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SEARCHING THE WORLD
by Tara Calishain
Web Search Garage
Copyright
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION TO WEB SEARCHING
SEARCH ENGINES
Full-Text Engines
Searchable Subject Indexes
The Next Step: A Search Engine Flyover
Google
Google's Non-Web Search Properties
Yahoo—http://directory.yahoo.com
OTHER SEARCH ENGINES
Other Engines
Keeping an Eye Out for New Search Engines
ONLINE TOOLS AND GADGETS: BROWSERS & MORE
Browsers
Other Browsers to Consider
Which Browser Should I Use?
Search Toolbars
Bookmarklets
Web-Based Gadgets
Client-Side Software for Internet Research
Some General Places to Get Software
PRINCIPLES OF WEB SEARCHING
THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIQUE LANGUAGE
Understanding and Finding Unique Language for Your Searches
Using Unique Language in Your Searches
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE REINVENTED WHEEL
Finding Friendly Communities
Searching Usenet
Finding Specialty Link Lists and Directories
Finding Voices
THE PRINCIPLE OF ONIONS
Searching for Lyrics
Searching for Technical Help
Searching for Dog Breed Information
Searching for Biographical Information for a Term Paper
THE PRINCIPLE OF NICKNAMES
People
Places
Things
THE PRINCIPLE OF EVERY SCRAP
Your First Search and Your Next Searches
Organizing Your Scraps
Scraps to More Search?
Putting Scraps on to Simmer
THE PRINCIPLE OF MASS SIMILAR
Using Brand Names to Narrow Your Search
Finding Brand Names in the First Place
Using Google Search to Build Lists of Names
Getting Lists of Names When You Don't Even Have One
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WORLD BEYOND
The Commandments for the Questioner
Experts in Associations
Expert Lists
Finding Experts Using Google
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE EXPANDING WEB
News Sites
Search Engines
Specialty Pages
What Do You Do When You've Got 'Em?
THE PRINCIPLE OF APPLIED POWER
A Recap: What Are Special Syntaxes?
Special Syntaxes on Full-Text Engines
Special Syntaxes on Searchable Subject Indexes
Using Two or More Syntaxes
THE PRINCIPLE OF SALT GRAINS
Questions to Ask About a Web Page
Checking Out “Internet Facts”
SEARCHING THE WEB
NEWS SEARCHING
Web Searching for News Articles
Using News Search Engines
Other Places to Search News
JOB SEARCHING
Using Plain Search Engines and Company Sites
Local Resources (Newspaper Classifieds)
State-Level Job Finders
National-Level Job Finders
Job Search Engines
FINDING LOCAL INFORMATION ON THE WEB
Zip Code
City Sites
State Sites
Finding Deep State Resources in Google
Federal
International
Finding Information for Groups of Countries
SEARCHING FOR MULTIMEDIA
FINDING IMAGES
Avoiding the Naughty Bits
Image Search Engines Associated with Major Search Engines
Specialized Image Search Engines
Specialized Image Collections
Finding Image Collections Via Web Searches
FINDING AUDIO ON THE WEB
Sound Formats
Playing Sounds
Searching for Sound
SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE
PEOPLE SEARCHING
A Few Words on Privacy
General People Searching
General Phone Books
Specialized Phone Books
Address and Zip Code Helpers
GENEALOGY RESEARCH ONLINE
Source Material
Great “Roundup Sites” for Genealogy Information
READY REFERENCE
Search Engine Tools for Ready Reference
Roundup Tools
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Almanacs
More Ready Reference
CONSUMER SEARCHING
CONSUMER HELP
Finding Product Information
Getting Other People's Opinions
Consumer Protection
Recall Information
Where to Complain
Watch Your Step
DRUGS AND MEDICAL INFORMATION
Tara's Quick Medical Warning
General Medical Searching
Community and Support Sites
Drugs and Web Searches
KID-SAFE SEARCHING
Tara's Rant About Kids and the Internet
Using Full-Text Searching
Kid-Safe Subject Indexes: A Better Way to Go
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
DRIVERS, CHEATS, HELP, AND MORE
Finding the Community Help
Finding Help for Routine Things
SEARCHING THE WORLD
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION
What Search Engines Offer
Specialty Sites and Directories for Country Information
Translation Tools
Index
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