Terms are limited, so, unless you see the perfect term, the list should only serve as a reminder for you to think of other words to use to refine your search. Excite also divides your hits by web sites and news articles . Excite provides excellent, easy to read hit listings with larger than normal text extracts . NetFirst NetFirst is a good effort to catalog the internet using standard library cataloging practices. It must be accessed through OCLC FirstSearch which requires an accession number and password.
Sites listed are reliable and of high quality .
HotBot HotBot is a sophisticated yet easy to use engine . It converts complex freestyle Boolean searching into an easy drop-down menu interface. The engine also provides other excellent ways to limit or define your search. Infoseek Infoseek might not cover as many sites as AltaVista, but it is one of the best engines for finding what you need. An especially strong feature is that it allows for specific and quick key word searching of News , Newsgroup , Corporate , and WWW sites.