[MCCSC] Monroe County
Community School Corporation
315 E North Drive . Bloomington, IN 47401 . USA . 812.330.7700
www.MCCSC.edu
Research Tools
Guide for Parents and Teachers
Tools and resources for Kids and Families
General Purpose Search Tools
Dictionary -- Online Dictionaries / Grammars / Linguistics
-- A Multitude of Tools / Resources
Quick Links
  to Daily News Sites
  to Free Tech Support
  to K-12 / Colleges
  to MapsOnUs
  to MapQuest
  to Yahoo Maps
References
How to Search the Web  -- An Internet Library Tutorial from the U of California, Berkeley. Handouts, Powerpoint slides, and other class materials are available online.
Debbie Flanagan's Web Search Strategies  -- How to prepare your search: identify main concepts in topic, synonyms, alternate spellings, or variant word forms; how to use the various search tools available on the Internet.
Help(s) for 'some' Search Tools
Difference betweena Browseable Directory and a Search Engine
Lessons and Resources -- for teachers and parents.
INSPIRE -- INdiana SPectrum of Information REsources
Libraries -- in the MCCSC, the community, the world
LibrarySpot.Com -- Libraries and References
MCCSC Acceptable Use Policy
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Kids' Sites!
Activities & Information
[These sites contained no advertising banners -- as of 02/03/04]
4Kids
AskUs@monroe.lib.in.us
The Case.com for Kids
Mystery.Net's Kid's Mystery Pages
Kids' Click
The Kids on the Web
MCPL Resources
Think Quest
WebQuests
WonderLab
Kids & Family
Search Tools/Engines
[These tools below may contain
advertising banners asking for money -- $ ¢ ¥ £]
ALFY.com
Ask.Com / [Ask Jeeves]
Blackle an energy-saving version of Google®
Google
LycosZone
OpenHere
Yahooligans for Kids
Each of these sites should also contain a Privacy Statement detailing what use, if any, the site will make of any information obtained from a connection to the site. See the Policy and Guidelines statement above for additional information on advertising.
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General Purpose Search Tools [Advertsiing banners very common]

Search Thingy-- 10 Top Search Engines: descriptions/evaluations of quality from
Google . alltheWeb[Fast]  . Yahoo . Hotbot . About . Excite . iWon . MSN .  Complete Planet . Alta Vista
Pick all or any to use in an extensive search.
MetaCrawler--Search the Search Engines
The following return
...background info
About.Com
Blackle an energy-saving version of Google®
C|Net's Search.Com
Galaxy
Hotbot
Lycos
Yahoo
...more details

Ask.Com
Alta Vista
Excite
Google
Infoseek
Northern Light
WebCrawler
...many pages
Ask.Us
an in-depth search of
[dot]US® domains

Beaucoup
Find It: I-Tools
SearchEngines.com
Starting Point
People Places Things
Wikipedia
6 Reverse Phone Directories
    require area code and number
Find E-Mail
Google Image Search
People Search
Tollfree #s
Who? Where?
@ddresses.Com
E-Mail Addresses, Multiple Sources
Americom's Area DeCoder
MapsOnUs
MapQuest [Java errors]
Zip Codes

Free Tech Support

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The MCCSC Learning Network subscribes to Policy and Guidelines 2521 of the Monroe County Community School Corporation. Links contained on these pages to information or other organizations are presented as a service and neither constitute nor imply endorsement or warranty.©1998 MCCSC.