Gainfield Elementary School

Search Engines and MetaSearch Engines:

• Clusty  - Clusters results to help refine your search
• Ask for Kids - Allows you to narrow/expand your search easily.  Click on binoculars for sneak peek.
• Google SafeSearch for Kids
• Quintura for Kids  - Presents results as a dynamic tag cloud.  Great for exploring keywords
• Kids Search Tools - This site provides searching in a number of important Internet search engines or virtual libraries which feature access to high quality and appropriate materials.

K-12 Directories (websites are hand-picked by humans before being added into the directory):

• Yahoo Kids - Search this directory just for kids.
• Dib Dab Doo & Dilly Too  
• KidsClick! - Search this database for great sites for students.
• ipl2 for Kids
• dmoz  - Kids'/Teens' page for this open directory project.
• KidSpace at the Internet Public Library
• Awesome Library
• CyberSleuth Kids
• ALA Great Web Sites for Kids -- American Library Associations picks for children.
• Cybrarian - Interactive, content rich links that are frequently updated.
• FactHound - Search by topic to get a list of websites recommended by Capstone Press

Primary Sources:

• World Digital Library - See artifacts and materials from libraries and museums around the world.
• The Learning Page for the Library of Congress American Memory Collection - A collection of historical photographs, maps, prints, documents, sound recordings and film. 

Royalty Free Images and Clip Art:

• OpenClipArt - All clip art is free and in public domain.
• Morguefile - Royalty-free photographs you may use in projects.
• Kaboose - Free clip art
• School Clip Art
• The Teachers' Guide - Links to free educational clip art
• Pics4Learning - search for photos from this copyright-friendly website
• morgueFile - check here for free photos
• Incredible Clip Art & Images - public domain images, art, and clip art from Princeton Online.

Videos

• WatchKnow - free online video catalog.  Video for kids to learn from.

Sound Effects

• Soungle - Check here for royalty free sound effects
• Absolute Sound Effects Archive - Check here for free sound effects.
• FindSounds -Need a sound effect?  Try this search engine.

Music

• icompetech - Check here for royalty free music by Kevin Macleod.
• Freeplay Music - Search for music to use in your video productions...
• RoyaltyFreeMusic.com - Award winning library of royalty free music  (See Mrs. Messina for the username and password.)
• NewMelodies - must have username and password
• Purple Planet

Creative Commons

• Creative Commons Search - search for text, images, video, and music that fall under creative commons.