Without search engines that rich anchor text notion might not even be in your vocabulary. Just like the professor's research paper, which lists other research papers referenced by the professor in creating their paper.
Most languages don't accommodate our vocabulary when you perform direct translations. Consequently, English has a much larger vocabulary than either the Germanic languages or the members of the Romance language family to which French belongs.
Channels are based on terms that come from a controlled vocabulary which, if used correctly, can really aid in precise searching. Btw, it's possible to enter a term and get a result from the controlled vocabulary.
If you scroll down to "The Weekly Lists" you can see lists of headings as they join the vocabulary or are removed from it. More about "authority control" (another issue) and a vocabulary for images here and here.
It's available with their news search database and offers search-terms based on a controlled vocabulary. Remember, Search Engine Watch members have access to categorized lists of stories on about revenues and acquisitions stretching back for years...
Guide to technical details about search engines, including a list of vocabulary terms. Papers Written By Googlers This page lists research papers written by those working for Google. Alternatives to Hit Lists Include Ability to Fly Through Data...
Fuzzy searching for structured data, works with relational databases and standard domain vocabulary. Lists 44 site search engines which index and search PDF files. Our report now has links to some excellent articles on this topic, while the...
MondoSoft, which has acquired the Searchbutton remote search ASP, has a new version with synonym lists and additional vocabulary help, phrase searching, recommended page categories, highlighting terms in results pages and many other useful...
I teach this stuff all the time, and have come to recommend that people use Live Topics to expand their vocabulary and concepts. Below is a look at some comments gathered from different mailing lists, where LiveTopics was discussed, during April...