Search
Comparison Chart
Scope
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AltaVista
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Excite
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Google
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HotBot
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Lycos
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Content
Size
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250M
pages
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250M
pages & media objects
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1.25
billion sites
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110M
sites
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50M pages
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Full-text
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Logic
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Default
word
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OR
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OR
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AND
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AND
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and
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Boolean
connectors
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AND,
AND NOT, NEAR
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AND,
AND NOT
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limit
including and excluding words
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OR, NOT
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or, not,
adj., near, before, far
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Phrase
search
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Quotation
marks
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Quotations
marks
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Quotation
marks
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Quotation
marks
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Quotation
marks
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Truncation
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No, use
*
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No
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Automatic
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No, ?
for one right-hand letter; * for left-hand
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No
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Case
sensitive
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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Words
included
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Use +
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Use +
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Use +
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Use +
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Use +
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Word
elimination
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Use -
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Use -
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Use -
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Use -
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Use -
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Duplicate
detection
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Grouped
under one title
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Yes
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Grouped
Under Categories
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Grouped
under one title
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Yes
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Special
features
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Limit
by date, language, or format field followed by a colon
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Concept
searching suggests terms
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Search
any language
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Limit
by date, language, location, page depth
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Search
for image and sound files
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