America: History and Life
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- User Options
- Author/Editor
- The Author/Editor field is a free-text search field and includes a browsable
index.
The Author/Editor field lists the authors and editors of cited journal articles,
dissertations, books, and book and media reviews (in America: History
and Life).
To locate works by a particular individual or institution use a free-text
search in the Author/Editor field. Enter personal name and surname, omitting
middle initial(s), middle name(s), and punctuation, then select SEARCH.
EXAMPLE: John Williams
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with authors that have both John AND Williams
in their names, including works by John Williams or John M. Williams
as well as works with coauthors John Breen and Mark Williams. Transposing
surname and personal name will produce the same results.
Enter surname and personal name bound in quotes to retrieve entries authored
or edited by individuals with the surname Williams and personal name John,
with or without a middle name or initial.
EXAMPLE: "Williams John"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries authored or edited by John Williams, John
M. Williams, or John Hoyt Williams.
The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT can be used; AND is the default operator.
EXAMPLE: Finegold Skocpol
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing works coauthored by Kenneth Finegold
AND Theda Skocpol.
EXAMPLE: Finegold OR Skocpol
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing works authored by Kenneth Finegold
OR Theda Skocpol.
EXAMPLE: Skocpol AND NOT Finegold
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing Theda Skocpol as author, excluding
works coauthored by Kenneth Finegold.
If the exact spelling of the author's name is unknown or the name under
which an individual publishes often varies, wildcards (*) or (?) can be
used. Insert an asterisk (*) for an indeterminate number of unknown characters
or insert a question mark (?) for each unknown letter.
EXAMPLE: John* William*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing works authored by John M. Williams,
William John Wilson, William Johnson, and John W. Williamson, works
coauthored by John Breen and Mark Williams as well as those authored
by William Empson and edited by John Haffenden.
EXAMPLE: "Crafts N*"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries authored or edited by N. F. R. Crafts, Nicholas
Crafts, and Nick Crafts.
EXAMPLE: Pe?ers?n
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing works by M. J. Peterson, Kai R. Pedersen,
and William J. Petersen.
Browse the Author/Editor index to locate works authored or published by
a particular individual or institution. To browse the Author/Editor index,
select the button at the end of the Author/Editor field. Highlight the text
in the box at the top, enter the author/editor's surname in its entirety
or enter the first few characters, then select the Find Term button or press
Enter. To page up or down, use the textual link at the top and bottom of
the list of names displayed. Select an author/editor name by checking the
box next to it, then selecting the Paste Terms button.
The number in parentheses after each author/editor name is the number of
times the name occurs in exactly that form in the database. Check the boxes
of all name variations to retrieve a complete list of entries.
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- Back
- This button returns users to the previous page.
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- Browsing
- The Author/Editor, Journal Name, Language, Document Type, and Subject
Terms search fields include browsable indexes. To browse an index select
the button at the end of the field. Highlight the text in the box at the
top, enter the first few characters, then select the Find Term button or
press Enter. To page up or down, use the textual link at the top or bottom
of the list. Select an item by checking the box next to it, then selecting
the Paste Terms button. The number in parentheses after each item is the
number of times it occurs exactly in this form in the database.
Selecting the Find Term button with the prefilled term in the box will move
the browser forward one group. Selecting Find Term on an empty box will
return the browser to the top of the list.
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- Complete Results
- Use this button to return to the complete set of search results when viewing
a display of tagged entries. Each entry in the Complete Results display
contains Document Type, Author/Editor, Title, Title Translation, and ISSN
(if available).
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- Current Results
- This button displays the current set of search results. Each entry in
the Current Results display contains Document Type, Author/Editor, Title,
Title Translation, and ISSN (if available). Select Display Full Entry for
more detailed information on a specific entry. A greyed-out Display Full
Entry button indicates an in-process English-language article entry for
which abstract, subject terms, and chronologies are not yet available.
