This document discusses advanced search techniques that can be helpful for specific search needs. It outlines 11 techniques including searching between search engines and databases, searching as you type, field searching to restrict results to a subset of the web, expanded subset searching to combine domains, filetype searches, link searching, phrase searching with proximity operators, and using cache searches to find removed or changed pages from the past. The full article provides more details on implementing each technique across different search engines.

1. New Search Strategies Advanced Techniques, Approaches, & Sources Internet Librarian 2006 By Greg R. Notess, SearchEngineShowdown.com

2. Advanced Search Techniques Not always needed Useful only for specific needs But can then be very helpful

3. SE Reviews & Features Chart searchengineshowdown.com /features Overview chart for quick lookup Each cell links to detailed review Use it when you need the feature

4. 1. Search Transfer Between Search Engines Between Databases at an Engine How? Tabs, Search Box, Bookmarklets

5. 2. Refine & Explore Terms Ask & Exalead: Look Right Clusty: Top Results Folders (Left) Business: Northern Light is Back

6. 3. Search as You Type Google Suggest AlltheWeb Livesearch Using Yahoo! Database

7. 4. The Defining Moment Answers.com Wikipedia Yahoo! Reference define:term at Google

8. 5. Search Societies Tags at social bookmarking sites Del.icio.us for tech and buzz FURL for more professional? Connotea for scientific

9. Field Searching Restrict to a subset of Web Dig deep instead of broad site, inurl, country Link searching Explore link patterns on the Web

10. 6. Basic Subset Searching site:gov OR site:harvard.edu At Google, Yahoo!, Live, Ask, etc. Up to 200 at Gigablast For other URL segments inurl:somewhere.edu/library

11. 7. Expanded Subset Searching Rollyo Yahoo! Database, create list Live Macros Combine domains with more

12. 8. Filetype Searches On Advanced Search Page –or- filetype:pdf Google, Live, Exa originurlextension:pdf At Yahoo!

13. Filetype Tricks Errors Leave off first letter Spaces between words Exalead Analysis

14. 9. Link Searching link:http://ibm.com Works at Google, Live, Yahoo!, Exa Google is incomplete Yahoo! & Live much more detailed And can combine

15. And Brand New: Live.com new operator linkfromdomain:loc.gov site:hr

16. 10. Beyond “Phrase Searching” Proximity at Exalead NEAR for 16 word proximity NEAR/4 for 4 word proximity Less control/precision at Google ” word1 * word2”

17. 11. Cache to the Past Multiple Sources Each with a Specific Date Find Dead, Downed, & Removed History of Changes

18. Cache Details Google, MSN, Gigablast, Ask, Exalead Include Date of Crawl Also at Yahoo! No date Wayback Machine archive.org Many dates

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