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Where to Begin the Search: Your Search Menu
Directories Metasearch Engines Search
Engines Search Tips
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Directories:
You can pick a classification (Arts
& Humanities) to find related web sites under headings or you can enter a topic into
the search field. It is a good way to begin a search into a broad topic. The most well
known directory is Yahoo. (www.yahoo.com)
Internet Sleuth
http://www.isleuth.com/
An excellent and comprehensive directory that can connect you to other directories and
search engines as well as reviewed web sites, software and news organizations on the Web.
A good first stop.
E-Blast
http://www.eblast.com/index.html
Encyclopedia Brittanica's Internet Guide. It classifies sites on the Web so you can find
the category you want and then lists sites with an annotation and a rating,
Look Smart
http://www.looksmart.com/
A directory that is well laid out, said to be preferred by female Web surfers!
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Meta
Search Engines
These search engines compile results from a number
of search engines and display them on one page.
Metacrawler
http://www.metacrawler.com
Pools five search engines simultaneously: Yahoo, WebCrawler, Infoseek, Excite, Lycos, Alta
Vista. Tosses out duplicates and lists in order of estimated relevance.
Metasearch
http://metasearch.com/
Takes your search words and comes up with the responses from the top search engines like
Lycos, Alta Vista, Infoseek, etc. You then can go to what each engine has compiled
Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com/
Ask a question and Jeeves interacts with you to refine the question until you arrive at
the most appropriate sites. It isn't always accurate (a question on Quakers led to lots of
earthquake questions) but if there is a concise encyclopedia article on the web, it will
let you know it.
Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
This interacts with the user to confirm the question asked and then offers the most
appropriate web site in response. It is called a "personal information valet"
and the Web sites are filtered for kids.
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Search Engines
Northern Light
An extremely helpful search engine. If you select the "All Sources" search
and enter key words, Northern Light organizes the results into custom search folders that
can be used to narrow your search.
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Web sites on Searching - Hot Tips
Yahoo: How to Search the Web
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web/How_to_Search_the_Web/
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorialhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
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Gateway Sites for Social Studies
Social Studies Sources
http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/
American Studies Web
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
Hyper History - Timelines, Maps and History
http://www.hyperhistory.com/
The Synchronoptic History Chart is a timeline using visual art forms (maps, graphics,
colours) in combination with historical information. Its main purpose is to convey a
perspective of world historical events, and to enable the reader to hold simultaneously in
mind of what was happening in widely separated parts of the earth.
History Guide
http://www.pagesz.net/~stevek/resources.html
The page cited above is an excellent history gateway site. It won't overwhelm the busy
teacher but is substantial enough to help them find what they might be looking for.
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Gateway Sites for the Humanities
Voice of the Shuttle
http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/
A very comprehensive and well organized set of links for all of the humanities.
Creative Impulse
http://history.evansville.net/index.html
A gateway site created for high school students studying World History, Western
Civilization and art history that lets student find information about the arts and culture
of historical periods.
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Gateway Sites for Art History
Art History on the Web
http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.htmlExcellent
site for students to begin their research. There are thorough listings of sites on ancient
art and the movements and artists of Western art.
World Wide Art Resources
http://wwar.com/index.html
A comprehensive gateway site for the visual arts. The Artists' Index link rather than the
Art History link would be more helpful to support the student's research.
Art History on the Web- Yahoo Search Engine
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Art_History/
Provides a listing for the major periods and movements in art history.
Gateway
to Art History
http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardner/index.html
The links lead to art history sites about the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, the
World Beyond Europe, Renaissance and Baroque, etc. There are also links to museums.
Another excellent place to begin their search in art history.
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Art
Image Sites
The Greatest Painters on the Web
http://kultur-online.com/greatest/index.htm
This site has thirty major Western painters from the past and present. The list is by no
means extensive but there is a directory of sites for each painter where a student can
find more information and images.
Carol Gerten Presents Fine Art
http://sunsite.unc.edu/cjackson/fineart.htm#indtop
This site has extensive and excellent images of paintings by major Western painters. The
students will be able to take a good look at a painting. Nationality and Time Frame Index
may be the most helpful if you are trying to find an image that correlates with a
historical period. There is also an alphabetical artists index if you know who you are
looking for and artist biographies courtesy of Microsoft's Encarta Encyclopedia.
Mark Harden's Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/core.html
This is another site with extensive and excellent images. It is organized by the artist's
name so you need to know who you are looking for but there are a few general listings such
as African, Islamic and Egyptian art.
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