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Start Here, if you are new to the subject you are inquiring about.Others have reviewed, selected and arranged sites by topic for you.Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Librarians Index to the Internet
See also: Clipart on the Mt. Baker site
Consumer Reports (The Magazine)
This is a subscription site which requires a user name and password, but some information is provided free of charge.Deja
A consumer education site for comparison shopping on the web.FinditConsumer
Find it Consumer wa dot gov is a consumer search engine of US government and Washington State consumer information.Shopping bots
Databases are not searched by search engines. Indeed, any of the search engines listed on this site can, at most, search 15% of the information on the Internet. Databases must be searched using their specific search engine. The information found in databases is more reliable for accuracy than that found on the Internet.Mt. Baker Middle School Databases
King County Library System Databases
K-12 Search Engines for Students
Sites included on these sites are specifically selected for school age students and their curriculum.
Educational Search Engines
Lesson Plans
GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials)
The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!Scholarships
Fastweb (Scholarship Search Engine)
Moviefone
Find movies and showtimes at locations nearest you by typing in your zip codeNWSource
Pacific Northwest entertainment news
See Also: World Languages
(If you know what you are searching for, this is in a league of its own!)
Federal Government
Search all branches and departments of federal government websites with these search engines.
Firstgov.gov (Adults)
Search all federal agencies and branches of government with this search engine.Thomas
Legislative (federal) information on the Internet.US Government Educational Resources
GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials)
The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
Washington (State)
Access Washington
Washington (State) government Internet portal.Ask George
Search the Washington (State) government website
Deep Searching is a term that refers to the ability to search Internet databases and directories. Most Internet search engines are not able to search these. This is why it is estimated that traditional search engines can only find less than a quarter of the information on the Internet. It is now estimated that one million pages are added to the Internet daily. Below are Internet search engines that claim to be able to delve deeper into the Internet. More background information can be found searching on the term "invisible web."Academic Info
Your Gateway to Quality Educational ResourcesBeaucoup.com
It addition to being a traditional search engine, it is able to search more than 2500 databases and directories.BigHub.com
This searches multiple search engines, Web directories, and news databases with one summary of results.CompletePlanet.com
This has a free Deep Web search site that will search 30,000 of the 100,000 Deep Web database sites. There is also a subscription search engine that is more powerful, called Lexibot.Direct Search
Links at this site find information not easily found from traditional search engines.Fossick.com - the WebSearch Alliance Directory
This is a selective collection of more than 3,000 specialist search engines and topical guides. There are thousands of search engines on the Internet. Fossick aims to help users locate the best search tools for their search needs.Geniusfind
A directory of thousands of search engines, databases, and archives organized into convenient categories and subcategories.INFOMINE
This has a multiple database search option that allows users to search subject specific databases and full-text journals in academic disciplines, K-12, Internet, and other useful categories.IncyWincy
The invisable web search engineInvisibleWeb.com
A comprehensive site that allows users to locate catalogs, achieves, government, business and scholarly databases and much more. This site has access to more than 10,000 databases.Libraryspot.com
Links to more than 2,500 libraries around the world with additional links.Invisible Web at Lycos
Comprehensive guide to searchable databases on the webSearchIQ
A wealth of information with startling search capabilitiesWebdata.com
Specializes in the cataloging, searching, and comparison of online content from Web sites with databases.
Listserv's (and majordomo's) are mailing lists on specific topics. People subscribe to desired lists, and when someone sends a message to the list, all subcribers receive it and may respond.
Educational Listserv Archives @ AskERIC
E-Mail Discussion Lists and Electronic Journals
Liszt
This is not just for educators. However, their are over 100 discussion lists posted under the Education heading, which are searchable.
Meta search engines search other search engines, and deliver the top hits. They not scour the entire site, however and therefore are not appropriate for in-depth academic research. Many sites that started out as just spiders, directories, or meta-search engines now have incorporated other functions. Google, the current Grand-Daddy of search engines, technically does not fit into any of these catagories.
Online Collections of Photographs
AP Multimedia Archieve
** Requires a King County Library System card number **American Memory Collection
Library of Congress Digital LibraryAmerican Museum of Photography
Life Magazine Classic Pictures
Holocaust Museum (United States) - Online Exhibits
NARA Exhibit Hall
National Archieve and Records AdministrationNewseum - Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Picture Collection Online
New York Public Library - Mid-Manhattan BranchImage Search EnginesAltavista
Altavista has a specific page designed for searching images.AP Photo Archive (requires a KCLS library card number)
The entire archive can be found at this database site.Berekley Digital Library Image Finder
Ditto.com
This engine is designed specifically for visual searches of the web.eLibrary/elementary Database
The entire eLibrary photo collection is included here.Lycos Image Finder
Lycos Multimedia search engine for pictures, videos, audio, and MP3's
University of Washington - Pacific Northwest History
Washington (State) @ Librarians Index to the Internet (wa.lli.org)
Choose the Best Search Engine for your needs.
This site leads you to determine which search engine best fits your intended purpose.http://www.mrsapo.com/
This site allows you to enter search queries and try them out on different search engines
Search Engine Showdown
This site give intricate details on how to use and evaluate each search engine, with up to the minute news on new features that have been added to each of them.Search Engine Watch
Similiar to the above site.