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- xmlns:xl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="catalogue-search-tips">\r
- <title>Search Tips</title>\r
- <para>You do not need to enter authors last name first, nor do you need an exact title or\r
- subject heading. Evergreen is also forgiving about plurals and alternate verb endings, so\r
- if you enter <emphasis>dogs</emphasis>, Evergreen will also find items with\r
- <emphasis>dog</emphasis>.</para>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Do not use an AND operator to join search terms. </para>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>An AND operator is automatically used to join all search terms. So, a search<indexterm><primary>boolean</primary><secondary>AND operator</secondary></indexterm>\r
- for <emphasis>golden compass </emphasis>will search for entries that contain\r
- both <emphasis>golden </emphasis><emphasis role="bold">and\r
- </emphasis><emphasis>compass</emphasis>.</para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>o Boolean operators such as <emphasis>and, or, not </emphasis>are not\r
- considered special and are searched for like any other word. So, a search for\r
- <emphasis>golden and compass </emphasis>will not return the title\r
- <emphasis>golden compass</emphasis>. Putting it another way, there are no\r
- <emphasis>stop </emphasis>words that are automatically ignored by the search\r
- engine. So, a title search for <emphasis>the and or not </emphasis>of (and in\r
- any order) yields a list of titles with those words. </para><indexterm><primary>boolean</primary></indexterm>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Don’t worry about white space, exact punctuation, or capitalization.</para>\r
- <orderedlist inheritnum="ignore" continuation="restarts">\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>White spaces before or after a word are ignored. So, search for\r
- <emphasis>golden compass</emphasis> gives the same results as a search for\r
- <emphasis>golden compass</emphasis>.</para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>A double dash or a colon between words is reduced to a blank space. So, a\r
- title search for <emphasis>golden:compass </emphasis> or <emphasis>golden --\r
- compass </emphasis>is equivalent to <emphasis>golden\r
- compass</emphasis>.</para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Punctuation marks occurring within a word are removed; the exception is _.\r
- So, a title search for <emphasis>gol_den com_pass </emphasis>gives no result.\r
- </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Diacritical marks, &, or | located anywhere in the search term are\r
- removed. Words or letters linked together by . (dot) are joined together\r
- without the dot. So, a search for <emphasis>go|l|den & comp.ass\r
- </emphasis>is equivalent to <emphasis>golden compass</emphasis>. </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para> Upper and lower case letters are equivalent. So, <emphasis>Golden\r
- Compass</emphasis> is the same as <emphasis>golden\r
- compass</emphasis>.</para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </orderedlist>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Enter your search words in any order. So, a search for <emphasis>compass\r
- golden</emphasis> gives the same results as a search for <emphasis>golden\r
- compass</emphasis>. Adding more search words gives fewer and more specific\r
- results. </para>\r
-\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>This is also true for author searches. Both <emphasis>David Suzuki\r
- </emphasis>and <emphasis>Suzuki, David</emphasis> will return results for the\r
- same author.</para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Use specific search terms. Evergreen will search for the words you specify, not\r
- the meanings, so choose search terms that are likely to appear in an item\r
- description. For example, the search <emphasis>luxury hotels </emphasis>will produce\r
- more relevant results than <emphasis>nice places to stay</emphasis>.</para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Search for an exact phrase using double-quotes. For example <emphasis>“golden\r
- compass”</emphasis>. </para>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>The order of words is important for an exact phrase search.\r
- <emphasis>“golden compass”</emphasis> is different than <emphasis>“compass\r
- golden”</emphasis>. </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
-\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>White space, punctuation and capitalization are removed from exact phrases\r
- as described above. So a phrase retains its search terms and its relative\r
- order, but not special characters and not case. </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Two phrases are joined by and, so a search for <emphasis>“golden compass”\r
- “dark materials” </emphasis>is equivalent to <emphasis>“golden compass”\r
- <emphasis role="bold">and</emphasis> “dark materials”</emphasis>. </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>To prevent <link linkend="catalogue-search-methodology-stemming"\r
- >stemming</link> , use double quotes around a single word or a phrase. So, a\r
- search for <emphasis>parenting</emphasis> will also return results for\r
- <emphasis>parental</emphasis> but a search for\r
- <emphasis>“parenting”</emphasis> will not. </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Do not use wildcards. Truncation using wildcards is not supported in Evergreen.\r
- So, searching for <emphasis>comp*</emphasis> will not return results for\r
- <emphasis>compass</emphasis>. </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Exclude a term from the search, using <emphasis>-</emphasis> (minus) or !\r
- (exclamation point). For example, <emphasis>vacations –britain</emphasis> or\r
- <emphasis>vacations !britain</emphasis> will search for materials on vacations\r
- that do not make reference to Britain. </para>\r
- <itemizedlist>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>Two excluded words are joined by <emphasis>and</emphasis>. So, a search for\r
- <emphasis>!harry !potter</emphasis> is equivalent to\r
- <emphasis>!harry</emphasis>\r
- <emphasis role="bold">and</emphasis>\r
- <emphasis>!potter</emphasis>. </para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- <listitem>\r
- <para>A + (plus) leading a term has no role and is removed. So,\r
- <emphasis>+golden</emphasis>\r
- <emphasis>+compass</emphasis> is equivalent to <emphasis>golden\r
- compass</emphasis>.</para>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- </listitem>\r
- </itemizedlist>\r
- <para>You can form more complex searches using the Advanced Search features.</para>\r
- <simplesect xml:id="catalogue-search-tips-improving-a-search-with-few-results">\r
- <title>Improving a Search With Few Results</title>\r
- <para>If few hits were returned for your search is displayed, you may see some suggestions\r
- for expanding or altering your search at the bottom of the s earch results list. These\r
- alternate search terms are words that are similar to your search terms in spelling or\r
- sound. Selecting one of the links performs a search with the new search terms.</para>\r
- </simplesect>\r
-</chapter>\r
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