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Searching on the Internet

Searching on the Internet. A Selection of Tools And some caveats. Search Features. Case Sensitivity Date Limits Boolean Operators (+, -) Phrases Nearness Wildcards Concept searches. Results. Relevancy Duplication Elimination Search Refinement Multi-page output/count limitations

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Searching on the Internet

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  1. Searching on the Internet A Selection of Tools And some caveats

  2. Search Features • Case Sensitivity • Date Limits • Boolean Operators (+, -) • Phrases • Nearness • Wildcards • Concept searches

  3. Results • Relevancy • Duplication Elimination • Search Refinement • Multi-page output/count limitations • Meta-tag searches included

  4. Validity of Sources • Author • Timeliness • Accuracy • Objectivity • Purpose

  5. Virtual Libraries • The Internet Public Library • www.ipl.org • Library Catalogs • http://sunsite.berkeley.edu • http://library.lib.binghamton.edu

  6. Search Portals • www.Lycos.com • www.go.com • www.Excite.com • www.hotbot.com • www.WebCrawler.com

  7. Search Engines • www.WiseNut.com • www.Teoma.com • www.google.com • www.altavista.com • www.ask.com (contextual)

  8. Meta-Search Tools • www.metacrawler.com • www.vivisimo.com (from CMU) • www.dogpile.com

  9. Some Other Useful URL's • www.hotfiles.com - freeware • www.wired.com – wired news • Energy and Environment Center • Fossick WebSearch Alliance • GEM Database • MacTutor History of Mathematics • Occupational Outlook Handbook • Searchability • Geothermal Data • Special search engine collection • Specialty Search Engines

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