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Advanced Search

netTrekker enables you to detail a search based on content type (multimedia), website source, language, controversial topics, and location in the netTrekker directory.

You can refine your search at any time by clicking "Advanced Search," located at the top of the page.

Example of the Advanced Search Link:

Example of the Advanced Search:

The Advanced Search is always represented within the context of your current location in either Elementary, Middle, High, or Standards netTrekker. To refine your search without any context (to perform a New Advanced Search) in each area click .

Advanced Search enables you to focus your Search Results to include very specific options. To refine your search, complete any of the following:

• Keyword or Phrase
  You can refine your search by filling in keywords or phrases in the blanks provided. You can ask netTrekker to search for a full phrase, a variety of words, or even to exclude certain words

• Subject (available when a subject area has not yet been selected)
  Use the pull-down menus to select a subject area (Science, Language Arts, etc.), as well as a more detailed topic area. Narrow your search to a specific school subject in netTrekker.

• Source Type
  Use the pull-down menus to select specific domain types and website sources. Choices include:

  • Encyclopedia Websites
  • Internet Library Websites
  • Museum Websites
  • Public Library Websites
  • Government Organizations (.gov, .mil, etc.)
  • College and University Websites (.edu, etc.)
  • K-12 School Websites
  • Non-Profit Organizations
  
  

• Rating
  All netTrekker website resources are given an Overall Rating between 1 and 5 (with 5 being the highest). Use the pull-down menu if you would like to refine your Search Results to a single overall rating.

• Multimedia
  Use the pull-down menus to select a specific type of content that you want included in the websites that make up your Search Result. Choices include:

  • Audio
  • Interactive Media
  • Pictures and/or Illustrations
  • Podcast
  • Software Downloads
  • Video
  
  

• Learning Aids
  Use the pull-down menus to select specific learning aids that you want included in the websites that make up your Search Result. Choices include:

  • Assessments
  • Biographies
  • Books / Bibliographies
  • Formulas / Examples
  • Lesson Plans
  • Learning Exercises
  • Learning Games
  • Maps / Charts
  • Primary Source Documents
  • Quotations
  
  
• Collections
  

  Use the pull-down menus to select specific resource collections that you want included in the websites that make up your Search Result. Choices include:

  • GLOBIO
  • National Humanities Center
  • PBS Teacher Source
  • Promethean Resources
  • Quia
  • SMART
  • Teachers' Domain Resources
  • TeachEngineering
  • Texas Instruments
  
  

• Language
  Use the pull-down menus to select a language for your Search Result. Choices include:

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hmong
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Tagalog
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese
  
  

• Controversial Material
  You may choose to filter out controversial material from your Search Result. The default is "No Filtering."

• Wikipedia
  You may choose to filter out Wikipedia resources from your Search Result. The default is "No Filtering."
  

When you have selected all you wish to select, click , located at both the top and bottom of the screen. A Search Result page will appear, listing only those websites which include your selection.