This screen is well suited for searching for specific date ranges, a person's name,
or a word within a specific distance from another word.
Refer to the section at the end of this page for tips.
Do not use the 'AND' and 'OR' connectors unless you have the 'Optimize For' pull-down
set to 'Regular Text'.
Use the Optimize For pull-down to tell the
search engine what type of text you are searching for as follows:
- Regular Text uses the same method of searching as performed on the
'Basic Search' screen. The benefit of performing the search from this screen
is that you can also specify date ranges.
- Person's Name is used to search for a particular persons name. The
name might be found in many different formats within the articles. For example,
JOHN S. SMITH or SMITH, JOHN S. or JOHN SMITH or SMITH, JOHN.
If you have the pull-down set to Person's Name, and type JOHN SMITH, you will find
any of the above combinations. The system actually finds where the two words are within 3
words of each other
- Words within X Words of each other these searches allow you to find words near
(in the proximity of) other words.
- Words within same Sentence/Paragraph these searches allow you to find words near
(in the proximity of) other words. This is particularly useful when you are searching for two
concepts or phrases that might be worded in any number of possible combinations.
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