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| Indiviual Search Engines | Use computer programs called "spiders", "crawlers", or "robots" to key search words with the web page that contains them |
| Meta-Search Engine | sends request for information to several engines simultaneously and compiles the results |
| Subject Directories | search databases that are developed and maintained by humans selection of sites to search broad subject categories and their descriptions |
| Google.com | the largest database of Web pages |
| Different Language Support | searches for words in different languages |
| Spell Checker | gives suggestions if the word keyed for the search is spelled correctly |
| Phonebook | uses phone numbers to search for locations and addresses |
| Math/Eqivalents | solves basic math problems and converts equivalents |
| Quotation Marks | narrow results by searching for phrases instead of individual words |
| Keyword | unique phrases or terms |
| Field | a search parameter, such as a title, genre, date of publication |
| Boolean Logic | include AND, OR, and quotation marks |
| Example of a Search Directory | http://scholar.google.com/ |
| Search String | another name for a main idea, phrase, or concept |
