The World’s Easiest Internet Searches

(Requires  newer versions of browsers)

 

1.   In the address bar of your browser (either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape), highlight the internet address (URL).

 

2.   In the address bar, enter your request for information, and hit enter.

 

 

 

Internet Explorer uses the Microsoft search engine, and at the present time, Netscape uses Google.

 

There is a lot of controversy about the “fairness” of search engines.   Below are the URLs of some other search engines:

 

Training in Internet usage and search engines:

 

Librarians’ Guide:

http://lii.org/search?title=Internet+Training;query=Internet+training;subsearch=Internet+training;searchtype=subject

 

Choosing the best Search Engines:

http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html

 

Everything about the Internet:

http://oii.org/cyberu/

 

Evaluating Science Searches:

http://www.lehigh.edu/~amb4/websci/evalweb.html

 

Evaluating Web Resources:

http://www.lehigh.edu/~amb4/websci/evalweb.html

 

WWW page Evaluation:

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html

 

The ABC’s of Website Evaluation:

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval.pdf

 

Search Engines:

http://www.smolka.net/searching.htm

 

Methods of Evaluation:

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/credibility/page2.htm

 

Michael’s Internet Finding Tips:

http://www.botos.com/train/searchit3a.html

 

International Search Directory:

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/

 

Search Engine Watch:

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/

 

Five Steps to Searching:

http://library.berkeley.edu/Help/search.html

 

Web Aesthetics:

http://nmc.loyola.edu/students/aesthetics/evaluate.html

 

Web Evaluation Criteria:

http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html

 

Web Evaluation for Secondary Grades:

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/rubric3.htm

 

Web Tutorials:

http://www.actden.com/

 

Windweaver’s Search Guide:

http://www.windweaver.com/searchguide.htm

 

How to Search the Web:

http://daphne.palomar.edu/TGSEARCH/

 

 

My favorite search engines:

 

http://www.google.com/

 

http://www.iwon.com/

 

http://www.megafind.com/

 

http://www.37.com/

 

 

General search engines:

 

http://aj.com (Ask Jeeves)

 

http://www.altavista.com/

 

http://www.bigfoot.com/

 

http://www.dogpile.com/

 

http://www.gocee.com/eureka/  (Eureka)

 

http://www.excite.com/

 

http://www.go.com/

 

http://www.google.com/

 

http://hotbot.lycos.com/

 

http://www.hotsheet.com/

 

http://hotbot.lycos.com/

 

http://www.isleuth.com/

 

http://www.iwon.com/

 

http://www.lightspan.com/search2/pages/searchHome.asp?_prod=LS&_nav=N1_SEARCH

 

http://www.lycos.com/

 

http://www.mamma.com/

 

http://www.megafind.com/

 

http://magellan.excite.com/

 

http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html

 

http://www.metafind.com/

 

http://www.nln.com/

 

http://www.37.com/

 

http://www.snap.com

 

http://www.webcrawler.com/

 

http://www.yahoo.com/

 

http://www.yahooligans.com/

 

Other name for Yahooligans

http://www.pages4kids.com/

 

Ask Jeeves:

http://www.aj.com/

 

Phone numbers:

 

http://www.555.1212.com/

 

http://www.switchboard.com/

 

People and Phone numbers:

 

http://www.anywho.com/

 

 

Zip Code Information:

 

http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Word and the Internet

 

For those who are afraid of WebQuests, unfamiliar with creating web pages, or limited in access to web pages, below is an easy way to integrate the Internet with classroom instruction.  If you can use Microsoft Word and have Internet access on your class computer, you can create these simple activities.

 

Sample Activity

 

 

 

 

Name_______________________________Teacher:_______________________

 

http://www.teachersfirst.com/election/index.htm

 

 

Who is running?

How much money have they raised for campaigning?

 

 

 

 

(When you need more lines in the table above, click in the very last box and press your “tab” key.”  It will automatically add another line to your table)

 

How many major political parties are there in the US?

 

Name them.

 

When is Kentucky’s primary election/caucus date?

 

What state is the last state to hold a primary election/caucus?

 

What does the Electoral College consist of?

 

How does the US determine the numbers of delegates does each state get?

 

How many delegates does Kentucky have?

 

If you were running for president, in which three states would you choose to campaign? Why?

 

 

Creating Simple Word Activities

 

Note:  You must have Internet connectivity on the computer used for this activity:

 

  1. In a new Word document, create the type of format your like to use for your classroom activities. 

 

  1. There are two easy ways to insert the hyperlink to the Internet  pages you want to use.  If your know the exact Internet address (URL) enter the exact address on your document:

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

 

When your cursor reaches the end of the URL, hit the enter.   The address you have written should be underlined and in another color (generally blue).

 

If the URL is long, difficult, or not totally familiar to you, go to that Internet page.   Highlight the URL in the address bar.  Then go to edit on the menu bar, and click on copy.  

 

 

 

Next, return to your Word document.  Place the cursor in the location in which you want your URL, and click on Edit, and next click on Paste.

 

Your Word document now has a hyperlink to the appropriate web page for your activity.