Altavista Advanced Internet Search Engine Summary

ALTAVISTA ADVANCED

Search Engine Combining Terms Using AND, OR, NOT Using + and - Truncation Adjacency Proximity Specifying fields to search

Altavista Yes, in Advanced Search; default: OR No, in Advanced Search Yes; Uses * Yes; Place double quotes around phrases Yes; Uses NEAR Yes

Search Engine	Combining Terms Using AND, OR, NOT	Using + and -	Truncation	Adjacency	Proximity	Specifying fields to search
Altavista	Yes, in Advanced Search; default: OR	No, in Advanced Search	Yes; Uses *	Yes; Place double quotes around phrases	Yes; Uses NEAR	Yes

Altavista Advanced AND Example: political AND cartoons
finds everything with BOTH words "political" AND "cartoons"

Altavista Advanced OR Example: political OR cartoons
finds everything with EITHER of the words "political" OR "cartoons"

Altavista Advanced NOT Example: political AND NOT cartoons
finds everything with the word "political" AND NOT the word "cartoons"

Plus Sign "+" and Minus "-"available using Altavista SIMPLE SEARCH ONLY

Altavista Advanced Truncation Example: dog*
should find everything with words "dog" or "dogs" or "doggies" or "doggerel"

Use of capital letters enforces an exact match

Altavista Advanced Adjacency Example: "political cartoons"
finds the phrase where the word "political" precedes the word "cartoons".

Altavista Advanced Proximity Example: political NEAR cartoons
should find the word "political" within 10 words of "cartoons".

Altavista Advanced URL Field Search Example: url:services/summer/
finds all documents containing the text "services/summer/" in the document's URL

Altavista Advanced HOST Field Search Example: host:umsl.edu
finds all documents at sites containing "umsl.edu" (e.g., jinx.umsl.edu, www.cs.umsl.edu)

Altavista Advanced DOMAIN Field Search Example: domain:fr
finds all documents in the ".fr" domain (e.g., .com, .edu, .tw)

Altavista Advanced LINK Field Search Example: link:muns
finds all documents with links to any URL containing "muns"

Altavista Advanced TITLE Field Search Example: title:NTDB
finds all documents with "NTDB" in the TITLE field (e.g.,<TITLE>NTDB</TITLE>)

Altavista Advanced ANCHOR Field Search Example: anchor:NTDB
finds all documents with "NTDB" in the text of a hyperlink

Altavista Advanced TEXT Field Search Example: text:NTDB
finds all documents with "NTDB" anywhere in visible text in an HTML document.

Altavista Advanced IMAGE Field Search Example: image:monalisa
finds all documents with an image tag containing "monalisa"

Altavista Advanced APPLET Field Search Example: applet:FigureCount
finds all documents with an applet called "FigureCount"

Altavista Advanced OBJECT Field Search Example: object:shoppingbasket
finds all documents with an object tag containing "shoppingbasket"