Searching the web:
local and Internet-wide WWW searches

Searching for information on this WWW server

Enter the search words(s) here, then select Search:

That will search for matching documents on this (University of Cambridge) WWW server - see below for searching farther afield, including the many other servers in the University.

Alternatively, before selecting Submit you can limit searching to one or more parts of the documents (instead of the whole document):

head contents (HTML <HEAD> section)
body contents (HTML <BODY> section)
title (HTML <TITLE>)
headings (HTML <H1> - <H6>)
emphasised text (HTML <B>, <I>, <EM>, <STRONG>)

and select how many best-match search results you want to see:

Also available: Advice on searching, and (for WWW browsers that don't work with forms) searching without using a form.


Searching for information Internet-wide

There are numerous Internet-wide search facilities. Forms using two of the more popular ones are included below, and the list of W3 Search Engines from CUI provides access to many more.

For any of these, you can perform basic searches by entering search words and then selecting the adjacent "Submit" or "Search" button. More advanced search facilities, and information about the various search engines, can be found by following the links to their home servers.


AltaVista

Search and display the results

Go to AltaVista home server (including more extensive search facilities).
Alternatively, try the European AltaVista server.


Lycos

Search for

Go to Lycos home server


WebCrawler

Search the web and show for

Go to WebCrawler home server


Yahoo

Go to Yahoo home server (including more extensive search facilities).
Alternatively, try the UK Yahoo server.


University of Cambridge Computing Service, February 1997