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Search Engines and Clip Art
Search Tools Search Tools are web sites that help you find other web resources. By typing in keywords or browsing categories you can find just about anything. Search tools are organized in two ways: Indexes and Directories. Directories Directories use humans to catalog web sites into categories and subcategories, sort of like the yellow pages. Since it takes time for humans to review the web sites, directories may display limited results. Some popular directories are Yahoo, Magellan, Argus ClearingHouse. Indexes Indexes catalog web sites by sending out "bots" to collect newly published web sites. Users enter keywords to find web sites on specific topics. The search tool then looks through its catalog of collected sites and displays a list of web sites on the topic requested. Some popular Indexes are: AltaVista Check out the following search tools:
Meta-Search Tools A meta-search tool takes your query and processes it through several indexes and directories all in one step. The result is a large number of web site listings ("hits"). Dogpile Metacrawler Search Tools for Kids These search tools are filtered and specifically designed for kids, but great for adults too! Ask Jeeves for Kids Yahooligans KidsClick CyberSleuth Kids Looking for pictures, backgrounds, graphics, or animations Images can easily be downloaded and saved to your hard drive for use on reports, or to add to your own Web site. Find it all at the following sites. Educational ClipArt Web Clip Art organized by subject. Links to many other clipart sites. Back To School Clip Art http://www.cyberbee.com/bts.html Cyberbee offers links to graphics that are perfect for web pages, newsletters, Hyperstudio, PowerPoint - you name it! Graphics For Teachers http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/clipart/index.html GREAT teacher graphics!! You'll love them!! Clip Art Listings http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm There are 15 different categories of clip art for teachers, offices, etc. Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html Discovery School now makes it easy to add graphics to your next project, whether it's for home or school. Choose from hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animations! Free Education Clip Art From Teachnet.com http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/clipart/index.html Smart tools for busy teachers, Teachnet.com has supplied pages of education clip art with instructions on how to use them. Large and small images are available. Great! More ClipArt sites The Icon Bazaar Directions for downloading images:
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