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* (asterisk) Applied Power, Principle of, brand names, 86–88 in Google, 6 102–106 Brooklyn Public Library, 119 with group syntax, 215 area codes, 169–170. See also browsers, 22–40 in name searches, 75 phone number searches bookmarklets with, 34–36 as wildcard, 6 art. See images gadgets for, 36–39 + (plus sign), 4–5. See also askanexpert.com, 93 iCab, 24 Boolean modifiers Ask Jeeves, 17–18 Internet Explorer, 23 – (minus sign), 4–5. See also for Kids, 210 listing, 25 Boolean modifiers toolbar, 32–33 Lynx, 24 | (pipe symbol), 5 associations Mozilla, 23 experts in, 91–93 Netscape, 23 finding, 92–93 Opera, 24 A audio, 154–163 plugins for, 27–29 finding, 159–160 Safari, 24–25 About.com, genealogy at, formats, 154–156 search toolbars with, 29–33 179–180 fun sites for, 162–163 security with, 25–26 address searches playing, 156–158 selecting, 25 driving directions and, 173 search engines/directories specialty toolbars with, 33 names in, 76–77 for, 160–162 speed optimization with, reverse lookups, 168–169 software sources, 158 26–27 229 for things/sites, 78 AU format, 155 turning off auto-password zip code helpers and, 172 reminders in, 26 AIFF format, 155 turning off Java in, 26 ALA Great Web Sites, 210 B turning off pop-ups in, 26 All Experts, 93–94 turning off scripting in, 25 AllPlaces, 134 Babelfish, 227 browser sniffer, 36–37 AlltheWeb, 160 BBB database, 195, 198 Bureau of Consumer Protection, almanacs, 186 Better Business Bureau, 195, 198 195 AltaVista, 148 biographical information, 72–73 Business.com, 92–93 Babelfish, 227 birth records, 175, 176 businesses sound searches in, BizRate, 193 phone listings for, 171–172 159–160 bookmarklets, 34–36 “sucks sites,” 199 Amazon.com, 190–191 adding to browsers, 34 buzzwords, 58 American Library Association finding, 35–36 Great Web Sites, 210 bookmarklets.com, 35 American Society of Association bookmarks C Executives, 92 manager software for, 42 America’s Job Bank, 126–127 saving information with, 83 cache: syntax, 7 Ancestry.com, 179 Boolean modifiers, 4–5 calculator.com, 37 AND, as search default, 4. See in Gigablast, 15 calculators, 37 also Boolean modifiers in Google, 6 Canada anti-spam software, 42 in ODP, 15 food recalls in, 197 anti-virus software, 218–219 in Yahoo, 10 RCMP scam warnings, 196 CH27_228-236_Index.qxd 7/14/04 2:48 PM Page 230

career resources, 123–124 other people’s opinions, .gov, 135 Career Voyages, 123–124 191–193 .mil, 138 Cemetery Junction, 178 product information, 190–191 special syntaxes and, 104 cemetery records, 177–178 product searches, 191 Download.com, 29, 42–43 Census Finder, 178 recalls, 196–197 downloads, plugin, 29 census information “sucks sites,” 199 drivers, finding, 217–218 genealogy research and, where to complain, 198 driving directions, 173 175, 178–179 Consumer Product Safety Drugs.com, 206 HomeTownLocator, 131 Commission product drug searches, 204–206. See also Census Links, 178 recalls, 196 medical information Census Online Links, 179 consumer protection informa- counterfeit drugs and, 205 children tion, 193–196 filtering images for, 146–147, converters, 37–39 149 convert-me.com, 38 E kid-safe searching, Copernic, 40 208–211 copyright, 147, 149–150 Earchives, 162 Church of Jesus Christ of Corbis, 150, 151 efunda.com, calculators on, Latter-Day Saints, 175 countdowns, 39 38–39 CIA World Factbook, 139–140, counters, 39 eLibrary, 185 225 countries, research on Ellis Island & Immigration CitySearch, 134 CIA World Factbook, 139–140 Records, 178 city sites, 132–134 country codes in, 140–141 