Follow this link for MCHS Teacher-Recommended Websites
Search engines
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Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Need
Search Engine Watch
Search Engine Showdown
Internet Public Library - Web Searching
recommended search engines
Google
Yahoo! Search
Exalead
Ask.com
Clusty - clusters results based on topics, sources, or sites
other types of search engines
Google Scholar - search for scholarly articles
Scirus - science-specific search engine
Infomine - search only scholarly Internet resources
Technorati - blog search engine
Google Blog Search - blog search engine
StumbleUpon - discover and share great websites.
Surchur - scans dynamic content--blogs, pictures, videos, news, social web entries, and products. A search meter discerns a topic's current hotness, whether it's simply hot or catching fire. Best used as a current awareness tool, highlighting the buzz relating to breaking events and people in the news.
real time search engines
OneRiot - results pulled from Twitter, Digg, and other social sharing services.
Scoopler - results from Delicious, Digg, Twitter, and Flickr
Collecta - results from Twitter, YouTube, and various blogs and news websites.
Twitter Search - search Twitter, even if you don't have an account.
social bookmarking
del.icio.us
Diigo
50matches - crawls social bookmarking websites and returns links with at least 50 matches

Subject directories/homework help
Librarians Internet Index - reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected websites
Internet Public LIbrary
Google Directory
Yahoo! Directory
Multnomah County Library Homework Center
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Homework Spot
Best Information on the Net
How Stuff Works
High School Ace
Sparknotes
Reference Resources
Infoplease
Answers.com
Refdesk.com
Libraryspot.com

Website evaluation
questions we should ask...
1. Deconstruct the URL.
    Who "published" it? ( Look at the URL up to the first /)
    Is it a personal page?
        (URL contains: ~ % members aol geocities users tripod AOL)
    What type of organization is behind it?     
        (Domains: non-profit (org); univ/college (edu); govt(gov, mil,us);
          business (com); anyone (net); foreign (uk, jp, de, etc.)
2. Who authored it?
3. When was the page created/last updated?
4. What was the author's purpose?
5. Is the information documented? (bibliography? links?)
test your website evaluation skills...
Bad Apple Game - 21st Century Information Fluency
Use It? or Lose It? - 21st Century Information Fluency
website evaluation tools...
Domain lookup
Wayback Machine

Internet smarts/safety
Snopes.com - THE place for looking up urban legends, common fallacies, misinformation, old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, etc.
That's Not Cool - send a callout card, watch a video, talk it out with other teens
NetSmartz Workshop Teens: Real Life Stories
NS Teens Comics: How Much is Too Much?
NS Teens Video: Profile Penalty
NS Teens Video: Post-to-be-Private
NS Teens Video: Terrible Text
CyberTipLine: ID the Creep
CyberTipLine: Don't Believe the Type
Sateteens.com: How to Recognize Grooming

Copyright-friendly images and media
Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and Student Use Images and Media - TeacherTap
Copyright-Friendly Images and Sound - Springfield Township High School
Every Stock Photo - use Advanced Search to search for Public Domain or Creative Commons licensed photos.