Researchers can access 300 journals from these publishers. Quest 98 simultaneously searches over 160 search engines, checks for broken and duplicate links, and bypasses slow-moving graphics. A streamlined version is available for power users. Quest 98's Search Topics are designed to narrow the search scope and to locate different categories of information in a more efficient way, says Inforian. The built-in search topics include Major Search Engines, Usenet, Entertainment, ftp, News, My Favorite, and Technology.
Users can also create customized search topics.
Search results can be viewed through a Web browser and saved in either text or HTML formats for future use. In addition, queries performed at different times can be merged, deleted, added, and inserted to simplify information tracking and to make the search result database more organized and manageable. According to the company, Quest 98 is the only tool that allows users to switch easily between English, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese in seconds.