If Lycos does not provide you with the references you require, try AliWeb, for example. They can be treated just like reference tools - if you do not find the data you want in a directory, you might try an encyclopaedia for example. The actual use of these tools is discussed in section 10 of this chapter. Unless you are certain that a Web page has been produced by a particular company or organisation, do not treat everything that it says as total gospel. Simply because a page of data that you find professes to come from 'xyz' organisation, it does not necessarily mean that it does.
Many web browsers have very limited functionality when it comes to searching for terms.
Until the browsers have caught up with the rest of the industry, do not automatically expect Boolean operators to work. Do not expect truncation or wildcard to work either. Explore how this ranking is achieved, since it may not be the same for every browser. Graphics Web Pages come with an abundance of graphical images. If you discover later that there is a graphic you need to view, simply turn the option back on and reload the page.