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AltaVista |
AltaVista
is a search engine useful for finding a large number of search
returns. Boolean search operators can reduce the number of
returns and boost their relevancy. |
AskJeeves |
AskJeeves
is a "natural language" search tool that allows
users to perform searches with phrases or complete sentences. |
Excite |
Excite
is a search engine. |
Google |
Google
is a search engine that searches using keywords, and then
returns results based on relevancy. Relevancy is established
by how "popular" the sites are (the more sites linked
to them, the higher they rank in relevancy). |
HotBot |
HotBot
is a search engine that tracks over 110 million documents.
Using Boolean search operators can reduce the number of returns
and boost their relevancy. |
Infoseek |
Infoseek
can be searched using keywords or by categories. |
Lycos |
Lycos
is useful for finding a large number of search returns. Using
Boolean search operators can reduce the number of returns
and boost their relevancy. |
Magellan |
Magellan
is a directory that searches by the exact words and their
related concepts, which can increase the usefulness and relevancy
of returns. |
Northern
Light |
Northern
Light contains the full text of recent articles, journals,
newswires, books, magazines, and Internet sources. |
Snap |
Snap
is a directory that organizes web sites into categories. |
Yahoo |
Yahoo.com
is a combined directory and search engine, useful for broad
topics and for finding relevant information. All of the web
sites registered with Yahoo are individually reviewed by editors,
who write brief relevant descriptions and assign the web sites
to categories. |
Search
Tools
|
Description
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AltaVista |
AltaVista
is a search engine useful for finding a large number of search
returns. Boolean search operators can reduce the number of
returns and boost their relevancy. |
AskJeeves |
AskJeeves
is a "natural language" search tool that allows
users to perform searches with phrases or complete sentences. |
Excite |
Excite
is a search engine. |
Google |
Google
is a search engine that searches using keywords, and then
returns results based on relevancy. Relevancy is established
by how "popular" the sites are (the more sites linked
to them, the higher they rank in relevancy). |
HotBot |
HotBot
is a search engine that tracks over 110 million documents.
Using Boolean search operators can reduce the number of returns
and boost their relevancy. |
Infoseek |
Infoseek
can be searched using keywords or by categories. |
Lycos |
Lycos
is useful for finding a large number of search returns. Using
Boolean search operators can reduce the number of returns
and boost their relevancy. |
Magellan |
Magellan
is a directory that searches by the exact words and their
related concepts, which can increase the usefulness and relevancy
of returns. |
Northern
Light |
Northern
Light contains the full text of recent articles, journals,
newswires, books, magazines, and Internet sources. |
Snap |
Snap
is a directory that organizes web sites into categories. |
Yahoo |
Yahoo.com
is a combined directory and search engine, useful for broad
topics and for finding relevant information. All of the web
sites registered with Yahoo are individually reviewed by editors,
who write brief relevant descriptions and assign the web sites
to categories. |
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