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Abstract

Aims to discover whether known item searches are possible with some of the most popular search engines on the WWW and if the results retrieved using such a search would be satisfactory to users. 4 major search engines (InfoSeek, Excite, AltaVista and Lycos) were tested and compared, using the most sophisticated search techniques available. 39 Web sites were selected and searched by title, and ranked according to the relevance and order of the displayed results. Concludes that these search engines were clearly not designed with known item searches in mind and most users searching the Web are unschooled in the intricacies of database searching and do not know how to construct complex search queries or used advanced searching techniques to the fullest potential. Infoseek Guide was rated the best with Excite and AltaVista also achieving satisfactory results. Lycos A2Z was not ot rated as being well equipped for this type of searching

Source

Internet reference services quarterly. 2(1997) no.1, S.5-14