Web Search Engines

1. OPEN Internet Explorer.

2. Type the search engine’s web address in the LOCATION BAR, just below the tool bar.

3. Press ENTER.

 

Search engines:

www.alltheweb.com
www.altavista.com
www.excite.com
www.google.com
www.hotbot.com
www.infoseek.com
www.lycos.com
www.yahoo.com
http://magellan.excite.com/
www.yahooligans.com
www.ipl.org

Meta search engines:
(these will search multiple databases simultaneously)

www.allonesearch.com
www.askjeeves.com
www.dogpile.com
www.metacrawler.com

 

**Keep in mind that search engine web pages are updated regularly and may have a new look. However the URL, or web address, will not usually change.

**Search engines continually visit Web sites on the Internet in order to create computer-generated catalogs of Web pages. In most cases, search engines are best used to locate a specific piece of information such as a known document, image, or phrase rather than a general subject.

** If one search engine does not give you satisfactory results, try another one. Results often vary widely from one to another.

The website will contain a SEARCH BAR that looks similar to the Location Bar but serves a completely different purpose. While the Location Bar is used for an exact URL, the Search Bar allows you to enter general topics or key words using Boolean or mathematical logic.