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SPECIAL
FEATURES:
Numerous directories available: uses Deja
for Usenet searches; passes on searches to AltaVista.
WHEN TO USE: browsing, subject categories, overviews of topic.
WHAT TO REMEMBER WHEN USING YAHOO!: + - ""
Yahoo has many specialized search sites and directories
Use + before a word which must appear
Use - before a word which must NOT appear
Enclose phrases in double quotation marks ("this is a phrase")
Use wildcards * to specify a root and retrieve various word
forms
(e.g. sing* will retrieve sing, sings, singing,
singer - but also singe, singular, singularity etc.)
To search within a title use t:word(e.g. t:astronomy)
To search within a url, use u:word(e.g. u:harvard)
SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
CAPITALIZATION: Capitalization doesn't matter.
ORDER: Combine search operators in this order: + -
t: u: " " *
SEARCH
OPTIONS PAGE: http://search.yahoo.com/search/options
Rather than type in your search terms, choose whether you
want to
include all search terms (AND), only one of your search terms
(OR)
or an exact phrase.
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