Infoseek Internet Search Engine Summary

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

Infoseek Uses "+" and "-" default is OR Yes Automatically retrieves multiple forms of words Yes; Place double quotes around phrases Yes; Place words inside square brackets [ ] Yes

Search Engine	Combining Terms Using AND, OR, NOT	Using + and -	Truncation	Adjacency	Proximity	Specifying fields to search
Infoseek	Uses "+" and "-" default is OR	Yes	Automatically retrieves multiple forms of words	Yes; Place double quotes around phrases	Yes; Place words inside square brackets [ ]	Yes

Infoseek AND Example (use "+" signs): +political +cartoons
finds everything with BOTH words "political" AND "cartoons"

Infoseek OR Example (use nothing - it's the default): political cartoons
finds everything with EITHER of the words "political" OR "cartoons"

Infoseek NOT Example (use both "+" and "-" signs): +political -cartoons
finds everything with the word "political" and NOT the word "cartoons"

Infoseek Complex Boolean Example: +"political cartoons" -Trudeau
finds everything about "political cartoons" as a phrase, but NOT by Gary Trudeau

Infoseek Plus Sign "+" Example (Boolean AND): +political +cartoons
finds everything with BOTH words "political" AND "cartoons"

Infoseek Minus Sign "-" Example (Boolean NOT): +political -cartoons
finds everything with the word "political" and NOT the word "cartoons"

Infoseek Complex Example: +political +cartoons -Trudeau
finds everything with the words "political" and "cartoons" but NOT by Trudeau

Infoseek Truncation Example: dog
should find everything with words "dog" or "dogs" or "doggies" or "doggerel"

Note: This Infoseek search feature is suspect!

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

Infoseek Adjacency Example: Rock Hudson
should find the NAME "Rock" preceding "Hudson" and NOT "rocks" or "hudsons".

Note: Words beginning with capital letters are treated different from words beginning with small letters.

Infoseek Proximity Example (use "[" and "]": [political cartoons]
should find the word "political" within 100 words of "cartoons".

Note: Unable to find documentation at Infoseek Web site for this feature.

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

Infoseek SITE Field Search Example: site:umsl.edu
finds all documents at sites containing "umsl.edu" (e.g., jinx.umsl.edu, www.umsl.edu, www.cs.umsl.edu)

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

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