WEB SEARCH TOOLKIT

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This page uses HTML forms, and is best accessed using Netscape 2.0 or better.

[AltaVista North America] [AltaVista Europe] [InfoSeek] [HotBot] [Yahoo!] [Collections of Web Search Tools]

This page contains input forms you can use to search a number of the more popular Web-based directories and databases. Simply enter the text string that you wish to search on, then submit your query. The search service will provide you with one or more pages of results, taking you 'virtually' to their site. This page provides you with a single point from which to execute your searches and keep track of your work among the different service providers.

IF IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE WORKING, OR YOU WANT TO DO MORE THAN A SIMPLE QUERY...

Click on the service provider's logo icon to take you directly to their site.

Search the Web Usenet and Display the Results in Standard Form in Compact Form in Detailed Form

European Web surfers -- you can access the closest AltaVista Network European site in one of several languages for your convenience!

1. SELECT YOUR COUNTRY Austria Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Latvia Lithuania Luxemburg Norway Poland Russia Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands UK Rest of the World	... from which you access AltaVista.
2. SELECT THE LANGUAGE Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Icelandic Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Russian Swedish	... you'd like to use.
	...and add it to your bookmarks when you arrive!

This European AltaVista service is provided by Telia (Swedish Telecom)

http://www.altavista.telia.com/

InfoSeek

InfoSeek is rapidly overtaking AltaVista as my search engine of choice. Below I've provided you with an entry point into InfoSeek's Ultrasmart -- their most comprehensive search service.

Enter a specific question, phrase, or Name.

SEARCH:
the Web Usenet Newsgroups News Wires Premier News Industry & Local News E-mail Addresses Company Profiles Web FAQs

HotBot is a fast search engine whose capabilities are improving as time goes on. I now recommend HotBot as one of the 3 top Web search facilities.

SEARCH: the Web Usenet News FOR: all the words any of the words the exact phrase the person links to this URL the Boolean expression

Yahoo! is a World Wide Web directory rather than a search engine. Like the Yellow Pages, Yahoo! provides a structured hierarchy of topics and links leading to the materials indexed within each of these topical areas.

Enter the keyword you are seeking:

And then ...

COLLECTIONS OF WEB SEARCH TOOLS

If you are feeling really adventurous and independent, the following Web pages offer comprehensive compilations of current WWW search facilities.

ALL-IN-ONE SEARCH PAGES [YAHOO]

SEARCH ENGINES [YAHOO]

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