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YAHOO ALTA VISTA WEBCRAWLER
LYCOS EXCITE INFOSEEK
For search engines use a natural word or
phrase
weather richmond
what is the weather in richmond?
Click Search (or press Enter key).
If the information you seek isnt
on the first couple of pages, add more specific words
richmond indiana weather
what is the weather in richmond indiana?
+ AND
Attaching + requires a word to be in search
results.
+san +francisco +restaurants
(pages will contain all the words)
Attaching
excludes a word in search results.
+san+francisco -restaurants
(pages will contain san & francisco but not restaurants)
+python -monty (pages will contain python, but not monty
python)
Use lower case unless you want the search
to be case sensitive
(If you search for Coffee,
you will get documents that include that word with capitalization. If you
seach coffee, youll
get any page with that word.)
Putting quotes around a set of words will
net words in that exact sequence
(Yahoo Alta Vista Webcrawler Lycos Infoseek)
great barrier reef
you aint nothing but a hound dog
Bette Davis
1996 World Series Champions
Boolean Searches
(Webcrawler Excite Infoseek)
AND
gardening AND vegetables
-pages will contain both words
OR
whales OR dolphins
-pages will include either word. Or both
NOT
science NOT fiction
-pages will contain science but not fiction
( )
Homer NOT (Simpson
OR Alaska)
-pages will contain the first word but NOT other two
fruit AND (banana OR apple)
-pages will contain the first word and either or both of the other two
Attaching * to the
right-hand side of a word will return left side partial matches (Yahoo
Alta Vista)
librar* (will net library, libraries, librarians)
comput* (will net computer, computers, computing)
gold* (will net gold, goldfinch, goldfinger, golden)
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