e-mail client-side software, 40–42 groups, 141–142 “Internet facts” in, 111–112 anti-spam, 42 country codes, 140–141 news alerts, 118 bookmark managers, 42 CuteFTP, 40 embassies, 225–226 download sites for, 42–43 CWSApps, 43 Embassy World, 225–226 FTP, 40 Cyndi’s List, 176, 179 Encyclopedia Britannica, 185 230 search software, 40 Encyclopedia.com, 185 spyware checkers, 42 encyclopedias, 11, 48, 185 text programs, 40–41 D specialty, 186 clocks, 39 Epinions, 192–193 ClusterMed, 203 d: syntax, 15 evaluating sites, 108–112 CNN, 119 DailyMP3.com, 158 authors and, 109 Columbia Encyclopedia, 11 Daily WAV, 162–163 citations in, 109–110 communities daterange: syntax, 7 of commentators/leading finding, 53–59 dates voices, 66–67 mailing lists, 53–59 formats for, 59 complaint sites, 198 medical/support, 203–204 special syntaxes and, 104 domains and, 108–109 specialty link lists, 63–65 Daypop, 100 Internet facts and, 111–112 technical support, 214–216 death records, 175, 176 links in, 111 Usenet, 59–62 define: syntax, 183 longevity in, 110–111 Weblogs, 63–64 dictionaries, 182–183, 184 news sites, 100 comparison engines, 193 DigitalCity, 134 questions to ask in, complaints, 198 directories 108–111 Complaints.com, 198 finding specialty, 63–65 update frequency and, computer game cheats and “sucks sites,” 199 110–111 walkthroughs, 219 discussion groups, Usenet, 59–62 Usenet, 62 Computer Hope, 217 Ditto, 149 Every Scrap, Principle of, Consumer.gov, 196 DMOZ, 64 80–84 consumer information, dog breed information, 71–72 building on searches with, 190–199 domains 81–82 caution with, 199 country codes, 140–141 further research from, consumer protection, 193–196 credibility and, 108–109 83–84 CH27_228-236_Index.qxd 7/14/04 2:48 PM Page 231

monitoring scraps and, 84 kid-safe searching with, language tools, 227 organizing scraps and, 208–209 link: syntax, 7 82–83 searching for lyrics in, 69–70 Mail Archive with, 55–57 Excel, plugin for, 28 special syntaxes on, 103–105 News, 8, 96–97, 117–118 exchange rates, 11 technical support searches non-Web searches in, 8–9 Expanding Web, Principle of in, 70–71 OR modifier in, 5 the, 96–100 Yahoo as, 10–11 overview of, 5–6 experts, 90–94 phonebook: syntax, 8, in associations, 91–93 167–168 Google searches for, 94 G product searches, 191 lists of, 93–94 ready reference tools, rules for contacting, 91 gadgets, Web-based, 36–39 182–183 Gateway to Associations, 92 related: syntax, 7 genealogy research, 174–180 SearchTool, 31–32 F birth records, 176 search toolbars, 30–31 cemetery records, 177–178 Sets, 87–88 FaganFinder, 149 census data, 178–179 shortcuts in, 104 FamilySearch, 175 death records, 176 site: syntax, 6 FAQs, technical support Ellis Island, 178 sound searches in, 159 searches in, 70–71 FamilySearch, 175 special searches, 8 favelets. See bookmarklets obituary records, 177 special syntaxes in, 6–7 FCIC National Contact Center, roundup sites for, 179–180 specialty link lists in, 64–65 172 source material, 174–179 state resources in, 137–139 FDA, in drug searches, 205 Get That Gig, 124 stocks: syntax, 7 FDA food recall alerts, 197 Getty Images, 150–151 technical support and, 71 federal sites, 137–139 Gigablast, 15–17, 100 Tile.net with, 55 Feedster, 65–66, 97, 100 glossarist.com, 50 Uncle Sam, 138 231 news via, 119 Google unique language searches, filtering Answers, 93 47 images, 149 Ask an Expert, 93 Usenet and, 60, 61–62 kid-safe searching and, Boolean modifiers in, 6 zip code searches in, 132 208–209 building name lists in, 88–89 government spam, 42 cache: syntax, 7 city sites, 132–134 Find A Grave, 