Information Technology Division
George C. Gordon Library

Field Searching

Each record in a database is made up of fields. For example, a website record might contain fields for the web page's title, URL (Uniform Resource Locator), and domain name (.com, .edu. etc.). You can restrict your search to look for specific keywords in specific fields, creating a more precise search.

Command How Supported By
Title Search title: AltaVista, AllTheWeb, MSN Search, Yahoo!
intitle: Google, Teoma
allintitle: Google (every word must be in the title)
Advanced Search screen option AOL Search
Site Search site: Altavista, AOL Search, AllTheWeb, Google, Teoma, Yahoo!
Use Search Builder MSN Search
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Last modified: Jun 06, 2005, 14:52 EDT
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