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Recruiter's Toolkit:
An Introduction To Electronic Recruiting

• Advanced features in Alta Vista and Hot Bot

  			Alta Vista	HotBot	Yahoo	Lycos	Infoseek	Excite	NorthernLight
  	Boolean Operators
  	AND		Yes	Menu	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  	Must Include		+	Menu	Menu	+	+	+	+
  	OR		Yes	Menu	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
  	NEAR		Yes	Menu	No	Yes/Menu	No	No	No
  	NOT		Yes	Menu	No	Yes	Yes	AND NOT	No
  	Must Exclude		-	Menu	Menu	-	-	-	-
  	Results Categorizations		Dynamic	No	By Subject	No	No	Similar To	Folder
  	Special Subsets
  	link:		Yes	Menu	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
  	title: (of html page)		No	Menu	No	No	Yes	No	No
  	url:		Yes	Menu	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
  	host:		Yes	Menu	Yes	No	No	No	No
  	domain:		Yes	Menu	Yes	No	No	No	No
  	date of document		Yes	Menu	No	No	No	No	Yes
  	image:		Yes	Menu	No	No	No	No	No
  	image/file type		Yes	Menu	No	No	No	No	No
  	Title (of Book or Person)		Initial Caps	Initial Caps	Initial Caps	Initial Caps	Initial Caps	Initial Caps	Initial Caps
  	Case Sensitive		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  	Phrase		use ""	Menu	use ""	use ""	use ""	use ""	No
  	String		Default	Menu	Default	Default	Default	Default	Default
  	All Words		use "" & +	Menu	Menu	use "" & +	use "" & +	use "" & +	use ""
  	Most Words		Default	Menu	Menu	Default	Default	Default	Default
  	Save Searches		Use Bookmark	Yes	Yes!!!	No	No	No	No
  	Subset Searches		Dynamic	No	No	No	Use pipe |	No	Folders
  	Frequency Control		No	No	No	Menu Control	No	No	No