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=‍**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 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] [] [] [] || [] || Blue Web'nEduHound Education World Schrock's Guide Marcopolo S.C.O.R.E Internet Scout FREE || [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] ** (NEW) ** || EdHelper Lesson Plans Page || [] [] [|http://www.lessonplanspage.com] || [] || [] || On-Line Books Page Search e-BooksThe Bartleby Library || [] ** NEW ** [] [|http://www.searchebooks.com] [] || Barnes and Noble || [|http://www.amazon.com] [|http://www.barnesandnoble.com] || Pics4Learning Fagan Finder E-Bay Postcards || [] [] [] [] || [] || Biography.com Biography-Center Lives || [] [] [|http://www.biography-center.com] [] || Maptech MapServer (topo) || [] [] || Kiosk: Journal of Geopolitics || [] [] || [] || C|Net Download Tucows || [|http://www.versiontracker.com] [|http://www.download.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 || []
 * **Multi-subject starting points ** || BBC SchoolsBBC Learning
 * **Children's software** || California Learning Resource Network || [] ||
 * **Lesson plans** || ALI Units of Practice
 * **Curriculum standards** || Education World || [] ||
 * **Info on educational issues** || ERIC SearchERIC Digests || [] **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** || []
 * **Magazine articles** || AJR Newslink Magazines || [] ||
 * **Newspaper articles** || AJR Newslink Newspaper Index || [] ||
 * **Current news** || Google News || [] ||
 * **Blog Postings** || Technorati || [] ** 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 || [] ||
 * **Primary source documents** || Library of Congress American Memory || [] ||
 * **Federal (U.S.) legislation** || Thomas || [] ||
 * **Company information** || Thomas RegisterIndustrial Quick Search || [] (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 || [] ||
 * **Medical information** || HealthCentral.comOmniMedicalSearch || []
 * **Military information** || searchmil.com || [|http://www.searchmil.com] ||
 * **Trademarks** || T.E.S.S. || [] ||
 * **Patents** || U.S.Patent Office || [] ||
 * **TV episodes** || Epguides || []? ||
 * **Movies, actors** || Internet Movie Database || [] ||
 * **Measurement Conversion** || ConvertPlus || [] ||
 * **Shareware & freeware** || VersionTracker
 * **Even more search engines** || Search-Engines2 || [] ||