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This page is set up for you to use and compare multiple Search Engines. A Search Engine is one that allows its users to search any number of public web pages that have been catalogued by the engine itself and provides a list of such pages based on the search criteria entered. These are not Search Directories where the user is kept on the directory's page until all internal resources have been exhausted. Click here for help on how to use Boolean Operators.

AltaVista	All the Web, All the Time All the Web
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All the Web, All the Time TM Search for  all of the words any of the words the exact phrase      Word Filters   -  Add words to include / exclude from results. One phrase per entry. Fill top to bottom.   Should include Must include Must not include     in the text in the title in the link name in the URL in the link to URL      Should include Must include Must not include     in the text in the title in the link name in the URL in the link to URL      Should include Must include Must not include     in the text in the title in the link name in the URL in the link to URL      Should include Must include Must not include     in the text in the title in the link name in the URL in the link to URL      Should include Must include Must not include     in the text in the title in the link name in the URL in the link to URL      Should include Must include Must not include     in the text in the title in the link name in the URL in the link to URL     Domain Filters   -  Filter results by including / excluding domains e.g. com, gov, dell.com, etc   Only Include  Exclude

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Search for  Words in title  Publication name  Words in URL  SELECT  All Sources Special Collection World Wide Web   LIMIT SUBJECTS TO   Arts      Business & Investing      Computing & Internet      Contemporary life      Education      Entertainment      Gov't, Law & Politics      Health & Medicine      Humanities      Products & Services      Reference      Science & Mathematics      Social sciences   Sports & Recreation   Technology   Travel   LIMIT DOCUMENTS TO   Commercial Web sites      Education Web sites   Government Web sites   Military Web sites      Non-profit Web sites   Expert Bio   Learning materials    Questions and answers   For sale   Job listings   Broadcast news transcripts    City & regional newspapers      College newspapers      Newspapers, wires & transcripts      Press releases

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Look For all the words any of the words exact phrase the page title the person links to this URL Boolean phrase   Word Filter   must contain should contain must not contain the words the person the phrase must contain should contain must not contain the words the person the phrase     Pages Must Include   image audio MP3 video Shockwave Java JavaScript ActiveX VRML Acrobat VB Script Win Media RealAudio/Video     extension: (.gif)     Location/ Domain   Region anywhere North America (.com) North America (.net) North America (.edu) North America (.org) North America (.gov) North America (.mil) North America (all) Europe Southeast Asia India & Asia South America Oceania Africa Middle East Central America Domain (.com, .edu)  website: (wired.com, etc.)  country code: (.uk, .fr, .jp)       "Best Page Only"   Disable "Best Page Only" Filter     Page Depth    Any Page  Top Page  Personal Page Page Depth     Word Stemming   Enable Word Stemming     Return Results   10 25 50 100 full descriptions brief descriptions URLs only