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Search engines for the World Wide Web / Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner.

LIBRA ZA4226 .G57 2001
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Glossbrenner, Alfred.
Contributor:
Glossbrenner, Emily.
Series:
Visual quickstart guide
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Web search engines.
Physical Description:
xii, 348 pages ; 23 cm.
Edition:
Third edition.
Place of Publication:
Berkeley, CA : Peachpit Press, [2001]
Contents:
Part 1 Search Basics 1
Chapter 1 Search Engines and How They Work 3
The Perils of Internet Searching 4
Search Engines to the Rescue 5
The Big Six Search Engines 6
How Search Engines Work 9
More Information for Webmasters and Others 13
Chapter 2 Unique Keywords 17
The Challenge of Full-Text Searching 18
Choosing the Right Keywords 19
Chapter 3 Basic Search Tools 23
Searching in Plain English 24
Searching for Multiple Words and Phrases 26
AND Searches 27
OR Searches 28
NOT Searches 29
NEAR Searches 30
Parentheses and Nested Searches 31
Using Wildcards 32
Dealing with Stopwords 33
Chapter 4 Tips and Techniques 35
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Web Searchers 36
Customizing Your Web Browser 43
Keyboard Shortcuts and Other Timesavers 46
Part 2 The Big Six Search Engines 51
Chapter 5 AltaVista 53
The AltaVista Home Page 55
Searching with AltaVista 60
Improving Results with Field Search 66
Using Advanced Search 69
Customizing AltaVista 74
Chapter 6 Google 79
The Google Home Page 81
Searching with Google 84
Using Advanced Search 90
Customizing Google 95
Chapter 7 HotBot 97
The HotBot Home Page 99
Searching with HotBot 104
Improving Results with Field Search 110
Customizing HotBot 114
Chapter 8 Lycos 117
The Lycos Home Page 120
Searching with Lycos 125
Using Advanced Search 130
Customizing Lycos 135
Chapter 9 Northern Light 139
The Northern Light Home Page 142
Searching with Northern Light 146
Improving Results with Field Search 152
Customizing Northern Light 154
Chapter 10 Yahoo! 157
The Yahoo Home Page 159
Searching with Yahoo 163
Using Advanced Search 167
Using Yahoo's Web Directory 170
Customizing Yahoo 173
Part 3 Other General-Purpose Search Engines 177
Chapter 11 AOL Search 179
The AOL Search Home Page 182
Searching with AOL Search 186
Chapter 12 Excite 193
The Excite Home Page 195
Searching with Excite 198
Chapter 13 MSN Search 205
The MSN Search Home Page 208
Searching with MSN Search 211
Chapter 14 Netscape Search 217
The Netscape Search Home Page 220
Searching with Netscape Search 223
Part 4 Specialized Search Engines 229
Chapter 15 Deja for Newsgroup Searches 231
Understanding Newsgroup Names 234
Searching Newsgroups 236
Chapter 16 Topica for Mailing List Searches 241
Searching for Mailing Lists 243
Chapter 17 Argus Clearinghouse Subject Guides 247
Finding Subject Guides 249
Chapter 18 Infospace People-Finding Tools 253
Finding E-mail Addresses 255
Finding Phone Numbers and Addresses 258
Chapter 19 Zip2 for Business Searches 261
Finding Businesses with Zip2 264
Chapter 20 Other Search Tools from A to Z 269
Amazon.com 270
CDNOW 270
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 271
CNET Shareware.com 272
Consumer World 273
CuisineNet Menus Online 274
Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides 275
Electric Library 275
Encyclopedia Britannica 276
Epicurious Food 277
Expedia Travel Information 277
FedEx Package Tracking 278
FindLaw Legal Resources 278
FirstGov 279
Information Please Almanacs 280
Internet Movie Database 280
MapQuest 281
Microsoft Product Support Services 281
Monster Career Center 282
New York Times Book Reviews 282
Parent Soup 283
Peterson's Education & Career Center 283
Project Gutenberg E-Texts 284
Tax Forms and Information 284
TV Guide Online 285
UPS Package Tracking 285
Wall Street Journal Online 286
ZDNet Computer Information 286
Zip Code Lookups 287
Appendix A Search Engines Quick Reference 289
Alta Vista 290
AOL Search 293
Argus Clearinghouse 294
Deja 295
Excite 296
Google 297
HotBot 298
InfoSpace 300
Lycos 301
MSN Search 303
Netscape Search 305
Northern Light 306
Topica 307
Yahoo 308
Zip2 309
Appendix B Internet Domains and Country Codes 311
Appendix C Usenet Newsgroup Hierarchies 317
Appendix D Web Searcher's Toolkit 321
Essential Tools for Windows Users 324
Essential Tools for Macintosh Users 329.
ISBN:
020173401X
OCLC:
45900861

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