177–178 catalogs, 9 embassies, 225–226 FindArticles, 118–119 city sites via, 132–133 federal sites, 137–139 FindSounds, 160 daterange: syntax, 7 find state representative firewalls, 218–219 Directory, 3 names, 131 speed and, 27 finding experts with, 93, 94 FirstGov, 137–138 FirstGov, 137–138, 139 Froogle, 9 job searches in, 126 phone listings in, 172 as full-text engine, 2 medical information sites, Flash plugin, 28 Googlebar project, 30–31 202–203 FlipDog, 128 Groups, 8, 60, 61–62 phone listings for, 171–172 food recalls, 197 Groups, technical support state sites, 135–137 form resources, 39 with, 214–215 GovSpot, 139 4Kids, 210 Groups 2, 54 FTC Bureau of Consumer Images, 8, 147 Protection, 195 inanchor: syntax, 7 H FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 40 info: syntax, 7 full-text engines, 2 international information Healthfinder, 202 biographical information with, 224 health sites, 202 searches, 72–73 intext: syntax, 6–7 HealthWeb, 202 dog breed information intitle: syntax, 6 historical sounds archives, 163 searches in, 71–72 inurl: syntax, 6 hitsquad.com, 158 CH27_228-236_Index.qxd 7/14/04 2:48 PM Page 232

HomeTownLocator, 131 “Internet facts,” 111–112 Law.com, 49 hostname: syntax, 11 Internet Movie Database, 167 legal terms, 49 House of Representatives, find- Internet Public Library libraries, national, 226 ing names in, 131 Association Directory, 92 Library of Congress image col- HTML, converting text to, 41 Interment.net, 178 lection, 151 intext: syntax, 6–7 LibrarySpot, 184 intitle: syntax, 6, 11 link: syntax, 7, 11, 16 I inurl: syntax, 6, 11, 135–137 linkdomain: syntax, 11 ip: syntax, 16 links iCab, 24 I-Resign, 124 lists, finding specialty, 63–65 images, 146–152 IRS (Internal Revenue Service), in site evaluation, 111 AltaVista, 148 138 special syntaxes with, 7, 11, copyright and, 147, 149–150 16, 104–105 Ditto, 149 Linux, 219 finding collections of, 152 J Ljudo, 161 Google, 8, 146 local information, 130–142 PicSearch, 148 Java city sites, 132–134 screening inappropriate, bookmarklets, 34–36 consumer protection, 193 146–147 turning off, in browsers, 26 state sites, 134–135 search engines for, 147–149 Jesse’s bookmarklets site, 35 zip code searches for, specialized collections of, job searches, 122–129 130–132 149–152 career resources sites, LOC (Library of Congress) turning off, for browser 123–124 image collection, 151 speed, 26–27 Career Voyages, 123–124 LookSmart, 17 inanchor: syntax, 7 cautions for, 127 LovetoKnow Free Online info: syntax, 7 company sites for, 123 Encyclopedia, 185 InfoBel, 170 FlipDog, 128 Lycos, 160 232 InfoPlease Almanacs, 186 Get That Gig, 124 Lynx, 24 Information Evaluation Form, job search engines for, lyrics, searching for, 69–70 112 127–128 Internal Revenue Service (IRS), local resources in, 124–126 138 Monster.com, 127–128 M international information, national-level, 126–127 139–141, 224–227 Quintessential Careers, 124 Macintosh computers CIA World Factbook, 139–140 search engines in, 123–124 AIFF format, 155 country codes in, 140–141 state-level, 126 browsers for, 24–25 embassies, 225–226 Yahoo HotJobs, 128 Quicktime plugin, 28 on groups of countries, SecureMac, 219 141–142 Mail Archive, 55–57 national libraries, 226 K mailing lists, 53–59 phone books, 170 Google Groups 2, 54 search engines for, 224–225 kid-safe searching, 208–211 Mail Archive, 55–57 specialty sites/directories for, filtering in, 208–209 search tips for, 57–59 225 full-text, 208–209 technical support archives, translation tools, 226–227 parental guidance in, 208 216 International White and Yellow subject indexes for, 210 Tile.net, 54–55 Pages, 170 Topica, 53–54 Internet Archive, 68 Yahoo Groups, 53 Internet Explorer, 22 L MapQuest, 173 adding bookmarklets to, 34 maps, driving directions and, Google search toolbars in, Langenberg.com, 132, 149 173 30–31 language translation tools, marriage records, 175 security and, 23 226–227 Martindale’s Reference Desk, 37 CH27_228-236_Index.qxd 7/14/04 8:43 PM Page 233

