Specialist Search Engines and Directories :
The following are single recommended search engines for individual subject areas suitable for schools and students,
iif you know of any others to recommend then please email me the details.
| Arts (dance,music,theater,visual arts) | Geography | History | Design & Technology | Food |
| Librarians | Mathematics | Music | Physical Sciences | Science |

Webkeeper's (Chris's) Favourites (fun and functional) :
| Clusty | Google | Blinkx |
| List of Country-Based Search Engines | Real Time DATA |
| Ivy's Search Engine Resources for Kids | ithaki : metasearch engine for kids |
| Thumbshots Rankings | Yahoo Buzz Index (also Yahooligans Buzz) |

The Internet :
There are lots of areas related to the Internet on Shambles - these are just a few - please use the search facility at the top of this page to find your specific interest. The Shambles ICT and elearning areas may also be helpful to you.
| About the Internet | Effective Internet Use | email (How to Use it) | Internet Infrastructure |
| Everything GOOGLE | Everything YAHOO | Search Lessons and Webquests |
| Searching Stategies & Engines | Submitting URLs to Search Engines (How to) |
| Search Engine Optimization (4 webmasters) | Google Wave |

Internet Safety :
There are several areas on Shambles that have links to teaching resources, advice and policies related to Internet Safety ... your best option is to use the search facility on the top right of this page. But if you want to just browse around then try these areas :
| About the Internet | Censorship / Filtering | Effective Internet Use | Health & Safety 1 |
| Health and Safety 2 | Help for Parents on Internet | ICT Admin & Policies | Legal & Policies |

Communicating (Information)
| BLOGS General Info | BLOG Hosting | BLOG Filters and Search |
| BLOGS in Asia | BLOGS by Librarians |
| VideoBLOGS | BLOGS about eLearning | BLOGS by Technicians | BLOGS for ICT |
| Chat and Message Boards | Conferencing | Email | Instant Messenging |
| Listservs and Mailing Lists | PenPals |
| Podcasting General Info | Podcasting Directories | Podcasting for Educators |
| Podcasts by Students | Podcast Hosting |
| Setting up a Radio Station | Students - publishing work online | Teamwork and Collaboration |
| Video Conferencing | Wiki General Info | Wiki Hosts | Wikis for Education |
| VoIP | Web 2.0 | Web 3.0 |

Miscellaneous :
| Cultural Literacy | Desktop (PC) Search Tools | Personal Start (Web) Page |
| Lesson Plans | Board Games | Games | Clocks and Time | Assessment |

Listservs, Mailing Lists, Chat and Newsletters - talking with other Info.Lit. People :
| Ask a Librarian |
| AASL Electronic Discussion Lists | ALESS (Hong Kong) | AMTEC (Canada) |
| ATLC Forum (Canada ) | Big 6 Newsletter | CSLA (Canada) | ECIS Lib. Listserv | E-Line |
| Finding Groups | IASL Special Interest Groups (listserv) | IASL-LINK | ICT Literacy Community |
| Information Literacy BLOGS | Information World Review | Keep Up |
| Librarian's BLOGS | Librarian News | Librarian Chat | Library Juice |
| List of Other Listservs | Live Chat with a Librarian (QuestionPoint) |
| LM_NET | LM_NET Archives | LM_NET Wiki | NAIS | OZTL_NET Australian Library Staff |
| Stumpers | SATIPS (UK Prep-School Librarians) | School Librarians' Network (UK) |
| SILCAsia | SLS Library Technology Group (Hong Kong) |
| Spotlight Digest (Info Lit online publication) |

Information Literacy Associations and Organisations :
| Full List of Library Associations | Center for Information Policy (USA) | Institute for Information Literacy |
| National Forum on Information Literacy |

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