Some Tips on Using Selected Search Tools

	Default Search:	Truncation:	Boolean:	Phrase:	Case Sensitive:	Comments:
WebCrawler Search	OR	No truncation	AND, OR, NOT; Nesting using ().	Use double " "pine trees"	Not case sensitive	Supports natural language searching; provides subject categories they call "channels".
Yahoo Search	AND then OR	Use Intelligent default or end terms in * psycholog*	AND: use + +pine +trees NOT: use - trees -pine	Use double " "pine trees"	Not case sensitive	Nice subject categories; if no results, queries Google
Google Search	AND	No truncation	AND is the default; pine trees NOT; use - pine -trees	Use double " "pine trees"	Not case sensitive	Use + to include stopwords, e.g. World War +I
Alta Vista Simple Search Search	OR	Use * psycholog*	AND: use + +pine +trees NOT: use - trees -pine	Use double " or hyphens; "pine trees" or pine-trees	Case sensitive when you enter capital letters	Can limit searching to many specific parts of pages; see Alta Vista Help
Alta Vista Advanced Search Search	OR	Use * psycholog*	AND, OR, and NOT; use () for nesting	Use double " or hyphens; "pine trees" or pine-trees	Case sensitive when you enter capital letters	Can search using NEAR; can limit searching to many specific parts of pages; many other features, see Alta Vista Help