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       Recommended Search Sites
Use the sites listed below to search for subjects or topics of interest. The search forms provided here are for quick searching. To use these sites to their fullest potential, visit the site by clicking on the highlighted name. Read the site's help and tips for better searching results. If you can't find what you’re looking for on one site, try another.  Each site is indexed differently.

Yahoo: a choice starting site for Web searching; using it's well organized catalog
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Google: great for searching full text in web pages.
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WebCrawler: supports "plain English" searching.
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HotBot: has the most searching options. Great for advanced searching.
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Excite: offers concept searching, it looks for ideas closely linked to the words in your query.
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AltaVista: better for advanced keyword searching for more specific information.
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MetaCrawler: combines nine search engines to look for your query.
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These Tips can be used with all the Quick Search Forms above

Use quotes around words that are part of a phrase.

Example: "Wisconsin Education Association"

Connect words with a + to search two ideas

Example: colleges + Wisconsin

Attach a - in front of words that must not appear in result documents.

Example: German - shepherd

 

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