INTERNET SEARCH TOOLS

• The BBC Education WebGuide
  There are two ways of using the BBC Education WebGuide to find websites that interest you: keyword searches and browsing.

• Yahoo Reference
  This site is exactly what it says it is - a place for reference tools or reference search.

• OneLook Dictionaries
  This sites has 742 online dictionaries which contain a word count of 3,340,158 words.

• Study Web
  This site is exactly what it says it is -- a place for anyone doing research to find the information they need as easily as possible.

• Teach With Movies
  Teach With Movies offers a recommend list of movies that contain major events of history, great achievement of civilization, extraordinary men and woman who have shaped our world and more. These movies are recommended for viewing either in the classroom, a theatre or on television.

• Artcyclopedia
  The Fine Art Search Engine. Search by artists,artworks by title, and by art museums name/place.

• Wordsmyth
  an interesting online reference tool that combines the functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus in one easy-to-use search interface.

• Campus Tours
  This site allows you to take a tour of a college "virtually", via your computer.

• The On-line Books Page
  Search for books,news,features,archives and the inside story feature can be accessed.

• Maps and References
  Maps,atlases,dictionaries,glossaries,bibliographies and more can be accessed.

• The Wire
  The Associated Press gathering and distributing organization offers its hot news stories, which are organized according to geographical area and city. Just click on the region, and pull down to the desired news outlet to read the stories.

• PBS TeacherSource
  Search the PBS TeacherSource database of more than 1,400 lesson plans and activities correlated to more than 230 sets of state and national curriculum standards.

• Web English Teacher
  A valuable tools for teachers looking for lesson plan and curriculum ideas.

• Fact Monster
  This site includes several sections, including a homework center, geography center, US information center, and a "people center," with a searchable database containing information on over 30,000 people.

• Ask-A-Geologist
  Do You Have a question about volcanoes,earthquakes.mountains,rocks,maps ground water, lakes or rivers?

• Find-It! Rhode Island
  Find-It! Rhode Island is a unique search engine through which citizens. employees and others can find the websites created by Rhode Island state and city/town governments for public use. .

• Arriba Vista
  An image search engine that retrieves images that have been screened; you can search for dolls and only get dolls. Search by keyword or browse their keyword and categories lists.

• Searchopolis
  This site is filtered for kids. There is also a GradeChecker, Calendar, and Virtual Locker.

• WorldSkip.com
  WorldSkip.com presents the most widely sought news, information, products and services from every country on this planet and every state within the United States of America.

• Google
  Google uses sophisticated next-generation technology to produce the right results fast with every query. Google returns relevant results because it responds to your query using an automated method that ranks relevant websites based on the link structure of the Internet itself.

• baldey.com
  This search engine gives optimal results by using the best findings of other search engines and combining them.

• eduScapes
  Find resources and information that can be used by teachers and learners of all ages.

• We Media
  We Media's mission is to empower persons with disabilities, their families and friends by being a conduit for education, knowledge, technology, entertainment, and numerous other services in an exciting, convenient, and accessible fashion.

• findRI.com
  Interesting and insightful articles along with a search feature that links to various bits of information in and about Rhode Island.

• N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides
  For 65 years, N.A.D.A. has been the world's largest publisher of appraisal guides for used vehicle values. Not only will you find appraisals for cars and trucks, but for recreational vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, and ATVs.

• britannica.com
  The world's best Web sites, plus magazines, books, and the complete Encyclopedia Britannica. Also has a link to the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

• AssignmentEditor.com
  From one simple page, visitors can click on hundreds of links to connect with virtually any newspaper in the world, check news wires, access maps and people finders, use all the top search engines, visit sports and entertainment sites, read gossip columnists and critics, do research, go shopping… and the list goes on. Note that this site is somewhat commercialized.

• UNSW Library
  The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has put together a search engine for search engines! View the search engine tutorials to learn how to improve your searches.

• SimpleSearch
  Tell SimpleSearch, what you're looking for type it in the box, then click search.

• Price Watch
  Price Watch, is one of the fastest ways to obtain prices on computers and consumer electronics products. A Warning notice from the Learning Link: please read the disclaimer statement regarding all information presented on this WebSite.

• HomeworkCentral.com
  HomeworkCentral.com is an online learning environment made up of links to knowledge on the Internet. Our scholars have located, evaluated, and organized more than 75,000 links in over 9,000 subjects, and are adding more knowledge every day.

• Snap.
  A search engine as big as the web itself.

• Awesome Library
  The Awesome Library organizes your exploration of the World Wide Web. It contains 14,000 resources, including the top 5 percent in education. Select who you are to see an Awesome Library that is designed for you.

• Hotsheet.com
  A mega supersearch engine. The link contains five major search areas: start, news, finance, sports, and net resources.

• Ask Jeeves for Kids
  Ask Jeeves for Kids (tm) makes finding answers on the Web easy and fun. Unlike traditional search engines that match keywords, Ask Jeeves for Kids lets you enter a question in plain English and, after confirming the question, takes you to a single page that answers the question.

• AnyWho
  Do you need to locate a telephone number, Fax number, toll free number, e-mail address, or a U.S. mail address? This link may provide you with the information you are seeking.
  

• Street Maps & More
  Do you need assistance in locating a street? Do you need driving directions?

• Switchboard
  Have you lost contact with someone over the years? You can now find a person, by name. To search for a person, enter some or all of the information requested. The only required field is the last name.

• Inference
  This is a search engine which does a parallel search across the six major search engines and directories (Yahoo!, Excite, Lycos, Web-Crawler, AltaVista, Infoseek) at the same time and returns one comprehensive list.

• Northern Light Search Directory
  Search the World Wide Web and a Special Collection. Access two million articles not found on other Internet search engines. Please note that a fee is charged in order to obtain some of these articles, specifically the "Special Collection" articles. Click on the specific article in order to find out if a fee is required in order to obtain.

• WebCrawler
  Search by category to find all kinds of information on the Web.

• One Seek
  Search engine that lets you search the best sites on the web simultaneously and then view the results side-by-side.

• Acronym Finder
  A searchable database that will let you Look up more than 45,000 acronyms and meanings.