Mass Similar, Principle of, 86–89 National Highway Traffic Safety Open Source Vulnerability medical information, 200–206 Administration: Recall Database, 219 cautions about, 200 Search, 197 Opera, 24 community/support sites, national libraries, 226 adding bookmarklets to, 34 203–204 National Library of Medicine, Bookmarklets for (Web site), consumer-oriented health 202–203 36 sites, 202 natural language searching, opinions, as consumer aids, drugs, 204–206 17–18 191–193 general, 200–203 Naturesongs, 161 OR, 5 government sites, 202–203 NEAR, 5. See also Boolean pipe symbol as, 5 news searches for, 203 modifiers as search default, 4 terminology, 49 neighborhoods, finding, 131 MedTerms.com, 49 Netscape, 23 MegaConverter 2, 39 Googlebar project, 30–31 P MIDI format, 155 plugin directory, 29 military sites, 138 News.com, 119 page characteristics, 81–82 Milly’s bookmarklets site, 35 newsgroups page content, 82 misspelling search terms, 57, 205 Tile.net pointers to, 55 Partners in Rhyme, 158 modifiers Usenet, 60–63 passwords, turning off NEAR, 5 newspapers reminders for, 26 search defaults and, 4 archives of, 119 pay-for-inclusion (PFI) engines, special, 5 classified ads, 124–126 18 Monster.com, 127–128 news searches, 116–120 PayPal, 193 Mozilla, 23–24 e-mail alerts and, 118 pay phone directory, 170 adding bookmarklets to, 34 for medical information, 203 PDF (Portable Document Googlebar project, 30–31 news search engines, Format) plugin, 27 MP3, 154–155. See also audio 117–119 people searches, 166–173. See 233 DailyMP3.com, 158 Web, 116–117 also genealogy playing, 156–157 news sites, 96–98 research music, searching for lyrics, monitoring with search address/zip code helpers, 172 69–70. See also audio engines, 98–99 biographical information, Musicmatch, 157 specialty pages, 99 72–73 MySimon, 193 nicknames, 74–77 experts, 90–94 NOT, as search default, 4. See general, 167–168 also Boolean modifiers general phone books, N 168–170 large business/government names O phone books, brand, 86–88 171–172 building lists of, 88–89 ObitMessenger, 177 names/nicknames in, 75–76 common, 76 ObitsArchive, 177 privacy and, 166–167 of experts, 90–94 obituary records, 177 specialized phone books, 170 finding unknown, 87, 89 Ogg Vorbis, 156 universities, 171 middle, 75 Old Farmer’s Almanac, 186 phonebook: syntax, 8 monitoring, 84 OneLook, 184 phone books nicknames and, 74–77 Onions, Principle of, 68 general, 168–170 of things, 78 onlineconversion.com, 38 specialized, 170 of people, 75–76 Open Directory Project (ODP), phone numbers, removing, 168 of places, 76–77 14–15, 99 phone number searches, 77 of things, 78 international information 800 numbers, 171 National Center for Health with, 225 Google, 167–168 Statistics, 176 ready reference tools, government, 171–172 National Geographic, 150–151 186–187 international, 170 CH27_228-236_Index.qxd 7/14/04 2:48 PM Page 234

