Searching

a. Searching Using a Specific Phrase

To capture a group of words as an exact phrase, these must be enclosed in

quotation marks. Examples: death penalty, sexual harassment or dangerous
drugs.

b. Use of Operators and Special Characters

Operators are used to establish logical relationships between words and concepts
in a Boolean search request. For more complicated or extensive searches, multiple
operators can be used in one search query.

AND Links words and/or phrases that must all appear anywhere in the
same issuance, regardless of their proximity to one another. To qualify as a
hit, the issuance must contain all of such words and/or phrases. Alternative
symbol &

OR Links synonyms, alternative forms of expression, acronyms,

antonyms, and so on. A record needs to contain only one of the words to
qualify as a hit. Alternative symbol |

NOT Excludes any word or phrase that follows the operator. Alternative
symbol ^

XOR The exclusive or connector is used specifically to locate records

that contain one of any two words, but not both. Alternative symbol ~

Special Characters are characters that can stand in place of any other
character and are used to make a search more flexible.

* Root word extender. This can represent any number of unknown

characters in a word and is used at the end of each word.

Example: Fraud* will find frauds, fraudster, fraudulent.

? Character replacer. This can be used to replace any single character

in the word, but cannot be used at the start of the word.

Example: bank??? will find bankers, banking but not bankruptcy or

bankrupt.

$ Synonym finder. This special character, when connected at the tail

end of a word, will locate all words in the infobase with a similar meaning.

Example: perform$ will find execute, do, make.

 % Limited root word extender. This searches for word forms which
have a relationship in meaning to the root word.

Example: tax% will find taxes, taxation, taxing, taxed but not taxi,
taxidermy, taxicab.
Phrase and proximity searches using special characters are also possible. For example,
work* not play$ is a valid search.

NOTE: Folio VIEWS does not look for the operators themselves, but for the actual
search words. If you are searching for a specific concept that contains a word that may
be used as an operator, which is used not as an operator but as part of a direct quotation
or phrase, simply enclose the word in single quotes ().

c. Performing a Simple Search

i. Click on Search from the Menu Bar and select Simple Search. Enter
keywords that help describe the concepts or ideas that are sought. In the
alternative, the search parameter may be entered directly inside the Query
dialog box found in the Toolbar.

ii. Press the Enter key to apply the query.

iii. Choose Next or Previous Hit from the tool bar to move through the
search hits.

iv. If you are using the All View, double-click on the heading in the Table of
Contents to go to that section.

d. Performing a Scope Search

Specific portions of the infobase (e.g., a law, an article or section of a particular

law) may be searched by narrowing the scope of the query to cover only specific fields.

To begin Scope Searching, perform the following instructions:

i. Click on Search from the Menu Bar. Select Advanced Search to open the
Advanced Query dialog box. In the alternative, click on the Advanced Query
tool found in the Toolbar.
ii. Click on the icon of the Open Bracket. The word wheel will change into a
Scope list.

iii. Select the desired portion of the infobase for the limited search by
double-clicking on that particular field. Some fields contain subheadings for
more precise searching. Once a field is selected, click on the icon of the Close
 Bracket.

iv. Type in the desired search words or concepts.

v. Wait for a number to appear in the Results Map, then click on OK.

e. Performing a Proximity Search

A proximity search means setting a limit on how far apart search words within a
record can be from one another and still qualify as a hit.

Ordered Proximity. Two or more words must occur in the exact order specified,
separated by no more than a specified number of words, to qualify as a hit.

Example: grave abuse conduct/5

This will find grave abuse of the conduct; grave abuse of his conduct;
grave abuse of the magistrates conduct.

Unordered proximity. Two or more words must occur in any order, separated by
no more than a specified number of words, to qualify as a hit.
Example: checkpoint search illegal@10

This will find the search conducted at the checkpoint was deemed illegal;
the illegal drugs seized during the search at the checkpoint.