Truncation:	Boolean:	Phrase:	Case Sensitive:	Comments:
Yahoo My Help | Yahoo's Help Search	Use * psycholog*	AND: use + +pine +trees NOT: use - trees -pine	Use double " "pine trees"	Not case sensitive	Nice subject categories; if no results, queries Google
Google My Help | Google's Help Search	No truncation	AND is the default: pine trees NOT: use - trees -pine	Use double " "pine trees"	Not case sensitive	More options available from Advanced Search
Lycos My Help | Lycos' Help Search	No truncation	AND: use + +pine +trees NOT: use - trees -pine AND is the default.	Use double " "pine trees"	Not case sensitive	Can narrow results with Search Within These Results; Advanced Search offers even more features. Searches FAST if it finds no results within its own database.
HotBot My Help | HotBot's Help Search	Use * psycholog*	Pull-down options; for AND use All the Words, for OR: use Any of the Words. For Boolean, use Boolean Phrase type AND, OR, or NOT; for nesting use ().	Use pull-down option Exact Phrase or double " "pine trees"	Case sensitive when you enter capital letters	Many detailed options are available using Advanced Search
Alta Vista Basic Search My Help | Simple Help Search	Use * psycholog*	AND: use + +pine +trees NOT: use - trees -pine	Use double " or hyphens; "pine trees" or pine-trees	Case sensitive when you enter capital letters	Can limit searching to many specific parts of pages; see Alta Vista Help
Alta Vista Advanced Search My Help | Advanced Help Search	Use * psycholog*	AND, OR, and AND NOT; type operators in caps; use () for nesting	Use double " or hyphens; "pine trees" or pine-trees	Case sensitive when you enter capital letters	Can search using NEAR; can limit searching to many specific parts of pages; many other features, see Alta Vista Help

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