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Search Engines

This section will help
y
ou
perform the followin
g
tasks:
Choosin
g
a Search
En
g
ine
Usin
g
a Search En
g
ine
Searchin
g
on the Web
Accessin
g
Files from the
Internet
Each search engine has a
different look and feel. Try
various search engines to see
which one you like.

Choosing a Search Engine

Man
y
different search en
g
ines
exist on their own Web sites.
Each one keeps a list, or
database, of re
g
istered Web
sites. The search en
g
ines master
list includes a description and
Internet address for each of its
re
g
istered Web sites.
Some search en
g
ines keep
g
eneral-purpose lists while
others limit their lists to a sin
g
le
topic.
An example of a
g
eneral-purpose search en
g
ine is
AltaVista® at www.altavista.com®. Some ISPs, such as
America Online®, provide their own
g
eneral-purpose
search en
g
ine.
An example of a specialized search en
g
ine would be one
that onl
y
lists Web sites about one specific topic.
You can locate search en
g
ines in several wa
y
s:
Click
y
our browsers Search button.
Press the Internet Zone Instant Search button on
y
our
ke
y
board.
Ask a search en
g
ine to list other search en
g
ines.