WEB WORKS

Selective Search Engines:

AltaVista http://altavista.digital.com/
AskJeeves http://www.ask.com/
Google http://www.google.com
HotBot http://www.hotbot.com
Lycos http://www.lycos.com

Broad Categories to Wander Through:

Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com
MetaSearch (use many engines at once):
Dog Pile http://dogpile.com/
Metacrawler http://www.metacrawler.com

Tips that hold true for most searches:

  • Be precise. Use quote marks
    for name or phrase, e.g. "Coffee
    County, Georgia"
  • Avoid common words (shopping)
  • Use AND as you would in GALILEO:
    south AND georgia AND college
  • To require a term in a document,
    use a + sign, e.g., +adoption
  • To exclude a term, use NOT
    "racing AND bike NOT car"
  • Try a wildcard (*), like cook*
  • READ the Online Help