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- Display Full Entry
- This button displays the full contents of the entry. The Full Display
includes Document Type, Author/Editor, Title, Title Translation, Bibliographic
Citation, Abstract (for articles), Documentation (for articles), Abstracter
(for articles), Language, Time Period, Subject Terms, ISSN, Entry Number,
and Review Citation information (for book review citations). This button
is greyed out in the Current Results if an entry is an in-process English-language
article for which abstract, subject terms, and chronologies are not yet
available.
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- Document Type
- The Document Type field includes a browsable index.
The following document types are represented in the ABC-CLIO databases:
journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book and media
reviews (in America: History and Life), and book citations (in Historical
Abstracts).
In the Historical Abstracts database, enter the word article or dissertation
or book in the Document Type field. In the America: History and Life
database, enter the word(s) article or dissertation or book review or media
review in the Document Type field.
The wildcard symbol (*) can be used instead of typing the entire word.
EXAMPLE: a*
RESULTS: All results returned are article entries.
EXAMPLE: b*
RESULTS: All results returned are book entries.
Note that in the above example b* used in the Historical Abstracts
database will return results for all book citations. In the America:
History and Life database either b* or r* will return results for all
book review entries.
To browse the Document Type index select the button at the end of the Document
Type field.
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- Entry Number
- The Entry Number field contains the number attached to the corresponding
entry in the printed version of America: History and Life or Historical
Abstracts. Use this field when an abstract includes a cross-reference,
normally in the form (see entry 30:1534). Type the entry number listed in
the cross-reference and select SEARCH.
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- Exit
- Select this button to end the current session, remove searching selections
and user options, and display the Feedback page.
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- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions. Consult the FAQ for general information about
the ABC-CLIO databases.
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- Feedback
- Select the Exit button to end the search session. To submit technical
questions or concerns about the ABC-CLIO Serials site select the
webtech@abc-clio.com link. Select the
webcontent@abc-clio.com link to submit content-related questions.
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- Find Term
- Use this button to navigate the browsable indexes. Selecting Find Term
with the prefilled term in the box at the top will move the browser forward
one group. Or a target term may be entered and selecting Find Term will
move the browser to that point in the index. Selecting Find Term on an empty
box returns the browser to the top of the list.
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- Full Entry Display
- This is a display of the complete record for the selected entry. Use the
Previous and Next arrows to move up or down the list. The Full Entry Display
includes Document Type, Author/Editor, Title, Title Translation, Bibliographic
Citation, Abstract (for articles), Documentation (for articles), Abstracter
(for articles), Language, Time Period, Subject Terms, ISSN, Entry Number
and Review Citation information (for book reviews).
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- Journal Name
- The Journal Name field is a free-text search field and includes a browsable
index.
There are over 1,800 scholarly journals cited in the America: History
and Life and Historical Abstracts databases. Searching this field
retrieves article entries only.
The Journal Name field permits a free-text search to assist in locating
journals published within a particular field of study. Entering a subject-specific
word or phrase will retrieve all entries in which the word or phrase appears
in the journal title.
EXAMPLE: french
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with French in the journal title, including
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical
Society, Nineteenth-Century French Studies, and Contemporary
French Civilization.
The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT can be used; AND is the default operator.
EXAMPLE: virginia hist*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing journals with Virginia AND History
or Historical in the title, including Virginia Magazine of History
and Biography, West Virginia History, and Journal of the West
Virginia Historical Association.
EXAMPLE: french OR francais*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing journals with French OR Francais in
the title, including French Historical Studies, Proceedings of the
Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History, Etudes Françaises,
Annales Historiques de la Révolution Française, and Revue d'Histoire
de l'Amérique Française.
To augment a title search, wildcards (*) or (?) can be used. Insert an asterisk
(*) for an indeterminate number of unknown characters or insert a question
mark (?) for each unknown letter.
EXAMPLE: revolution*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing journals with revolution in the title,
including Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850: Proceedings,
Annales Historiques de la Révolution Française, Daughters of the American
Revolution Magazine, Revolutionary Russia, and Bulletin d'Histoire
de la Révolution Française.
EXAMPLE: Inter*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing journals with Inter in the title,
including International Affairs, Inter-American Review of Bibliography,
and Journal of Interdisciplinary History.
