Document (#14211)

Author

Zorn, P.

Title

Advanced web searching : tricks of the trade

Source

Online. 20(1996) no.3, S.15-28

Year

1996

Abstract

Examines, from the perspective of professional searchers, WWW search engines that provide advanced search features and search a comprehensive abd authoritative database of Internet sites. Looks at: AltaVista, InfoSeek, Lycos, and OpenText. Gives a detailed description of each of the system, their features, how to use them and how the search engines performed on sample searches

Theme

Suchmaschinen
Suchtaktik

Object

AltaVista
InfoSeek
Lycos
OpenText

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