Search Engines:
- Search for unique keywords and phrases
- Search for combinations of unique keywords
and phrases
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Employ field searching and limiting (date,
language, file type, location, etc.)
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Search for pages buried deep in a Web site
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Search engines will not find:
- Content of Adobe PDF and formatted files (except at AlltheWeb and
Google which now index PDF and other file types)
- Content in sites requiring a login (most periodical databases like
InfoTrac or EBSCOhost; reference sources like Britannica.com or Countrywatch.com)
- Information in commercial resources with domain limitations
- Non-Web resources (printed books, printed government documents, print
archives and rare manuscripts, and print/microform periodicals)
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