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SLED Search using Google This search engine does a Google search using every site available in Alaska's SLED site at http://sled.alaska.edu . You should get very Alaska specific results from this search engine. It does NOT search our statewide databases like EBSCO, etc. To search journal and magazine articles, please go to http://sled.alaska.edu/databases/home.html Use one of the tools below to find information sources at other places on the Internet. Remember, once you leave SLED's menu, SLED cannot control the information you access on the rest of the Internet. There is material on the Internet which you may personally find inappropriate. Neither the State Library nor Rasmuson Library can be held responsible for its content. Parents or guardians, not SLED nor its staff, are responsible for the information accessed by their children through SLED. We strongly advise parents to supervise their children's Internet use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Directories Web Directories, sometimes called Subject lists, are collections of web sites that have been selected and reviewed by a group of people. Some web directories evaluate a web sites for certain content and others only evaluate by subject so that the web site can be categorized correctly. Use a web directory if you are looking for information on a general topic such as "dolphins" or "home-based business". A web directory is the best way for kids to locate information.
Search Engines Search Engines index the words that are on web pages; these words are all dumped into a large searchable database. A search engine does NOT evaluate any web page for content or subject. This means if you do a search for "dolphins" you will get pages that are about the mammal as well as the football team! Use a search engine if you could not find the information using a web directory or if you are looking for very specific and unique information. It is often helpful to become acquainted with one search engine by reading that search engine's help pages. Meta-Search Engines Meta-search engines are search tools which simultaneously search multiple databases with each query.
Specialty Search Engines
Special Databases More and more information is being stored in special databases rather than on simple web pages. This means you have to go to a specific web page, first, and then search the database from that page. A good example of a special database is the Alaska State Legislature's database for Bills, Statutes, and other legislative information. You will often find the search page for a special database when you are finding information using a web directory or a search engine. However, the following sites are particularly useful for pinpointing quality databases.
Search Engine Reviews and Directories
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