Field searching restricts searches to certain portions of Web documents. This feature allows users to specify that the words they are searching for appear in the title, the URL or the first paragraph of text. Look for this option in pull-down menus. In some engines, users may assign weight to particular words. Documents containing the selected words will be considered most relevant and displayed first.
Many search engines are case insensitive.
They ignore capitalization patterns and retrieve both upper- and lowercase variations. An exception is the Infoseek search engine, which allows users to specify case. If you are still confused, remember you can always ask a librarian for help. Joyce Kasman Valenza is the librarian at Springfield High in Erdenheim and writes frequently about technology and education. Her column appears each week in tech.life.