• To complete the Lycos Search Form (w/ options):

  • Enter your search query in the box marked "Query."
    • Search terms must be at least three characters long, start with an alphabetic character, and may not contain hyphens, or other non-alphanumeric characters.
    • Order of terms in the query is unimportant.
  • Use the following settings under SEARCH OPTIONS to search using multiple terms:
    • Select "AND" to match all terms.
    • Select "OR" to match one term or another.
    • Select "match # terms" to match from 2 to 7 terms.
  • Use the following settings under SEARCH OPTIONS to determine the extent of match (loose, fair, good, close, or strong match).
  • Under display options, select the number of hits you would like to initially see as a result of this search (10, 20, 30, 40).
  • To control the amount of information Lycos displays about each result, select:
    • Summary results - title only.
    • Standard results - title, outline, and abstract.
    • Detailed results - title, ranking, other links, words matched, abstract, and description.
  • Click the "Search" button to begin your search.

NOTE: You cannot perform a search using the example below - you must access the search form first.