Search Engines

Alta Vista - www.altavista.digital.com

Types of searches:  Keyword or phrase.  Implied Boolean expressions in simple search, and full Boolean expressions in advanced search.  Proximity, truncation, wildcards, case sensitivity, and field searching supported.

Sources:  Web or Usenet.  Links to "Zones," specialized search areas.  

Full text indexing.

Excite - www.excite.com

Types of searches: Keyword (concept search) and phrase.  Boolean expressions allowed.

Sources: Web pages (full text), Excite Web Guide, Usenet articles, selected news sources, or City.Net travel guide.

Full text indexing.

Hot Bot - www.hotbot.com

Types of searches: Keyword or phrase.  Boolean expressions allowed.  

Sources: Web, Usenet, news sites, classified, domain names, stocks, discussion groups, and shareware.

Full text indexing.

Infoseek - www.infoseek.com

Types of searches: Keyword or phrase.  Implied Boolean expressions allowed.

Sources: Web, Usenet, news services, email addresses and company profiles.

Full text and keyword indexing.

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