EXAMPLE: r?vista
RESULT: Includes journals with Revista or Rivista in the title, including
Revista Española de Antropología Americana and Rivista Storica
Italiana.
Browse the Journal Name index to locate a particular journal title. To browse
the Journal Name index, select the button at the end of the Journal Name
field. Highlight the text in the box at the top, enter the first word(s)
or the first few characters of the journal title, then select the Find Term
button or press Enter. To page up or down, use the textual link at the top
and bottom of the list of titles displayed. Select a title by checking the
box next to it, then selecting the Paste Terms button.
The number in parentheses after each title is the number of times the title
occurs in exactly that form in the database. Check the boxes of all name
variations to retrieve a complete list of entries.
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- Keyword
- The Keyword field permits a free-text search of terms in the abstract
text, the title (as well as its translation), subject terms, documentation,
and author. Enter a word or phrase to retrieve all the entries in which
that word or phrase occurs in any of those fields.
EXAMPLE: christina rossetti
RESULTS: Retrieves all the entries in which both christina AND rossetti
appear, whether in author, title, abstract text, or subject terms.
Care should be taken in selecting terms to search on. A search for the words
new, economic, and policy, for instance, will return a great many entries
in which these words appear together more or less accidentally.
A distinctive phrase may, however, be enclosed in quotation marks to retrieve
only the words in that phrase appearing contiguously in that order. For
common terms such as Civil War it is recommended that quotation marks not
be used.
EXAMPLE: "new economic policy"
RESULTS: Retrieves all those entries in which the phrase New Economic
Policy appears in title, abstract text, or subject terms. The search
is not case sensitve, and entries for articles about a generic new economic
policy would also be retrieved.
The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT can be used; AND is the default operator.
EXAMPLE: "new economic policy" OR nep
RESULTS: Retrieves additional entries in which the New Economic Policy
appears as an acronym.
Keyword searches may also be combined with searches on other fields.
EXAMPLE:
Keyword: "new economic policy"
Subject Term: USSR
RESULTS: Retrieves entries in which the term New Economic Policy (or
new economic policy) appears referring to the USSR. Entries in which
that term refers to other countries are excluded.
If the exact spelling of a term is uncertain, wildcards (*) or (?) can be
used. Insert an asterisk (*) for an indeterminate number of unknown characters
or insert a question mark (?) for each unknown letter.
EXAMPLE: econom* polic*
RESULTS: Retrieves a very large number of entriesall those that
include both some variant of econom (including not only economic and
economies but economika, economides, and economica-social) AND a variant
of polic (including not only policies but police and policeywissenschaft).
EXAMPLE: e?onom*
RESULTS: In addition to entries retrieved by entering econom*, retrieves
entries in which variants like ekonomikos and ekonomsku appear.
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- Language
- The Language field is a free-text search field and includes a browsable
index.
It is recommended that this field be searched only in conjunction with other
fields.
The Language field contains the language of the original article, book,
or dissertation. Leaving this field blank may retrieve results that include
citations to sources written in languages other than English. All abstracts
in the ABC-CLIO databases are written in English. Writings in over 40 languages
are cited in America: History and Life; writings in over 50 languages
are cited in Historical Abstracts.
The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT can be used; AND is the default operator.
EXAMPLE: english
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing English-language sources only.
EXAMPLE: english OR french
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing sources written in English OR French.
EXAMPLE: NOT french
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing sources written in all languages but
French.
The wildcard symbol (*) can be used instead of typing the entire word.
EXAMPLE: ser*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries citing sources written in Serbocroatian.
To browse the Language index, select the button at the end of the Language
field. Highlight the text in the box at the top, enter the first few characters
of a language, then select the Find Term button or press Enter. Select a
language by checking the box next to it then selecting the Paste Terms button.
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- Modify Search
- Select this button to return to the current Search Screen and refine or
modify the current search.
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- Navigation Bar
- The navigation bar appears at the top and bottom of the Short Entry Display
when the number of entries retrieved exceeds the number entered in the User
Options screen. The default entry group size is 25.
