The Wombat on line glossary Our very own home grown glossary by Dr. John Cross Open the txt file and search for your term. Intelligent agents . These are used for customized searches on the web. Usually you determine the search profile you want, then the agent updates you on these topics on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. This is also called Selective Dissemination of Information.
Most services charge a small fee.
Hierarchical menus The simplest form of finder tool is a hierarchical menu that organizes the links into broad subject categories in hierarchical menus. Unfortunately since they are not automated and can't list everything the entries represent the choices of the authors. Guides White and Yellow Pages. These search tools are simple alphabetized lists of providers generally restricted to particular types of services. Again they are maintained manually and generally are not comprehensive.