Searching
& Sleuthing:
Web
Indexes (All purpose Search Engines)
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Alta Vista
(http://av.com)
Developed by Digital Equipment Corporation, Alta Vista searches the
Web and Usenet. In its very large database, both simple and advanced searching
are supported with the ability to limit searches to select portions of
web documents. For example, it is possible to limit searches to title,
domains, images and links within Web documents and by particular newsgroups
or subjects in Usenet. Also, ability to browse by subject (although this
is rather slow).
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Excite
(http://www.excite.com)
Search site featuring a very large database and a lot of "extras" such
as: Excite Channels (guide to sites by subject), stock quotes, news, tv
and searching of Newsgroups.
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HotBot
(http://www.hotbot.com)
Voted no. 1 among search engines by PC Magazine, Hot Bot offers a sophisticated
interface with a vast array of options such as: searching by dates, by
certain domains in the U.S. (e.g. .com, .org, .edu, .gov), by media type
(e.g. image, audio, video). Also, powerful advanced searching options,
access to other search tools by type and a subject guide. Not recommended
for beginners because of its complexity.
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Google
(http://www.google.com/)
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Infoseek
(http://www.infoseek.com)
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Lycos
(http://www.lycos.com)
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Northern Light
(http://www.northernlight.com)
Organizes results into useful groupings which it calls folders. Also
indexes a "Special Collection" of professional journals which may be purchased
for a modest cost. Recommended for professional research topics.
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Webcrawler
(http://www.webcrawler.com)
Angela Elkordy,
Coordinator
of Electronic Resources, The Sage Colleges Libraries
Last Updated: January 12, 1999
elkora@sage.edu
https://www.angelfire.com/in/virtuallibrarian
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