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Excite

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Click in the search box, and type a few words, a Proper Name, or a full question that describes what you want to find. Open the pop up menu, where it says the Web to select an alternate source for searching. Then click Search. Be sure to capitalize names and titles, use quotation marks to group words as a phrase, put a plus sign (+) in front of words that must be in documents, and put a minus sign (-) in front of words that should not be in any documents found by the search. Do not put a space between the - or + sign and the word.

Meta-Indexes: Savvy Search will search up to 20 engines at once and select those most compatible with your search.

Enter keywords related to your information need in the box labeled Query. Small words (i.e., the, it, for, etc.) are typically ignored, but you can use numbers and most symbols. There is no need to insert AND & OR between words as this is done automatically, depending upon your selection of all query terms, as a phrase, or any query term. Currently, there is no option for case sensitivity or specification of words you specifically do not want in your results.

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Use the word AND between words that both must be in a document. Use OR between words where either can be in the document. To exclude documents from your search, write AND NOT before the word. Capatalize proper nouns.

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Capatalize proper nouns. Remember that it's not necessary to make your query grammatically correct. Words like the, a, those, and these are ignored. Check your spelling -- even a small error might affect your search results. If you find a site in your results list that you like and want Excite to find other sites similar to it, click on More Like This, which you'll find next to the URL.

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DATE: Whenever or on , 19

LOCATION: Anyplace Cyberplace domain (.edu) or website (www.addsheet.com)
Geoplace

SHOW: results at a time

Enter keywords for your search in the first box. Select whenever to search for documents created at any time, or specify a time period using after or before. Then choose anyplace to search all of the database, cyberplace to search only on a specific site or domain, or geoplace to search only in a specific area of the world. Finally, decide how many sites you would like to see on your first screen.

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Watch your spelling! If you type computr instead of computer, the Open Text Index won't find many matches. Use plurals, or other word endings. Search for both British and American spellings.

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To use WebCrawler's Search feature, you just need to be able to describe what you're looking for with a series of words or a phrase. Type those words into the search box, and click on the Search button.

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Just enter one or more words in the Search text box and click on Search. It doesn't matter whether you use capital or lowercase letters. If you want to search only those sites which the Magellan editorial team has rated and reviewed, click the button marked rated and reviewed sites only. If you want to search the entire database, click the button marked entire database. If you want to search only those sites appropriate for children, choose green light sites only. If you enter a minus sign in front of a search word, Magellan will exclude that word from the documents it returns. If you place a plus sign in front of a search word, you are asking Magellan to make sure that all documents returned include the word. Do not leave any space between the + or - symbol and the word.

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