phone number searchres ready reference, 182–187 kid-safe, 210 (continued) almanacs, 186 medical information in, 201 large business, 171–172 dictionaries, 182–183, 184 searching for lyrics in, 70 PhoneSpell, 172 encyclopedias, 185–186 technical support searches university, 171 LibrarySpot, 184 in, 71 WhitePages.com, 168–170 RefDesk, 183 search defaults, 4 PhoneSpell, 172 ReferenceDesk, 183 search engines, 2–12 photographs. See images search engine tools for, advantages/disadvantages PicSearch, 148 182–183 of types of, 3–4 pictures. See images RealAudio format, 155 Ask Jeeves, 17–18 pipe symbol (|), 5 playing, 157 Boolean modifiers in, 4–5, 6 place name searches, 76–77. recording, 158 drug searches with, See also address real estate, neighborhood 204–205 searches searches and, 131 full-text, 2 PlanetFeedback, 198 Real plugin, 28 Gigablast, 15–17 plugins recall information, 196–197 Google, 5–9 Apple Quicktime, 28 RefDesk, 183 international information definition of, 27 ReferenceDesk, 183 with, 224–225 essential, 27–28 Reinvented Wheel, Principle of job, 127–128 finding, 27, 29 the, 52 LookSmart, 17 Flash, 28 related: syntax, 7 monitoring news sites with, PDF, 27 researchbuzz.org, 119 98–99 PowerPoint, 29 Resellerratings.com, 193 news, 117–119 Real, 28 resignation letters, 124 Open Directory Project, Shockwave, 28 retailers, reviews by, 193 14–15 turning off, for speed, 26 reverse phone lookups, 168 PFI, 18 Windows Media Player, 28 risk studies, 205 as portals, 5 234 Word, 28 RocketNews.com, 97, 118 ready reference tools in, XLS, 28 RootsWeb, 179 182–183 pop-ups, turning off, 26 Royal Canadian Mounted searchable subject indexes, pornography Police scam warnings, 2–5 filtering, 146–147 196 search defaults in, 4 image collections and, 149 rphonebook: syntax, 167–168 sound searches in, 159–160 portals, 5 RSS feeds, 99 special syntaxes in, 5, 6–8 city site, 133, 134 definition of, 119 Teoma, 18 PowerPoint plugin, 28, 29 Feedster and, 119 watching for new, 18–20 privacy. See also security RxList, 205–206 Webmaster World and, 20 people searches and, WiseNut, 17 166–167 Yahoo, 9–12 toolbars and, 33 S searches Probert Encyclopedia, 48 biographical information, product information, 190–191 Safari, 24–25 72–73 publication archives, 119 Safety Alerts, 197 building on previous, 80–84 PubMed, 202–203 Salt Grains, Principle of, dog breed information, 108–112 71–72 Scholarly Societies Project, every scrap in, 80–84 Q 92 for experts, 90–94 scripting, turning off, 25 Quicktime plugin, 28 genealogy, 174–180 searchable subject indexes, Quintessential Careers, 124 job, 122–129 2–5 mailing list, 57–59 biographical information medical information, 200–206 R searches, 73 narrowing, 68–73, 103, dog breed information 116–117 searches in, 72 Ratings.net, 193 news, 60–63, 96–98, 116–120 CH27_228-236_Index.qxd 7/14/04 2:48 PM Page 235

page characteristics and, in Gigablast, 16 Teoma, 2, 18 81–82 in Google, 6–7 toolbar, 32 results for, 81 kid-safe searching with, 209 text editors, 40–41 song lyric, 69–70 link, 104–105 text files, saving information to, sound, 159–160 phonebook, 167–168 83 for technical support, 70–71 Principle of Applied Power TextPipe, 41 unique language for, 46–50 and, 102–106 text-to-speech (TTS) generator, search toolbars, 29–33 searchable subject index, 163 SecureMac, 219 105–106 threads security title, 103–104 following, 58 browser optimization for, URL, 104 product searches and, 191 25–26 in Yahoo, 10–11 Tile.net, 54–55, 56 consumer protection infor- specialty Web sites, 99 Time Life Picture Collection, mation, 193–196 speech, optimizing browsers for, 150–151 Internet Explorer, 23 26–27 time zones, 11 job searches and, 127 Speechbot, 161 title: syntax, 16, 103–104 spyware and, 42 spyware checkers, 42 Topica, 53–54 technical support for, 218–219 StateChamp, 134 Total Recorder, 158 toolbars and, 33 states