• All-in-One Search
• Alta Vista
• iAtlas - This is a search engine of maps and could come in handy when doing some reports.
• AOL Netfind - This not my favorite search engine, but it is a good one to have if you are having trouble finding information.
• Ask Jeeves! and Ask Jeeves for Kids! are both real easy search engines to use. The bad thing is that you get caught in their frames, even when you go out to one of their listings. See tips section below. Also, sometimes the sites they list really don't answer the question you asked.
• The Electric Monk
• Excite!
• Galaxy
• Google.com is a new search engine that was created by some students at Stanford. In some topics, it comes up with better sites, but not always. It's real easy to use.
• HotBot - This one of the search engines I use the most.
• Information Please
• Infoseek
• LookSmart
• Lycos
• Magellan!
• Matilda - This search engine is in Australia and has a lot of information on their site selection of sites all over the world.
• MetaCrawler - This is one search engine that I use most.
• Metaspy
• MultiCrawl
• Northern Lights - This is another favorite search engine. I don't really like the way they rate their sites, because sometimes you have to go through a lot of pages before you get to what you want. But it does have good sites you can't find on other engines.
• Open Directory Project - This is another search engine that I use.
• Search Engine Network
• Search Satellite
• Searchopolis
• WebCrawler
• Webliography - A Guide to Internet Resources
• Yahoo and Yahooligans! are both good search engines. Yahooligans is for kids, but sometimes you can't find the information you want, so try Yahoo.

It can get pretty frustrating when you want to find information that you know has to be out there and you don't seem to get any good sites. I am not the best at finding information, but I have learned a few things. Maybe they will help you when you are looking for something.

• Find one search engine that you are comfortable with and use that one for most of your searches. If you mostly use one search engine, then you will be more comfortable with trying different things to find more information.
• All search engines are not the same and do not come up with the same results. They all use different ways to rate pages and then their first pages will have different sites.
• Be careful what you ask for!
  • If you get too many results, be more specific. Try canoes instead of boats.
  • If you getfew or no results, be more general. (Try horses instead of Arabian horses.)
  • If you are looking for sites about Independence, Missouri and all you are getting on the first pages are sites about the Declaration of Independence, try typing in the search bar: "Independence+Missouri." Using the "+" sign tells the search engine you want both words to appear in the article. Without the "+" sign, most search engines look for one or the other words.
• Most search engines have advanced search options and each of them usually work a little bit differently from the others. They aren't hard to use ... just follow the rules.
• The reason I gave you so many choices of search engines is that if you can't find something on one of them, use another search engine.
• When you find a site that has information you want to come back to, bookmark it or save it to your favorites.
• Before bookmarking, make sure that the URL (in a white bar near the top of the page) is not for the search engine. Let's say you are searching for: "Christopher's Home Page" and you find it under Ask Jeeves! (you won't find it) and click the link to go to that page. Your browser will continue to show an Ask Jeeves! URL. It will not show www.websides.com/cr/index.htm which is the URL for my home page. This is what it means to be caught in frames.
• To find the URL of the page you are viewing: Right click with your mouse. A new gray "Windows" screen will appear over the web page. Click on "Properties" at the bottom of the page. Another new screen will appear. The URL of the page is shown as the "address." If the address extension (the final 3 or 4 letters after the last period) is .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .art or .bmp, you have clicked on a graphic on the page and that is the address of the graphic. You are looking for an URL that has the extension of .htm, .html, .shtml, or .cgi.
• Review safety techniques when surfing the Web. Always follow safety guidelines and back out of sites you don't think are appropriate for you to be in.