Spacesearch - the public search tool

<BODY>   <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial"><A HREF="about/"><IMG SRC="/Personal/L.Wood/spacesearch/graphics/sslogo.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE HEIGHT=128 WIDTH=448 ALT="Spacesearch"></A></FONT></H1> <TABLE><TR><TD> a webserver directory is an information <FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><EM>space</EM></FONT>.<BR> a language and all it contains is a cultural <FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><EM>space</EM></FONT>.<BR> a public indexing engine is a vast data <FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><EM>space</EM></FONT>. </TD><TD> <STRONG><FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><EM>Search</EM></FONT> them with <FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><EM>Spacesearch</EM></FONT>.</STRONG> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <STRONG>Get <A HREF="powered.html">Powered by <FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><EM>Spacesearch</EM></FONT></A></STRONG> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> For searching news publications, try <STRONG><FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><A HREF="fastnews/">FastNews</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> To browse online bookstores, try <STRONG><FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><A HREF="/Personal/L.Wood/spacesearch/bookbrowse/">BookBrowse</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> For fast metasearching, try <STRONG><FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><A HREF="metapleth/">MetaPleth</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> For dictionary terms, try <STRONG><FONT FACE="Geneva, Helvetica, Arial"><A HREF="/Personal/L.Wood/spacesearch/multidict/">MultiDict</A></FONT></STRONG> </P> <CENTER><FORM NAME="spacesearch" METHOD="GET" ACTION="http://personal.ee.surrey.ac.uk/cgi-bin/L.Wood/spacesearch.cgi"> <STRONG><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial"><INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Find"></FONT></STRONG><FONT SIZE="-1"><INPUT NAME="searchstring" SIZE=19 maxlength=200><SELECT NAME="sp"><OPTION VALUE="" SELECTED>on the web<OPTION VALUE="xent.ics.uci.edu/FoRK-archive">FoRK<OPTION VALUE="photo.net">in photo.net<OPTION VALUE="www.perseus.tufts.edu">in classics<OPTION VALUE="catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/">in Risks<OPTION VALUE="nasa.gov">in NASA<OPTION VALUE="www.wired.com/wired/archive/">in Wired<OPTION VALUE="www.suck.com">in Suck<OPTION VALUE="www.kagi.com">in Kagi software<OPTION VALUE="iee.org.uk">in IEE<OPTION VALUE="www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/">in Lloyd's pages<OPTION VALUE="surrey.ac.uk">in UniS<OPTION VALUE=".ac.uk">in UK universities<OPTION VALUE=".uk">in UK<OPTION VALUE=".edu">in educational sector</SELECT>with<SELECT NAME="pr"><OPTION VALUE="infoseek" SELECTED>Infoseek<OPTION VALUE="infoseeksrch">Infoseek (c|net)<OPTION VALUE="altavistaau">Altavista (Aus)<OPTION VALUE="altavistauk">Altavista (UK)<OPTION VALUE="altavistama">Altavista (Malay)<OPTION VALUE="altavista">Altavista (USA)<OPTION VALUE="looksmartau">Looksmart (Aus)<OPTION VALUE="looksmartuk">Looksmart (UK)</SELECT></FONT><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial"><EM><STRONG><INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="help" VALUE="?"><BR><A HREF= "http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/spacesearch/" TARGET="_parent" >Spacesearch</A></STRONG></EM></FONT> will <FONT SIZE="+1"><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="output" VALUE="any" CHECKED></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1">search all this space </FONT><FONT SIZE="+1"><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="output" VALUE="one" ></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1">search texts in this space written in<SELECT NAME="iso639"><OPTION VALUE="af">Afrikaans<OPTION VALUE="cz">Cesky<OPTION VALUE="cy">Cymraeg<OPTION VALUE="da">Dansk<OPTION VALUE="de">Deutsch<OPTION VALUE="en" SELECTED>English<OPTION VALUE="es">Español<OPTION VALUE="et">Eesti<OPTION VALUE="fr">Français<OPTION VALUE="ga">Gaeilge<OPTION VALUE="el">Greek<OPTION VALUE="ko">Hangul<OPTION VALUE="is">Island<OPTION VALUE="it">Italiano<OPTION VALUE="lt">Lietuviu<OPTION VALUE="lv">Latvian<OPTION VALUE="mi">Maori<OPTION VALUE="ml">Malay<OPTION VALUE="hu">Magyar<OPTION VALUE="nl">Nederlands<OPTION VALUE="ja">Nihongo<OPTION VALUE="no">Norsk<OPTION VALUE="pl">Polski<OPTION VALUE="pt">Português<OPTION VALUE="ro">Romana<OPTION VALUE="ru">Russkij<OPTION VALUE="fi">Suomi<OPTION VALUE="sv">Svenska<OPTION VALUE="tk">Türkçe<OPTION VALUE="vi">Vietnamese</SELECT></FONT></FORM></CENTER> <P> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#050505"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#0B0B0B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#101010"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#151515"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#1B1B1B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#202020"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#252525"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#303030"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#353535"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#3B3B3B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#404040"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#454545"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#4B4B4B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#505050"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#555555"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#5B5B5B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#606060"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#656565"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#6B6B6B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#707070"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#757575"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#7B7B7B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#808080"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#858585"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#8B8B8B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#909090"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#959595"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#9B9B9B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#A0A0A0"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#A5A5A5"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#ABABAB"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#B0B0B0"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#B5B5B5"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB"> </TD></TR></TABLE> <H2><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial">Introduction</FONT></H2> Spacesearch