| Name/Type |
Phrase Searching |
Proper Name Searching |
+Requires
-Excludes
keyword |
Truncation:
to get various endings |
Miscellaneous |
AltaVista
(engine)
http://www.altavista.digital.com |
Enclose words in quotation marks. |
Use standard capitalization and enclose name in quotation marks. |
Both |
Use asterisk
* |
Try the Advanced Search option for more precise results. |
Lycos
(engine)
http://www.lycos.com |
No |
No |
- only |
Use dollar sign
$ |
Can also search for pictures |
MetaCrawler
(multiple search engine)
http://www.metacrawler.com |
Searches several engines and directories simultaneously and then gives results. Advantage: speed. Disadvantage: different ways of searching each engine/directory means that the you may lose precision. |
Yahoo
(directory)
http://www.yahoo.com |
Enclose words in quotation marks |
Enclose name in quotation marks |
Both |
Use asterisk
*
(via AltaVista) |
When Yahoo search retrieves nothing, query goes to AltaVista |
HotBot
(engine)
http://www.hotbot.com |
Enclose words in quotation marks |
Use standard capitalization and enclose name in quotation marks |
Both |
No |
Note drop down menus for more options |
WebCrawler
(engine with directory)
http://www.webcrawler.com |
Enclose words in quotation marks |
Enclose name in quotation marks |
No |
No |
Produced by America Online; when WebCrawler search retrieves nothing, query goes to Excite |
Excite
(engine)
http://www.excite.com |
Enclose words in quotation marks |
Use standard capitalization and enclose name in quotation marks |
Both |
Use asterisk
* |
Offers "More Like This" Links |
Infoseek
(engine)
http://www.infoseek.com |
Enclose words in quotation marks |
Use standard capitalization and enclose name in quotation marks |
Both |
Use asterisk
* |
Features natural language inquiry |
Magellan
(directory)
http://www.mckinley.com |
No |
No |
Both |
No |
Rates sites for quality; assigns green lights to child-safe pages. |
