Search Engine	Connector Terms (Boolean)	Phrase Searching	Search Modifiers	Proximity Searching	Truncation or Wildcards
Google	Yes. Can use AND. Default connector is AND.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Truncation not available.
Yahoo	Limited. Default connector is AND. Can specify AND, OR in Advanced Search.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Truncation not available.
Alta Vista	Yes. Can use AND, OR, AND NOT, and (...) in Advanced Search. Default connector is AND.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - in the Simple Search. Not available in Advanced Search.	Yes. Use NEAR to specify that terms be within 10 words of each other.	Yes. Use the * for truncation or as a wildcard.
Hotbot	Yes. Specify Boolean Phrase in the drop-down box. Can use AND, OR, NOT, and (...). Default connector is AND.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks or specify in the drop-down box.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Yes. Use the * for truncation or as a wildcard.
Lycos Pro	Yes. Can use AND, OR, NOT, and (...). Can specify AND, OR in the drop-down box. Default connector is AND.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks or specify in the drop-down box.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching available in the drop-down box.	Truncation not available.
Info Seek	Use of connector terms not available. Default connector is OR.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Truncation not available.
WebCrawler	Yes. Can use AND, OR, NOT, and (...). Default connector is OR.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Truncation not available.
Excite	Yes. Can use AND, OR, AND NOT, and (...). Must be in ALL CAPS. Default connector is OR.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Truncation not available.
Magellan	Yes. Can use AND, OR, AND NOT, and (...). Must be in ALL CAPS. Default connector is OR.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Truncation not available.
Northern Light Power Search	Yes. Can use AND, OR, NOT, and (...). Default connector is AND.	Yes. Put phrase in quotation marks.	Can use + and - to require or exclude terms.	Proximity searching not available.	Yes. Use the * to replace multiple characters. Use the % to replace only one character.