- PART I: SEARCH BASICS
- CHAPTER 1, Search Engines and How They Work
- CHAPTER 2, Unique Keywords
- The challenge of full-text searching
- Web page field searches
- Choosing the Right Keywords
- To get the best search results:
use the most unique keyword you can think of. - Make it a multi-step process.
- Narrow the field by searching just your previous results.
- Look for your keyword in the web page title
- Find out if case counts. Use initial caps to search for proper names.
- Check your spelling
- To get the best search results:
- CHAPTER 3, Basic Search Tools
- CHAPTER 4, Tips and Techinques
- PART II: THE BIG SIX SEARCH ENGINES
- CHAPTER 5, AltaVista
- CHAPTER 6, Google
- CHAPTER 7, HotBot
- CHAPTER 8, Lycos
- CHAPTER 9, Northern Light
- CHAPTER 10,Yahoo
- PART III: OTHER GENERAL-PURPOSE SEARCH ENGINES
- CHAPTER 11, AOL Search
- CHAPTER 12, Excite
- CHAPTER 13, MSN Search
- CHAPTER 14, NetscapeSearch
- PART IV: SPECIALIZED SEARCH ENGINES
- CHAPTER 15, Deja for Newsgroups Searches
- CHAPTER 16, Topica for Mailing list Searches
- CHAPTER 17, Argus Clearing House
- CHAPTER 18, Infospace People-finding Tools
- CHAPTER 19, Zip2 for Business Searches
- CHAPTER 20, Other Search Tools from A to Z
- APPENDIX A: SEARCH ENGINES QUICK REFERENCE
- APPENDIX B: INTERNET DOMAINS and COUNTRY CODES
- APPENDIX C: USENET NEWSGROUP HIERARCHIES
- APPENDIX D: WEB SEARCHER'S TOOLKIT
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