Search Engines
Google - A very comprehensive search engine that provides many results. There are also advanced search options which allow searching within results searching in different languages and even searching for images only.

Informative Sites and General Internet Tools
Bloomberg Index - a stock market index in which commodities can be checked and stock symbols researched

High School Hub -- includes a virtual reference desk, subject guides (links for English, math, social studies, science), featured sites, and links to high schools, colleges and universities MapQuest

A Web of On-line Dictionaries -- Merriam Webster's 10th collegiate dictionary plus links to dictionaries for over 200 languages; bookmark this site for ready reference when you need it.

Roget's Thesaurus

Internet Tutorial Sites
Find it on the Web  -- Introduces individual search engines, virtual library by subject, Nynex's Interactive Yellow Pages, Apollo Business directory---and more!

Internet Search Strategies    --Need help with the basics? or are you an advanced researcher that needs to refine your skills? Kathy Schrock presents a step-by-step explanation---and tutorial---for developing effective search techniques. Click on Internet information under Subject Access.

The Spider's Apprentice -- A comparison and guide on how to use search engines.

Webquests
The WebQuest Page -- gives a definition, guidelines for developing webquests, includes a discussion about webquests and provides a searchable database for locating webquests of interest.

Webquests and Resources for Teachers  -- links to webquests

Last Updated: 09/06/2007