Research+Tool+Kit

=[]=
 * =The Knowledge Construction Kit:=

=**Specialized Search Engines and Directories**=

There are approximately zillions of specialized search engines out there, as can be seen at Search Engine Guide. The list below is a selective subset of these, chosen because they might help you find materials useful as resources in a [|WebQuest]. All of these links lead to sites that contain specific information that may not turn up when you do a general search of the Web using Altavista, Yahoo, and other search engines and directories. For a more comprehensive list, you might also want to check the Invisible-Web site. || Kids Click! ThinkQuest Entries Kids Search ToolAsk Jeeves for Kids || http://www.yahooligans.com http://www.kidsclick.org http://www.thinkquest.org/library/ http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm http://www.askforkids.com/ || http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp || Blue Web'nEduHound Education World Schrock's Guide Marcopolo S.C.O.R.E Internet Scout FREE || http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/ http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ http://www.eduhound.com/ http://www.education-world.com/ http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ http://www.marcopolo-education.org/ http://www.score.k12.ca.us/ http://scout.wisc.edu/ http://www.free.ed.gov/sitemap.cfm ** (NEW) ** || EdHelper Lesson Plans Page || http://ali.apple.com/ali/uops.shtml http://www.edhelper.com/ http://www.lessonplanspage.com || http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/index/ || http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page || On-Line Books Page Search e-BooksThe Bartleby Library || http://www.books.google.com/ ** NEW  ** http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ http://www.searchebooks.com http://www.bartleby.com/ || Barnes and Noble || http://www.amazon.com http://www.barnesandnoble.com || Pics4Learning Fagan Finder E-Bay Postcards || http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en http://pics.tech4learning.com/ http://www.faganfinder.com/img/ http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category914/index.html || http://www.industrialquicksearch.com/ || Biography.com Biography-Center Lives || http://www.s9.com/biography/ http://www.biography.com/search/ http://www.biography-center.com http://www.amillionlives.com/ || Maptech MapServer (topo) || http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html http://mapserver.maptech.com/ || Kiosk: Journal of Geopolitics || http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm http://www.bay.k12.fl.us/pdk/kiosk/index.html || http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/ || C|Net Download Tucows || http://www.versiontracker.com http://www.download.com http://www.tucows.com/ ||
 * ===**Directories Especially for Educators**=== ||
 * **Material appropriate for children** || Yahoo! Kids
 * **School and university sites** || searchedu.com || http://www.searchedu.com ||
 * **Wired schools** || Web66 School RegistryCyberPlayGround List || http://web66.umn.edu/
 * **Multi-subject starting points ** || BBC SchoolsBBC Learning
 * **Children's software** || California Learning Resource Network || http://www.clrn.org/home/ ||
 * **Lesson plans** || ALI Units of Practice
 * **Curriculum standards** || Education World || http://www.education-world.com/standards/national/index.shtml ||
 * **Info on educational issues** || ERIC SearchERIC Digests || http://ericadr.piccard.csc.com/teams/Login.do **NEW**
 * ===**Search Engines and Databases Not Just for Education**=== ||
 * **IF**
 * you're looking for...** || **THEN**
 * check here:** || **OR**
 * type these in the location bar:** ||
 * **Encyclopedia entries** || Encarta**Wikipedia** || http://encarta.msn.com/
 * **Magazine articles** || AJR Newslink Magazines || http://newslink.org/mag.html ||
 * **Newspaper articles** || AJR Newslink Newspaper Index || http://newslink.org/ ||
 * **Current news** || Google News || http://news.google.com/ ||
 * **Blog Postings** || Technorati || http://www.technorati.com/ ** NEW ** ||
 * **Radio stations** || Radio-Locator || http://www.radio-locator.com ||
 * **Literature in the public domain** || Google Book Search
 * **Copyrighted books in print** || Amazon
 * **Images** || Google Image Search
 * **Images, sounds, videos of animals** || Junglewalk || http://www.junglewalk.com ||
 * **Live images from everywhere** || EarthCam || http://www.earthcam.com/ ||
 * **Primary source documents** || Library of Congress American Memory || http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html ||
 * **Federal (U.S.) legislation** || Thomas || http://thomas.loc.gov/ ||
 * **Company information** || Thomas RegisterIndustrial Quick Search || http://www.thomasregister.com/ (free membership required)
 * **Sounds** || findsounds.com || http://www.findsounds.com ||
 * **Pictures and information about any product of the last two centuries** || E-Bay || http://www.ebay.com ||
 * **Biographies** || Biographical Dictionary
 * **Maps** || Perry-Castañeda
 * **Country profiles** || Atlapedia Online
 * **State & county profiles** || US Census Dept QuickFacts || http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html ||
 * **Medical information** || HealthCentral.comOmniMedicalSearch || http://www.healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm
 * **Military information** || searchmil.com || http://www.searchmil.com ||
 * **Trademarks** || T.E.S.S. || http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm ||
 * **Patents** || U.S.Patent Office || http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html ||
 * **TV episodes** || Epguides || http://epguides.master.com/texis/master/search/mysite.html? ||
 * **Movies, actors** || Internet Movie Database || http://www.imdb.com/ ||
 * **Measurement Conversion** || ConvertPlus || http://convertplus.com/en/ ||
 * **Shareware & freeware** || VersionTracker
 * **Even more search engines** || Search-Engines2 || http://www.search-engines-2.com/ ||