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Welcome to my e-book on Search Engines for the world wide web by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner. A Visual quickstart guide published by
Peachtree press, ISBN 0-201-73401-x, read in December 2005.
This book has a
companion web site
- PART I: SEARCH BASICS
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CHAPTER 1, Search Engines and How They Work
- CHAPTER 2, Unique Keywords
- CHAPTER 3, Basic Search Tools
- CHAPTER 4, Tips and Techinques
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Searchers
- Develope the Internet Habit.
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Use the Best tool for the job
- Read the Instructions
- Choose unique keyword
- Use multiple search engines.
- Consider the source.
- Know when to look elsewhere.
- Custonizing Your Web Browser.
- To make your favorite search engine appear automatically:
- To add other search engines to your favorite or Bookmarks:
- Keyboard Shortcuts and Other Timesavers
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Making short work of web address
- Searching for text in web pages
- Avoiding long print jobs
- Opening a second web browser Viewing search results
in a new window - Dealing with broken links and "page not found" messages
Table 4.1
| go to next web page | Alt left arrow |
| go to previous page | Alt right arrow |
| Add current web page to favorites | ctrl D |
| Organize favorites | Ctrl B |
| Find text on web page | Ctrl F |
| print current web page | Ctrl P |
| open History folder | Ctrl H |
| Open new web page | Ctrl L |
| Open new Browser Window | Ctrl N |
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 CODESAPPENDIX C: USENET NEWSGROUP HIERARCHIES
APPENDIX D: WEB SEARCHER'S TOOLKIT
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