SAU Resources
- Magale Library
- Including card catalog, electronic resources, links to other libraries' card catalogs.
- ProQuest Direct
- Click to check the "All Databases" box, then click the "Continue" button
- Resource Library
- Maintained by the Arkansas Partnership for Public Child Welfare in Peace Hall
General Search Engines
- Alta Vista --
Advanced Search
Help Page
- Multiple words treated like AND.
Boolean AND, OR, AND NOT, NEAR expressions.
Use parentheses for logical groupings.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Supports asterisk ("*") for wildcard.
- Excite --
Advanced Search Features
Search Tips Page
- "MyExcite" page features current news and sports.
Multiple words searches for ideas and concepts.
"More Like This" option to refine search.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Boolean AND, OR, AND NOT expressions.
Use parentheses for logical groupings.
- Fast Search
- Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST) and Dell Computer
- Multiple words may be in document.
Use + for force inclusion of a word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Does NOT appear to honor Boolean AND, OR, AND NOT expressions.
- FindSame --
- Works differently from other search engines.
- Returns a list of Web pages that contain any fragment of that
document longer than about one line of text
- Google! --
Google! Help --
Uncle Sam (US Government Sites)
- Multiple words treated like AND.
Ignores most common words; use + to force search to include common words.
Engine still under development.
- Goto.Com --
How To
- Multiple words treated like AND.
Ignores boolean
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
- Note: GoTo requires payment for listings except for those it obtains from the Inktomi engine,
therefore results are probably not as complete as other search engines.
- HotBot
- Pick lists determine number of words, date of resource, location of resource,
number of "hits" and amount of description returned.
"More Search Options" allows more specific search.
Boolean AND NOT expression and use of - are ignored.
- Infoseek (including Big Yellow Pages) --
Search Tips
- Multiple words returns AND first, then OR.
Use parentheses for logical groupings.
Use + to prefer the word, - to rank the word lower in the search results.
- Look Smart -- Readers' Digest
- Boolean AND NOT expression and use of - are ignored.
Supports asterisk ("*") for wildcard.
- Note: Readers' Digest screens submissions for inclusion; therefore, the results
are probably not as complete as other search engines.
- Lycos Search --
Custom Search --
A2Z --
PointCom Best 5% of the Web
- Multiple words treated like OR.
Ignores AND NOT expressions.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Supports asterisk ("*") for wildcard.
- Magellan
- "Green Light Sites" for non-adult.
Multiple words results in concept matches.
Boolean AND, OR, AND NOT expressions.
Use parentheses for logical groupings.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Supports asterisk ("*") for wildcard.
- National Directory --
Search Tips
- Displays headlines from 7am News. Category list.
- Multiple words treated like OR.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
- NetFind (America On-Line)
Search Tips Page
- "Excite" search engine.
Multiple words searches for ideas and concepts.
"More Like This" option to refine search.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Boolean AND, OR, AND NOT expressions.
Use parentheses for logical groupings.
- Northern Light --
Power Search
- Includes "Special Collection" of articles not on other search engines
(many of which carry a per-article charge).
Multiple words treated like AND.
Boolean AND, OR, AND NOT, NEAR expressions.
Use parentheses for logical groupings.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Supports asterisk ("*") for wildcard and percentage symbol ("%")
to represent one or more characters inside a word.
- Planet Search
- Multiple words treated like AND.
Boolean AND is ignored.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Automatically includes "*" wildcard at end of word.
- Starting Point
- Also searchs other resources.
Multiple words treated like AND.
- Web Crawler -- America Online --
Help Page
- Multiple words results in concept ("natural language searching").
Boolean AND, OR, NOT expressions.
Use parentheses for logical groupings.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Does NOT supports asterisk ("*") for wildcard.
Must request summaries, otherwise only hyperlinked title is displayed.
- What-U-Seek --
Seach Tips
- Multiple words treated like OR.
Boolean AND, OR, NOT expressions.
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Proximity (word, line, sentence, paragraph, page).
- Yahoo --
Search Options --
Yahooligans
- Multiple words treated like AND.
Use "options" for AND, OR, and phrases (ignores boolean).
Use + to force inclusion of word, - to force exclusion of word.
Use quotation marks around phrases.
Supports asterisk ("*") for wildcard.
- Information on Using Search Engines
- Web Search Engines FAQS: Questions, Answers, and Issues by Gary Price
Search Engines That Search Several Search Engines
These forms submit your search to several other search engines.
Each subsequent search engine may handle the result differently.
- Accufind
- Search All-in-One
- Debriefing
- c|net SearchCom
- CUSI Search Facility
- Dog Pile
- Highway 61
- Inference Find
- Pick list allows you to deterime the length of time spent on the search.
- Mamma
- MetaCrawler --
Power Search
- Click radio button for any (OR), all (AND), or phrase.
Multiple words treated like AND.
Ignores AND NOT and - sign.
- Netscape
- Caution! Won't let you come back.
- ProFusion
- Research It!
- Language, Library, Geographical, Financial, Shipping and Mailing and
Internet tools
- SurfPoint Search (slow)
- Savvy
Search
- W3 Search Engines
- List of links (similar to this page), perhaps more comprehensive
- Internet Navigation
(Rice University)
Usenet Search Engines and Open Servers
- Deja.Com Access to Usenet Articles --
Power Search
- Under "Results type" you might want to choose "Deja Classic".
News feeds are typically furnished the Internet Service Provider for use by their
customers. Newzbot! Public USENET Resources for
the Masses contains a list of NNTP servers, some of which may be open. Look for
"Moby Lists of Public USENET Servers". At one time, news.fcu.edu.tw has
over 4000 news groups, not limited to Taiwan.
Mailing List Searches
Directory of E-Mail Discussion Groups
Directory of Internet
Discussion Groups
Scout Report
People, E-Mail, Telephone, Addresses
- Any Who from AT&T Labs
- Advanced Search
allows by street name, and has options
- At Hand Network (the "baby" Bells)
- Big Book (businesses)
- Detailed Search
allows by street name, phone, keyword (same as GTE SuperPages)
- Four-11 US Telephone Directory
- (persons, businesses, e-mail, etc.) (tends to return far too many
generic hits).
- GTE SuperPages -- also at
Lycos and
Magellan
- (businesses)
- Detailed Search
allows by street name, phone, keyword
- Info Space Including reverse lookup
(persons, businesses, e-mail, etc.) (Tends to miss entries)
- InfoUSA
- One of the most up-to-date lists on the net. This company's
main products are CDROMs of phone/address databases.
- Reverse Lookup
- Search Near Address
- Switchboard (CBS)
- (persons, businesses, e-mail, etc.). Tends to return specific hits
(not too many generic hits).
- Who? Where?
- (Tends to miss entries).
Maps and Geography
- Map Blast
- MapQuest!
- Interactive Atlas and TripQuest
- Maps On Us at Switchboard.
- Plan A Route
- DD Viewer
- TerraServer
- Satellite and aerial images of land
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Government Documents
- U.S. Census Gazetteer
- Enter a place name or ZIP-Code, then get maps and data down to the Census tract!
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Lists of Links
- Awesome
List
- Argus Clearinghouse
- (former Clearinghouse
for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides)
- John
December's World Wide Web Unleashed
- Internet
Resources
- InterNIC
Information Services
- Scout Report
- Snap Com --
Real Player content search
- SearchEngineGuide.Com
- WWW
Virtual Library
- Scott
Yanoff's List
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