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Searching the Internet
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Listed below are a few useful Search Engines, Directories or Metacrawlers used for searching on the internet. Click on one of the Search Engines and type in a suitable topic. When you press enter, a variety of sites associated with the topic will be listed. Click on any one of these to find information regarding this subject. |
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Search Engines |
Search Engines use databases to index every bit of information found on every single Web page they can find. They do this using software called robots, spiders or crawlers. |
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Search Directories |
Search Directories group entire Web sites by subject category. Broad categories are broken into smaller and smaller headings so that the searcher can browse through a general category and drill down to more specific matter. |
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Metacrawlers |
Metacrawlers query multiple search engines, produce results, and then organize the results according to relevance. |
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| Listed below are two sites containing an extensive list of search engines. Continue searching by clicking on any of the suggested sites and entering a topic or clicking on a directory. |
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| Use more than one search engine
No search engine indexes all Web sites and Web pages. So if your first search doesn't produce the results you want, try searching with at least one other search engine. Read the About page Many search engines have a link that leads to detailed information about how the search engine compiles and searches through information, as well as how to get the best results. Reading this page can save you a lot of time and headaches. Also, visit search engine home page links with names like How To, Search Help, and Advanced Search for searching tips. Get targeted results by being specific The more specific your search word, the more targeted your search results will be. If you search for the words Labrador retriever, for example, rather than the word dog, your search will yield fewer sites but they will be targeted to the type of dog that interests you. Get more results by being general If your search word is too specific, your search may yield few or no results. To get more results, try searching for a related word that is more general. |
Define your search using Boolean operators
AND. To search for two or more terms on the same page: Type the word AND between the terms (example: sea AND kayak). Or put a plus sign right before the second term (example: sea +kayak). OR. To search for either of two (or more) terms on the same page: Type the word OR between the terms (example: kayak OR canoe). AND NOT. To search for pages that include the first term and not the second: Type the words AND NOT between the terms (example: kayak AND NOT whitewater). Or put a minus sign right before the second term (example: kayak -whitewater). "". To search for an exact phrase: Enclose the phrase in quotation marks (example: "sea kayak rental"). (). To group parts of your search: Enclose them in parentheses. For example, type kayak AND (gear OR equipment). This returns pages with both the words kayak and gear or both the words kayak and equipment. *. To search for various forms of a word: Add an asterisk to the end of the word (example: kayak*). This returns pages with the words kayak, kayaks, kayaked, kayaking, and so on. |
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