HIT: Search, Holiday,Women's History,Career/Jobs Sites

[Josephine Dervan <rderva@injersey.com>]

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                                   Search Sources


Yahooligans
A search engine for kids from Yahoo
http://www.yahooligans.com/

Ask Jeeves
A search site where questions are asked in plain English
http://www.askjeeves.com/

Switchboard.com
A people, business and website directory providing e-mail and regular
addresses from phonebooks all over the country.
http://www.switchboard.com/

Metacrawler
Searches for information on several search engines including Lycos,
Infoseek, WebCrawler, Excite, AltaVista and Yahoo
http://www.metacrawler.com/

Brittanica Search
Hunt for encyclopedia articles by word, phrase or question
http://eb.com:180/

Study Web
Good place to quickly search for information for students and teachers.
Sites are listed by visual content and grade level
http://www.studyweb.com/

HotBot-
Search engine that allows queries by Boolean and non-Boolean method as
well as for a name, a URL or a page title.
http://www.hotbot.com/

Dogpile
The friendly multi-engine search tool that searches 14 different engines
at once.
http://dogpile.com/

Search.com
Specialized collection of tools to hepl you find information fast.
Powered by
Infoseek you may do web searches, find free software, do a people
search, use yellow pages, and  find city maps.
http://www.search.com

Research-It- Your One-Stop Reference Desk
Conducts search inquiries for languages, Library tools (boigraphies,
religion,quotations), geography, finance and shipping.
http://www.iTools.com/research-it/research-it.html

MapQuest-
Allows searches for interactive US maps, driving directions and has a US
trip planning service.
http://www.mapquest.com/

MetaSearch at Hwy.61
Allows multiple searches with the query being sent to 5 search engines
and results compiled on one page.
http://www.highway61.com/

World Wide Web Virtual Library:Subject Catalog
Directories to sites for agriculture, computer science, communication
and media, education, engineering, humanities, information management,
international affairs, law, industry and economics, recreation, regional
studies, science and society.
http://vlib.stanford.edu/Overview.html



Holidays

Electronic Postcards-
Pictures that you many send by e-mail to friends.
http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards/cardrack.html

Kwanzaa- What is It?
History of the holiday
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/Kwanzaa_What_16661.html

Christmas Celebrations page
Many links to Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa
http://www.crcssb.edu.on.ca:1080/~red/htm/christ.htm

Santa Claus Home Page
Large site with info on Mr. Claus
http://www.mofile.fi/santa/

Absolutely Halloween
Lots of links to stories and activities about the holiday
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Halloween/hall.htm

Dr. Martin Luther King site
Many links to Dr. King's birthday and Black History
http://www.teacherzone.com/holidays/king98.html

Holidays Page
Many links to 13 holidays from New Years to Kwanzaa
http://www.eagle.ca/%7ematink/holidays.html

Holidays on the Net
World Wide Web celebrations for many holidays includine High Holy Days,
Ramadan, Shavouth, Independance Day, Mothers and Fathers Day.
http://www.holidays.net/page2.htm

Las Vegas Halloween Page
Award winning site with history of holiday and a safety game
http://www2.fullmoon.org/fullmoon/hall1.html


Careers/Jobs

Careerbuilders
Big job hunter's site
http://www.careerbuilder.com/

Jobs Direct
Entry level job source
http://www.jobdirect.com/


Womens' History Month

Gale Celebrates Women's History Month
Biographies, timelines, quiz and 150 year anniversary
http://zelda.thomson.com/gale/cwh/cwhset.html

Distinguished Women of the Past and the Present
Large site of alphabetically and chronologically listed biographies.
http://www.netsrq.com/~dbois/

Information Library Sites of Women's History
Articles on womens' history and profiles of famous women.
http://www.womenconnect.com/info/history/index_his.htm
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Josephine Dervan
Library Media Specialist and Internet Trainer
Strathmore Elementary School
Aberdeen, New Jersey, USA 07747

Home-rderva@injersey.com
School-aberdeen@exit109.com

"Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing"- CICERO

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