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Kid-Friendly Search Engines and Directories
Below are links to some sites that will help you find appropriate and authentic information for research projects and for personal enjoyment. Remember that spelling counts, and if you need help, you can always ask your librarian!
	Designed to be a "fun destination site" focused on learning and "edu-tainment," Ask for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches. Also has quick links to various news sources for kids.
	Created by a teacher for K-12 students. Good source of free classroom clipart, games, puzzles, and coloring pages. Beware the annoying ads.
	Reference sites, games and quizzes from Infoplease. Highlights Favorite Themes, and features Analogy of the Day, Today in History, Spelling Bee and more.
	Everyone's favorite adult search engine, Google, has developed this search engine for kids and teens that features searching by keyword or categories.
	Created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System and maintained by the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. Over 600 subjects are organized by the Dewey Decimal System. Site annotations list reading level and whether or not the site has illustrations.
	Created by the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan. You can email a question to the librarians who will answer within 3 days.
	Yahooligans has morphed into this mostly pop culture entertainment website. There is still a small section called the STUDY ZONE, but better results will be had by doing a keyword search in the textbox at the top.

Specialized Search Directories or Databases
The following websites help you find information on specific topics.
	Find US government websites for kids and students. Search by grade level, subject or government agency.
	Excellent source of information, pictures, projects and more for preschool through intermediate grades. Easy keyword searching for kid-friendly printouts on hundreds of topics. ONE OF OUR FAVORITES!
	Database of free clipart, pictures and illustrations. Browse by category or do a keyword search.
	A copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students that consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images.

Finding a Broken Link
Websites are sometimes taken down, making them no longer available. Whenever you get a "broken link" - a message that the website cannot be found or does not exist - use the link below to find it. Copy the website address that you are looking for and paste it into the WayBack Machine's search box. As long as the site was available after 1996 the WayBack Machine will provide links to every part of the site as well as every version of it over time. Very cool!
	The Internet Archive, developed by the Library of Congress and its partners, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. As of January 2007 they have archived 85 billion web pages dating from 1996 to a few months ago.

More Information for All Patrons - an ongoing project
About the library	Holidays and Celebrations	Art and Music
Authors, Illustrators, and Poets	Keyboarding	Math
Bibliography	Professional Links - Librarians	Health and Physical Education
Big Six and Information Literacy	Professional Links - Teachers	Language Arts
Book Awards	Recommended Reading - Booklists	Science
Copyright and Fair Use / Plagiarism	Trash N' Treasure Notetaking	Social Studies
Dewey Decimal System