Each button on the navigation bar represents a subset of the complete set
of results. Select one of the buttons to move to another part of the complete
set. The arrows at each end of the bar permit movement to the next or previous
entry group.
The buttons on the navigation bar do not necessarily represent all of the
entry groups in very large results sets. To access entry groups not represented
by the buttons on the navigation bar, use the arrows at each end of the
bar.
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- New Search
- This button clears the Search form and the Current Results but will not
affect the currently selected display or output options.
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- Next
- In Full Entry Display, Next and Previous arrows permit navigation to following
and preceding entries in the Search Results.
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- Operators and Wildcards
- The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT are available in each field. The
search logic interprets absence of operators in a field containing two or
more search terms separated by spaces as an implied AND operator between
these terms.
OPERATOR: AND
RESULT: Retrieves entries containing both terms.
OPERATOR: OR
RESULT: Retrieves entries containing the first term OR the second term.
OPERATOR: AND NOT
RESULT: Retrieves entries that include the first term(s) and NOT the
term that follows.
WILDCARD: *
RESULT: If the exact spelling of a word is unknown, insert an asterisk
(*) for an indeterminate number of unknown letters.
WILDCARD: ?
RESULT: If the exact spelling of a word is unknown, insert a question
mark (?) for each unknown letter.
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- Output Options
- This form is accessed from the Search Results display. There are three
Output Options selections to consider:
Document Format: select Short Entry or Full Entry (the default is
Short Entry).
Delivery Request: select All Entries or Tagged Entries (the default
is Tagged Entries).
Output Type: select ASCII Display or E-mail (the default is ASCII Display).
- To print all results or tagged entries, select Short Entry or Full Entry,
All Entries or Tagged Entries, and ASCII Display. Select the Submit button
and then use your browser's print function to print the entries.
- To save your results to a file, select Short Entry or Full Entry, All
Entries or Tagged Entries, and ASCII Display. Select the Submit button and
then use your browser's Save As function to define a path to save your results.
- To send your results to one or more e-mail addresses, select Short Entry
or Full Entry, All Entries or Tagged Entries, and E-mail. Enter the e-mail
address (each separated by a space if more than one address) and then select
the Submit button.
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- Paste Terms
- Select this button to include selected item(s) from a browsable index
in a search.
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- Previous
- In Full Entry Display, Previous and Next arrows permit navigation to preceeding
and following entries in the Search Results.
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- Publication Date
- The Publication Date field is the year of publication of the cited journal
article, book, or dissertation. Searches on the publication date can be
done several ways.
Search for an exact year of publication.
EXAMPLE: 1993
RESULTS: Retrieves only works published in 1993.
If an exact year is not known, search for a range of publication years.
EXAMPLE: 1988-1990
RESULTS: Retrieves works published in 1988, 1989, or 1990.
In addition, open-ended searches can be done in this field.
EXAMPLE: 1988-
RESULTS: Retrieves works published since 1988.
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- Return to Front Page
- Select this button to return to the Front Page after exiting. To return
to the database, it is necessary to reselect the database and reenter login
information.
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- Return to Short Entry List
- Select this button on the Full Entry Display to return to the Short Entry
Display.
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- SEARCH
- Select this button to initiate a search. It is located directly to the
right of the search fields, and might not be visible if your browser is
running in a window. To avoid scrolling we recommend that your browser be
run full screen.
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- Short Entry Display
- The default display of the results of a search. Each entry in this display
contains Entry Type, Author/Editor, Title, Title Translation, Bibliographic
Citation, and ISSN (if available). To view the full record of an article,
book, or dissertation entry select the Display Full Entry button above the
specific entry. For in-process English-language article entries (those for
which abstract, subject terms, and chronologies are not yet available),
the Display Full Entry button is greyed out. To tag the entry select the
Tagged box. The Navigation Bar facilitates reviewing a large results set.
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- Subject Terms
- The Subject Terms field is a free-text search field and includes a browsable
index.
Several subject terms are assigned to each entry by the ABC-CLIO editors.
