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Searching the Web:
Search Tools: tool characteristics, search tool sampler | Search Strategies: keyword, phrase, concept, boolean, field, wildcard | Evaluating Information | Supplemental Links

Field Searching

Field searching involves searching for words depending upon where they appear in a web page. In this case, "field" refers to words that appear in web page titles, links to other pages, or links to a specific web site. When using Infoseek you would use the following syntax.

Field Search Example What It Does
title:"American Kennel Club" Finds pages with titles that contain the phrase "American Kennel Club"
link:http://www.akc.org/ Finds pages with specific links on them. (Other pages that have linked to the American Kennel Club)
site:http://www.akc.org/ Finds a site and all its related pages

The HotBot search tool (http://www.hotbot.com) lets you do a similar search by selecting fields from a series of drop down menus


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