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Web Searching For Kids!

SELECTED SITES FOR KIDS
KidsClick! - A database of over 6300 sites compiled by librarians, even has sites organized by Dewey Decimal numbers! All fields Subjects Titles Descriptions Limit by: Yahooligans! - Designed for Web surfers ages 7 to 12. Over 20,000 sites selected by the YAHOO! Inc. staff.	Ask Jeeves for Kids - First searches a database of selected sites arranged as questions; then conducts a parallel search of Yahooligans and Education World. Berit's Best Sites - Lists a thousand top-notch fun and educational sites. Awesome Library - 15,000 carefully reviewed resources.

SCREENED SITES FOR KIDS
AOL NetFind: For Kids - For the best results, type in more than one word and put AND in between them. For example: games AND checkers. KidFusion MetaSearch - Searches for best sites by running parallel screened searches on Yahooligans, KidsClick, ePlay, GO Kids, GO Homework Help, and National Wildlife Federation.	OneKey Kid Safe Search Engine - Currently contains over 60,000 links. All sites must meet the US Network TV standard practices for decency. Find listings that Searchopolis - Uses the Bess database to eliminate adult and other objectionable content; uses the Inktomi database of Web sites to provide comprehensive search results. Geared towards older kids.

SITES FOR TEACHERS & PARENTS
GEM Gateway to Educational Materials - Access to high quality Internet lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources. Search by: Search by: Select all that apply: Pre-K K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	StudyWEB - Search a collection of over 141,000 education-oriented URLs Education World - Search a database of over 120,000+ education-related sites.

STILL WANT MORE KIDSAFE SEARCH TOOLS...
Bess, The Interet Retriever	Comes from N2H2 (who made Searchopolis) this is a high-graphic fully-filtered web directory for younger kids.
Lycos SafetyNet	You must first register with this service, but once you do, any search done is filtered.
Lycos Kids	A directory of kids' sites
SuperSnooper	A search engine with built in filters that screen-out pornographic, violent and hate-related sites
Classroom Connect	A search engine designed for K-12 educators and students

Important note to parents and teachers: These sites, as far as we know, will not return sexually explicit, violent or hateful content. However, if you find any problems with any sites on this page, please let us know immediately so we can investigate. Likewise, if you find other search engines that should be listed, please let us know.

Adapted from the KidsClick list of KidsSearch tools.

For more information about safe search engines see: http://www.safekids.com/.

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Learning Links:
WebSavvy
(learn how to be a savvy user of the web)

WebSleuth
(learn how to search the web)

KidsClick's World of Searching
excellent advanced guide to what's on the web, how to find it and what's NOT on the web

American Library Association's
The Librarian's Guide to CyberSpace for Parents & Kids

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