These terms reflect the main subjects of the scholarship being cited; editors
attempt to apply uniform terminology to the bibliographic entries. In many
cases they apply terminology not specifically used in a title or abstract.
EXAMPLE: "land reform"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries in which such words or subject terms as agrarian
reform, land redistribution, collectivization, collectivized agriculture,
confiscation, or property rights appear.
Subject terms may be entered with or without quotation marks. Quotes are
useful for searching for two or more words bound together in a Subject Terms
search. For common terms such as Civil War, it is recommended that quotes
not be used.
EXAMPLE: "military government"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject term Military Government
and other entries with subject terms in which the words military government
appear contiguously in that order, as in Office of Military Government,
United States.
Searching on an unbound phrase will often retrieve unwanted entries.
EXAMPLE: military government
RESULTS: Retrieves the same entries as in the preceding example, as
well as entries that include the subject terms Civil-Military Relations
and Government Regulation or the terms Conscription, Military and Colonial
Government.
Be aware that some single-word searches will retrieve large numbers of entries.
EXAMPLE: military
RESULTS: Retrieves all entries with the subject term Military, as well
as entries with such terms as Military Campaigns, Military Government,
Military Education, Airplanes, Military, and Civil-Military Relations.
Some subject terms, especially geographical terms and personal names, have
multiple components and are inverted. For geographical terms, first enter
the larger component (e.g., country, continent, or, when using America:
History and Life and searching for a location in the United States or
Canada, a state or province). Follow this with the more specific geographical
name, such as a city.
EXAMPLE: "france paris"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with such subject terms as France (Paris),
and France (Paris; Montmartre).
EXAMPLE: "illinois chicago"
RESULTS: For Historical Abstracts retrieves entries with the
subject terms USA (Illinois; Chicago), and for America: History and
Life) retrieves Illinois (Chicago), Illinois (Chicago area), and
Illinois (Chicago; North Shore).
Personal names in the Subject Terms field should be entered surname first.
EXAMPLE: "nkrumah kwame"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject terms Nkrumah, Kwame and
Nkrumah, Kwame (Consciencism).
EXAMPLE: "lu xun"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject terms Lu Xun and Lu Xun
(Brief History of Chinese Fiction).
EXAMPLE: "harrison william"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject terms Harrison, William
Henry and Harrison, William Byrd.
EXAMPLE: "harrison william henry"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject term Harrison, William Henry
but not those with Harrison, William Byrd.
The Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT can be used; AND is the default operator.
Two terms entered in this field without quotes will only retrieve entries
in which each word entered occurs in a subject term.
EXAMPLE: roosevelt stalin
RESULTS: Retrieves entries in which the subject terms Roosevelt, Franklin
D. AND Stalin, Joseph both occur.
Wildcards (*) or (?) can be used in searching the Subject Terms field. The
symbol (*) can be used to retrieve entries with multiple subject terms spelled
similarly, while the symbol (?) can be used when uncertain of the spelling
of a word or name.
EXAMPLE: communis*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject terms Communism, Communist
Party, and Communist Countries and related terms.
EXAMPLE: r?mania
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject term Romania which is sometimes
spelled Rumania.
The Subject Terms field is browsable. The browse function is useful for
selecting a precise subject term or for avoiding some lengthy searches for
subject terms that occur frequently in the ABC-CLIO databases, such as World
War II, Great Britain, or Civil War.
To abort a lengthy Subject Terms search, select the Stop button on the web
browser. If the Search Progress window is open, first select the Stop button
on the browser, and then close the Search Progress window. Select the browser's
Back button to return to the Search Screen.
To browse the Subject Terms index, select the button at the end of the Subject
Terms field. Enter the first few characters of a term, then select the Find
Term button or press Enter. A list of Subject Terms beginning with the specified
characters will appear. To page up or down, use the textual link at the
top and bottom of the list of terms displayed. Select a term by checking
the box next to it, then selecting the Paste Terms button. In many cases
it is appropriate to check the boxes for multiple terms including terms
that sort in different parts of the alphabet.
The number in parentheses after each subject term is the number of times
the term occurs in exactly that form in the database. If a term occurs only
a few times, there may be other entries on similar subjects that use a different,
related term.
