Research and Search Engines for Kids Two local and free tools for

Research and Search Engines for Kids
Two local and free tools for research:
Hillsborough County Public Library
HCPS School District Virtual Library
http://www.hcplc.org/ > Go to Learning & Research tab
http://k-5media.mysdhc.org/reference
To get passwords > http://k-5media.mysdhc.org/
Download the passwords.
> Virtual Library Information
*Will need a library card.
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SEARCH ENGINES FOR KIDS
Sometimes, Google is not always the best choice for students to search as it can often yield results that are
overwhelming, inaccurate or inappropriate. Please steer away from using Wikipedia as well as information can be
edited and contributed by non-professionals or non-experts. Try these search engines below instead!
Ask Jeeves for Kids
CyberSleuth
http://www.askkids.com/
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/
instaGrok
DMOZ
http://www.instagrok.com/
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/
is an intelligent visual search engine and interactive learning tool that collects
educational content and displays it in the form of a cloud of related words. The tool
is very appealing because it offers a variety of multimedia features to meet the
unique learning needs of students. In addition to the visual map, content is
displayed in the form of text, images, video and web links.
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Kids Click
Yahoo Kids
http://www.kidsclick.org/
A web search site designed for kids by librarians
– with kid-friendly results!
http://kids.yahoo.com/
AOL Kids
Kids' Search Tools through Sunlink
http://kids.aol.com/
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
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Oolone
Twurdy
http://www.oolone.com/
is a visual search engine that displays results as web
previews instead of text.
http://www.twurdy.com/
is a search engine that displays results at readability levels. Just
enter a search term to get color-coded results which determine
how easy the page will be to read.
Kids Space – ipl2
ipl2
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
http://www.ipl.org/
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Sweet Search
SquirrelNet Safe Search for Kids
http://www.sweetsearch.com/
http://www.squirrelnet.com/
Kid Rex
Dib Dab Doo and Dilly Doo
http://www.kidrex.org/
http://www.dibdabdoo.com/
is mainly targeted at preschoolers and primary school students.
KidRex removes all inappropriate results from your child’s search. If
they are naughty and search for forbidden words, the site will return
a friendly but stern ‘Oooops! Try again!’
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Aga Kids
Quintura for Kids
http://aga-kids.com/
http://quinturakids.com/
is a search engine for children is quite unique, as it is a visual search
engine. The results are displayed as screen shots of the appropriate
websites, which children can scan through and select from.
The screen is also interactive, each kite hold a quivering icon which specifies
the topic for searching, such as history, sports, and wildlife. If you click on
the icon of your choice, the words in the clouds change to become subtopics
of the selected topic. Hovering your mouse over a word in the clouds would
cause that word to appear in the search window.
Boolify
Awesome Library
www.boolify.org
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Since children do not easily grasp the use of boolean logic in searching,
this site assists them in forming correct search queries, according to what
they need. The primary boolean operators like and, not, & or, are set out
like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, and they can be dragged onto the search
window to join two words or boolean expressions.
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Dewey Browse
KidsKonnect.com
http://www.deweybrowse.org/
http://www.kidskonnect.com/
Teach the Children Well
INFOMINE
http://www.teachthechildrenwell.com/
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?k12
scholarly internet resources in K-12
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ALA – ALSA
Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government
http://gws.ala.org/
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html
Kidzsearch
Kids Web
http://www.kidzsearch.com/
http://www.mymcpl.org/kids/school-age-kids/websites-kids
Mid-Continent Public Library kid’s directory
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SuperKids
Search Pants
http://www.super-kids.com/
http://searchypants.com/
Flash Card Flash –
A Flash Card Search Engine
Go Gooligans
http://www.gogooligans.com/
Flashcard Flash is a handy little search engine designed for one
purpose, helping you find sets of publicly shared flashcards
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