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Search Tools
Description
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
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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