases and Excluded Pages. MITeachers.org shows you how to find what mainstream search engines don't. |
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People, Places, Phone Numbers
Use the 13 Links to find People, email address, street address, phone numbers, and maps showing directions to where ever you want to go. One search engine even lets you enter a phone number and will show you who owns it. |
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Unique Search Engines
7 unique search engines to help you find "other stuff." |
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Reference Search Engines
Visit 23 of the best general or specific reference search sites around. |
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Search Encyclopedias
101 different encyclopedias, most for free but some are pay to use. There are general encyclopedias and those specific to a particular subject or topic area [like The Satellite Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia FunTrivia]. |
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Search Thesauri
8 great thesauri to help you find the right word for your writing. |
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Search for Maps
85 places to find just about any type of map you would want. |
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Search How-To-Do-
10 sites where you can find step-by-step directions to do just about anything. |
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Search Dictionaries
49 online dictionaries including many regular and specific dictionaries |
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Search Acronyms
Use 1 of the 8 acronym search engines to escape the alphabet nightmare. |
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Search Quotations
28 sites to find all different types of quotes. |
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Search Idioms
4 good sites to learn about English idioms. |
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Search Writing
96 sites to find out just about anything on writing. |
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Education Search Engines
106 quality sites for all your edcuation needs. You can even search BigChalk [a great resources site] from this page. |
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Software, Shareware, Freeware, Demos Search Engines
7 solid, established sites to find just about any shareware, etc. program available on the Web. |
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Advanced Topic: Let your Computer Search for you using BOTS
Discussion and defination of Bots [short for robots] and links to BotSpot, THE place to find Bots for your searching needs. |