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Access to online search tools (p. 220)

Search Tools
About.com
http://about.com
Information database for "what you need to know about."
AltaVista
http://altavista.com
Large, comprehensive database. Keyword searching only. Supports Boolean searching.
Excite
http://excite.com
Subject directory and keyword searching available. Supports Boolean searching.
Google
http://google.com
Subject directory and keyword searching available.
HotBot
http://hotbot.com
Subject directory and keyword searching. Includes newsgroups and email. Supports Boolean searching.
Ixquick
http://ixquick.com
One of the world's largest meta search tool, searching 14 other tools simultaneously.
Lycos
http://lycos.com
Subject directory and keyword searching available. Supports Boolean searching.
Yahoo!
http://yahoo.com
Subject directory and keyword searching available. Includes news, chat, and email. Does not support Boolean searching.
Zworks
http://www.zworks.com
Searches multiple search tools simultaneously. Ranks the results of searches for relevancy by search tool. Also filters to be relatively child-safe.






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