EECE 434: Kindergarten Education Practice Searches: Yahoo, AltaVista, MetaCrawler

Connect to MSU Library's Search Engines page:

http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/library/instruct/library/search.htm

Yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com

WHAT it searches: 4 areas of Yahoo's database:

HOW it ranks:

 

multicultural Categories: 
Sites:
multicultural curriculum Categories: 
Sites:
"curriculum evaluation"
NOTE: will only find sites with "curriculum evaluation" as a PHRASE		 Categories: 
Sites:
curriculum standards
 		 Categories:
Sites:
ASCD "curriculum development"
 		 Categories:
Sites:
"association for supervision and curriculum development"
 		 Categories: 
Sites:
"national center for education statistics" Categories:

Sites:
 
curriculum development -bilingual
NOTE: excludes pages containing the word "bilingual" 		 Categories: 
Sites:
Use category "Education", Click on "Search JUST in this Category"
and search for curriculum assess*		 Categories:

Sites:
Remain in the category "Education" Click on "Search JUST in this Category," and search for "early childhood" curriculum Categories: 

Sites:
title: "national association for the education of young children"
NOTE: only pages with the phrase in title 		 Categories: 
Sites:
title: minnesota department children famil*
NOTE: only pages with those words in title, including family OR families 		 Categories: 
Sites:

 

AltaVista

http://www.altavista.com/

WHAT it searches:

HOW it ranks:

Use the "ranking" field to control how it ranks-- if the ranking field is left blank, no ranking will be applied and the results will be in no particular order.

WHEN to Use:

For the searches below, use the Simple Search unless directed otherwise:
 

minnesota graduation standards Sites:
multicultural* "curriculum evaluat*"
NOTE: gets hits for multicultural, multiculturalism AND evaluate, evaluates, evaluation		 Sites:
minnesota "school-to-work" standards Sites:
"early childhood education" NAEYC
Finds the PHRASE "early childhood education" AND NAEYC (an organization)		 Sites:
 
"school reform" technology Sites:
north dakota graduation standards Sites:
url: ascd

NOTE: searches the URL (web address) only

 Sites:
curriculum change Sites:
"outcome-based" curriculum Sites:
kindergarten assess* -california -texas
NOTE: excludes pages containing the words california or texas 		 Sites:
advoca* education divers*
NOTE: retrieves advocate(s), advocacy, and diverse/diversity		 Sites:
advoca* education multicult*
 		 Sites:
"national association of child advocates"

NOTE: searches for it as a "phrase"

 Sites:
"minnesota cultural diversity center" Sites:
"early childhood education" curriculum Sites:
title: child welfare league
NOTE: only pages with those words in the TITLE		 Sites:
title: curriculum assess*

NOTE: only pages with curriculum AND assess(es); assessment in TITLE

 Sites:
 
 

Metacrawler

www.metacrawler.com/

Sends your search requests to several different search engines at once!

 
 

child advocacy

Click on the selection "ALL" 

 Sites:
multicultural education
Click on the selection "PHRASE" 		 Sites:
"technology integration" kindergarten

"ALL" 

 Sites:
curriculum assess*

"ALL" 

 Sites:
curriculum evaluation

"ALL" 

 Sites:
curriculum evaluation

Click on "ALL" and Change your search from "Web" to "Newsgroups"

 News Postings:
"national multicultural institute"

"ALL" (Make sure you switch back to "Web")

  

Sites:
national institute "student achievement"
"ALL"		 Sites:

 

Now, using your OWN TOPICS, try to find sites that are relevant and useful. Write down the titles and URLs, or print out these resources for future use.

See also:

Evaluating Internet Resources

http://www.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/evaluate.htm

 

 

 
11/29/99-Brittney Goodman-Livingston Lord Library

Updated: 06/10/05-dewald@mnstate.edu