tourist attractions, 78 Shareware Music Machine, 158 consumer protection infor- tracking information, 84 Shockwave plugin, 28 mation, 193 translation tools, 226–227 shopping job searches and, 126 trigger words, 209 comparison engines, 193 Web sites, 134–137 TTS generator, 163 consumer protection and, stemming, 215 Tucows, 29 193–196 stock quotes, 11 downloads from, 43 online payment and, 193 stocks: syntax, 7 type: syntax, 16 opinions and, 191–193 streaming media, 155, 157 “types of” searches, 89 235 product information, 190–191 subject indexes. See searchable typos, 57, 204 Shopping.com, 193 subject indexes site: syntax, 6, 10, 16, 136 suburl: syntax, 16 site:edu syntax, 47 “sucks sites,” 199 U site:org syntax, 47 support groups, 203–204 slang, 48, 215 u: syntax, 10, 15 Snopes, 111 UltraEdit, 41 software T Uncle Sam, 138 anti-spam, 42 unique language, 46–50 audio, 157–158 t: syntax, 10, 15 legal, 49 download sites, 42–43 tax forms, 138 mailing lists and, 56 drivers, 217–218 technical support, 214–220 medical, 49 updates, 218 community help, 214–216 slang, 48 song lyrics, 69–70 computer game cheats and technical, 49–50 Soople, 182 walkthroughs, 219 using, 50 sound. See audio drivers, finding, 217–218 universities SoundAmerica, 161 for older computers, 217 phone listings for, 171 spam, 42 online community, 216 technical support from, special syntaxes, 5, 102–106 searching for, 70–71 217 advantages of, 103 security issues, 218–219 updates, software, 218 biographical information software updates, 218 url: syntax, 11, 16, 135–137 and, 72–73 technical mailing list URLs combining, 105–106 archives, 216 domains in, 108–109, 135, 138, date, 104 Tech Tutorials, 217 140–141 definition of, 102–103 technical terminology, 49–50 guessing, 136 domain/site, 104 Technorati, 66–67 special syntaxes and, 104 full-text engine, 103–105 Tech Tutorials, 217 state Web site, 135–137 CH27_228-236_Index.qxd 7/14/04 2:48 PM Page 236

Usenet, 59–62 White Pages Global, 170 inurl: syntax, 11 date range searches, 62 wildcards, in Google, 6 link: syntax, 10 Google Groups with, 60, Winamp, 156–157 linkdomain: syntax, 11 61–62 Windows, 22 local information in, 12 hierarchy in, 60 Media Player, 157 maps, 12 search tips for, 62 Media Player plugin, 28 monitoring news sites with, Update site, 219 98–99 WiseNut, 17 News, 11–12, 97–98, 118 V WMA format, 155 News photos, 151–152 word frequency counter, 37 non-Web search properties VersionTracker, 43 Word plugin, 28 in, 11–12 Veteran’s Affairs Cemetery World Beyond, Principle of, overview of, 9–10 Listings, 178 90–94 ready reference tools, Virtual Community of WorldTimZone bookmarklets, 186–187 Associations, 92 35–36 recent additions to, 20 viruses, 218–219 reference, 12 technical support on, 71 shortcuts in, 11, 104 Vivisimo, 203 X site: syntax, 10 Vmyths, 112 special syntaxes in, 10–11 VoyCabulary, 184 xmlhub.com, 99 specialty link lists in, 63–64 t: syntax, 10 W Y u: syntax, 10 url: syntax, 11 Wav Central, 160–161 Yahoo, 9–12 U.S. Government directory, WAV format, 155, 156 Boolean modifiers in, 10 139 Daily WAV, 162–163 city sites via, 133 U.S. Metros, 134 236 Earchives, 162 directory, 20 Yahooligans, 12, 210 finding, 160–161 full-text searching in, 3, 10–11 Your Dictionary, 184 Weblogs, 63–64 Get Local, 133 evaluating credibility in, Groups, 53, 204 66–67 Health, 206 Z news in, 97 hostname: syntax, 11 Webmaster World, 20 HotJobs, 128 zip code searches, 130–132 WebMD, 202 international information helpers for, 172 “What’s New” pages, 99 with, 224 WhitePages, 169–170 WhitePages.com, 168–170 intitle: syntax, 11