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Searching
the Internet:
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Internet
101 This site gives us some interesting background on
the Internet and how it works.
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Yahoo
This search engine allows us to use keywords or a subject
tree.
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Librarians' Index to
the Internet (lii.org) is a searchable, annotated
subject directory of more than 14,000 Internet resources
selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to
users of public libraries. LII is used by both librarians and
the general public as a reliable and efficient guide to
Internet resources.
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Ask Jeeves
This search engine allows us to use natural language to ask a
question to search the Internet.
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Google
Search engine, automated, keyword and subject tree.
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alltheweb
- Search engine - searches 2.1 billion documents, keyword,
tabs for pictures, videos, mp3 files, and news.
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ixquick
This is a meta search engine -
keyword, buttons for news, pictures, mp3.
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vivisimo
This is a meta search engine, so it searches using several
other search engines.
It organizes the results into very helpful categories.
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GigaBlast
This is a new search engine, you can search by keyword or by
using the subject tree directory. It searches over 2 billion
pages.
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Evaluating
Pages on the Internet:
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Evaluating
Web Sites. Evaluating
Web Sites. This is the process we will use to evaluate
web sites
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Orca
Whale Experience.
We will use this site to learn how to cite a source.
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The
Northern LightsThe
Northern Lights. We will evaluate this web site to see
if it would be considered a 'good' source.
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Multimedia
Elements:
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Bluemountain
This site allows you to make multimedia cards for e-mail.
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Icon
Bazaar This site is a good source for web page
backgrounds and icons.
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WebShots
This site has pictures and photographs for us to download.
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Cognitive
Distortion There are some interesting photos here that
can be used as photos or backgrounds.
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Flaming
Text This site allows us to create a heading using a
variety of special fonts.
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Animation
Online This is another site that has some cool
animation tools for free use.
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Media
Builder This site is a good source for web page
backgrounds and 3D text and animated pictures.
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General Reference
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Dictionary
At this site you can look up the meaning of words, hear
them pronounced, and get synonyms.
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EBSCO
Magazine Index This is a link to the Magazine Index
that we use for research
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Bibliography
help This site allows you to type in the
information you need for a bibliographic reference and it will
then format it for you in MLA or APA style. You then
copy and paste the appropriate citation into your
bibliography.
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