site comparing query syntax?

[Dr. F. J. Devadason]

In the following paper at section 4.2 there is a comparison chart for text
retrieval software.

The building and maintenance of robot based internet search services: A
review of current indexing and data collection methods

                                            Authors
                           T. Koch, A. Ardö, A. Brümmer and S. Lundberg

                    Lund University Library, NetLab, Box 3, S-221 00 Lund,
Sweden 

 URL: http://www.ub.lu.se/desire/radar/reports/D3.11v0.3/tot.html


Another concise search engine comparison chart can be found at:


http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/search/chart.htm

 Kansas Public Library Site.



At 05:30 PM 5/8/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Linda Rudell Betts wrote:
>> 
>> Okay, I give up.  I've been flexing my researcher muscles and _still_ can't
>> find a site I've seen mentioned a couple of times that enumerates query
>> syntax used by the major search engines (some are boolean, some use - or
>> +).  Seems that I remember the site was maintained in Sweden.  Anyone have
>> this bookmarked like I thought I did?
>
>Believe you want the Internet Scout Sidekicks, at
>http://wwwscout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/toolkit/search/notes/sidekick.html. 
>Gives you the option of getting a .gif version, .pdf black & white, .pdf
>color.  Very handy.  Not in Swedish, however.  Also has similar
>"sidekick" for Internet directories.
>
>Bob Williford
>MLS Student (for about another week)
>University of Missouri-Columbia
>
>

Another concise search engine comparison chart can be found at:

http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/search/chart.htm

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