makes searching for information on the web simple - straight from your browser. It's easy and it's cheap! <P> Spacesearch lets you search for information in thirty different languages. For viewing all of these languages, you'll need a variety of non-Roman fonts to show the character sets correctly. Information on <STRONG><A HREF= "/Personal/L.Wood/spacesearch/language/" >supporting multiple languages on the web</A></STRONG>, with pointers to downloadable fonts, is available. <P> The full Spacesearch is under development; this is a work in progress. Check back here often! <H2><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial">Instructions</FONT></H2> Select your favourite search engine, the space in which you want to search, type your query and press 'Find'. <P> If you wish to search content written in a specific language, select that language from the popup menu and click the 'search texts in this space' button. <P> Even if you are searching the entire web rather than a language space, selecting your native language from the language popup is a good idea, as that will allow Spacesearch to provide a search engine interface in the language you speak where possible. <H2><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial">Legal disclaimer and necessary mumbo-jumbo</FONT></H2> Spacesearch is from an idea first expressed in Lloyd's <A HREF="/Personal/L.Wood/search-surrey/" >Search Surrey</A> pages in July 1996. <P> CGI implementation first written in raw C by Dean Swift in November 1996, from Dean's public C string library. Javascript implementation by <A HREF="/Personal/L.Wood/">Lloyd Wood</A>, first implemented in November 1996. These pages, cgi/Javascript combination fallthrough, language terms research and human interface by Lloyd. Language heuristics concept and trippy table separators by Dean. <P> Spacesearch is subject to change without notice, and come with no implicit or explicit warranty or guarantee. Use at own risk. The creator of Spacesearch provides Spacesearch as a public service and is unable to make guarantees of availability of service across a worldwide network. <P> We built Spacesearch because we spent a lot of time playing with and watching search engines. To learn more about how search engines work, we recommend <A HREF="http://searchenginewatch.com/">Search Engine Watch</A>. <P ALIGN=CENTER> <STRONG>Harnessing the power of heuristic programming</STRONG> </P> Spacesearch searches only public information. That's why it's so cheap. <P> If you are a webmaster interested in embedding Spacesearch in a public page or you are interested in intranet applications of Spacesearch, please contact us for terms and cost. <P> <P ALIGN=CENTER> <STRONG>Multicultural solutions for an uncaring world</STRONG> </P> <P> Lastly, <EM>Spacesearch</EM> is ours. Use it with care. All rights reserved. <P> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#050505"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#0B0B0B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#101010"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#151515"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#1B1B1B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#202020"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#252525"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#303030"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#353535"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#3B3B3B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#404040"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#454545"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#4B4B4B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#505050"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#555555"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#5B5B5B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#606060"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#656565"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#6B6B6B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#707070"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#757575"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#7B7B7B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#808080"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#858585"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#8B8B8B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#909090"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#959595"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#9B9B9B"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#A0A0A0"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#A5A5A5"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#ABABAB"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#B0B0B0"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#B5B5B5"> </TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB"> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P> <ADDRESS><A HREF="/Personal/L.Wood/">Lloyd Wood</A> (<A HREF="mailto:L.Wood@society.surrey.ac.uk">L.Wood@society.surrey.ac.uk</A>) <BR> last updated 14 April 1998 </ADDRESS> </BODY>