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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
ine’s 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 browser’s 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.