Research Sites and Search Engines

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NetTrekker:  This site is wonderful for research. Searches will yield only teacher-approved websites.  There is a read-aloud feature as well as the ability to sort results by readability. 
User name: hhw
Password: 123456

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This is a version of Google for kids.  It is safer than Google itself but not as secure as NetTrekker. 

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World Book Online

Another great research resource, very kid-friendly.  Email me for the user name and password.

 

4

Newsbank

from school

user name & password: haroldh

from home

username & password: ra-haroldh

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Great site!  National Geographic makes this site very student-friendly with a ton of cool stuff you'll love!

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Enchanted Learning: This site looks disorganized but if you spend some time on it, it’s loaded with great information for kids.

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Biography Research Center - the name says it all!

Password: nhais

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EBSCOO: Awesome resource for student research!

Username: wilkins

Password: 03031

9

Clark/Wilkins Library -

This can only be accessed from Clark or Wilkins computers.

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Amherst Town Library

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 Boolify is a neat visual way to teach Boolean searches.

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Ask Kids is a good kid-friendly search engine. 

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CyberSleuth is a fantastic search engine. 

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Pics 4 Learning has great photos available to students, copyright-free 

15

 

 Kids Click! Great site designed by librarians.

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Kigose is so cool because the search will yield results from may different kid-friendly search engines. 

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 America's Story - A great biography resource.

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Quitura is a visual search engine that helps students narrow down results by given them suggestions of word they can use to refine their search.

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 Harcourt School's Biography Resource

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Citation Maker 

 

Bib Me

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Fact Monster Student Friendly Search Engine