The browse feature is useful for entering terms precisely as they appear
in the ABC-CLIO databases. This can eliminate unwanted results and can help
the user find the appropriate term when there are multiple possibilities.
EXAMPLE: Type science in the box; paste in the term Science.
RESULTS: Retrieves only the subject term Science. Entries with such
terms as Religion and Science, Nuclear Science and Technology, and Political
Science are not retrieved.
EXAMPLE: Type adams j in the box; paste in Adams, John.
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject term Adams, John, but not
those with the term Adams, John Quincy.
EXAMPLE: Type comme in the box; paste in Commerce.
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the subject term Commerce, but not those
with the terms Chambers of Commerce, Council of Commerce, or Interstate
Commerce Commission.
EXAMPLE: Type q in the box; paste in Qadhafi, Muammar.
RESULTS: Avoids trial and error method of determining which of the many
spelling variants of this name is used in the ABC-CLIO databases.
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- SUBMIT
- Use this button on the User Options and Output Options pages to set selected
options.
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- Subscription Information
- Select this button on the Front Page for information on subscribing to
the databases.
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- Tagged
- Check this box to include a specific entry in a subset of results.
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- Tagged Results
- Select this button to display the tagged entries only. If no entries have
been tagged, an empty results set will be displayed.
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- Time Period
- Time Period is a good way to narrow your search to a particular century
or decade. Although the search results may show a date or range of dates
(such as 1941-45), you define a search by hundreds and decades. Enter one
or more round-number dates, each followed by either H (for hundreds [centuries])
or D (for decades). Do not enter dates that are not decades or centuries
(for example, do not enter 1912D or 1804H). Documents covering more than
five decades are indexed by century and not individual decades. Documents
covering more than six centuries are not indexedleave the Time Period
blank to include these.
EXAMPLE: 1800H OR 1900H
RESULTS: Entries dealing with the eighteen or nineteen hundreds (1800-1999).
EXAMPLE: 1820D 1830D 1840D
RESULTS: Entries dealing with the 1820's, 1830's, and 1840's (1820-1849).
EXAMPLE: 1890D 1900H
RESULTS: Entries dealing with the 1890's and the 20th century (1890-1999).
EXAMPLE: BC800H
RESULTS: Entries dealing with the 9th century BC (801 BC-900 BC).
EXAMPLE: BC*
RESULTS: All BC entries.
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- Title/Translation
- Use the Title/Translation field to search the title or English-language
translation of a foreign-language title of a journal article, book, or dissertation.
Title/Translation searching is useful if a partial title of an article,
dissertation, or book is known. The field can be used to do a free-text
search for a specific word in a title or to search for an exact title. It
is often best to search for distinctive words rather than common words in
the title or title translation.
Wildcards (*) or (?) can be used when uncertain of the exact spelling of
a word. Insert an asterisk (*) for an indeterminate number of unknown characters
or insert a question mark (?) for each unknown letter. Using wildcards may
result in long searches with inappropriate results.
EXAMPLE: land*
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with landfill, landing, or lands in the title.
EXAMPLE: l?nd
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with land or lend in the title.
Use quotation marks to bind two or more words to be searched in combination.
It is not recommended that common terms such as Civil War be bound in quotes.
EXAMPLE: "land reform"
RESULTS: Retrieves entries with the phrase land reform in the title.
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- Top of Page
- Selecting (top of page) on any screen where it is displayed will return
the user to the beginning of that page, and thus allow access to available
navigation buttons.
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- User Options
- Various user-configurable options are set on this page: the operator for
joining search fields (AND or OR between fields on the Search Form), the
Sort Order (Ascending, Descending, or Unsorted alphabetically or numerically),
and the Sort By field (used in conjunction with Sort Order). All records
in the results may be automatically tagged with the option of untagging
individual records. Selecting the Display Search Progress Window box enables
a popup that will provide search progress feedback. To select the number
of records to be displayed enter a number between 10 and 100 (the default
is 25). Use the Submit button to save any options changes and return to
the Search Form.
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