Cheryl van Tilburg's List: Sites for Student Research

It's like "Ask Jeeves" for adults, but re-crafted especially for students (elementary and middle schoolers). Kids can type in a question in natural English and get a list of sites that are subject -- and age -- appropriate.

www.askkids.com - Preview

resources research on 2008-04-24 and saved by 168 people

Web-based tool targeted at elementary and middle-school students that helps kids understand how to use boolian modifiers (and, not, or, etc.) to improve the quality of their online searches on Google, Yahoo, and other search engines. Very visual and user friendly.

www.boolify.org - Preview

research tools on 2008-04-25 and saved by 288 people

Lets you easily drag-and-drop search words in and out of boxes to make your Google and Yahoo searches for targeted and useful. Very easy.

www.sortfix.com - Preview

research tools on 2008-04-25 and saved by 47 people

This free Java application allows you to do a Google search and see the connections between the websites in your results. Very visual and graphic. A cool way to supplement your online searching.

www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html - Preview

Homework Websites research search engines Google on 2008-05-11 and saved by 685 people

A Google search site targeted specifically at scholarly research. Your portal to thousands of journals and research publications.

scholar.google.com - Preview

research search engine Google on 2008-05-11 and saved by 1194 people

www.encyclopedia.com - Preview

homework research encyclopedia on 2008-05-28 and saved by 373 people

Nice website that lets you explore history using timelines. Put historical events into perspective.

www.fsmitha.com - Preview

history web tools on 2008-08-28 and saved by 49 people

Very cool digital library with kid-appropriate online resources for research.

www.flvs.net/...splash.htm - Preview

web tools research virtual learning on 2008-12-08 and saved by 6 people