Indexes and Search Engines

Internet Indexes
(subject lists of hot links to relevant sites)

• Librarians' Index to the Internet. These folks link to the best information.
• Internet Public Library: Teen Space. Use general topics center frame, subject collections to the left, or homework help sites by scrolling down.
• About.com has lots of info, organized by topic.
• Ask Jeeves Kids. Jeeves has organized many topics to make it easier for you to find what you need.
• KidsClick is a librarian-created, kid-friendly site for grades K-7. No ads!

Internet Search Engines
(these sites send out spiders to search the 'Net for your key search terms. Remember to leave out extra stuff like "the," "a," and "an."

• Google: The best search engine on the Internet.
• AltaVista. Links to more academic sites.
• plus Babel Fish, a slightly unreliable but fun translation tool.
• Meta-search engines search multiple other search engines for you:
• Dogpile (who can resist the name?)
• or... Metacrawler
• or... Mamma (she knows everything, right?)