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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 &
NOT Excludes any word or phrase that follows the operator. Alternative
symbol ^
Special Characters are characters that can stand in place of any other
character and are used to make a search more flexible.
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 ().
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.
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.
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.
v. Wait for a number to appear in the Results Map, then click on OK.
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.
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.