From: Lapachet, Jaye (Jhl@cpdb.com)
Date: Wed Jan 25 2006 - 11:06:39 PST
Subject: RE: SLA-SF: Proximity searching on Search Engines Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:06:39 -0800 Message-ID: <21BD2D007D9DE9428E6F532E9B855D35735F8B@mail2000.cpdb-nt.com> From: "Lapachet, Jaye" <Jhl@cpdb.com>
We use this search tools chart when we need more exact searching:
http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html. We also hand that out to
new people during orientation.
Jaye
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-----Original Message-----
From: SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu [mailto:SLA-SF@exploratorium.edu] On
Behalf Of Library
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:14 AM
To: sla-sf@exploratorium.edu
Subject: SLA-SF: Proximity searching on Search Engines
I was asked how to search on the web for a term within two words of
another term.
According to Gary Price in a 2001 article, "AltaVista is the only major
search engine that allows a searcher to use the proximity operator, NEAR
(in simple search) near (advanced search). Using this operator finds
terms within 10 words of each other in either direction."
Are there any others that now provide proximity searches? I seem to
recall something about that, but can't find the information.
Paula Lichtenberg, Librarian
Keker & Van Nest LLP
library@kvn.com
415-773-6671
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