An Advanced Search strategy combines keywords, or Search Expressions, with specific Search Fields. This combination allows for greater information retrieval, as it queries full phrases or terms. For example, entering a keyword search of “Johannes” in the field “Creator” will return results for Meister Johannes, Frater Johannes, Johannes Bämler, etc.
This method of searching is especially useful for looking up discrete terms in combination with the Search Field for “Subject.” For example, entering a keyword search of “Fox” with the field “Subject” will return results for the bestiary subject of Fox Feigning Death and other fable subjects for foxes, including Fox and Goose and Burial of Fox.
As an advanced measure, these narrowed searches can be filtered further by toggling to the Filters tab next to Search Expressions/ Options and using controlled fields to filter. For example, one could keyword search “Fox” with “Subject” and then filter by Location “France.”
The option to Add a Search Expression will allow for a broader execution of a search, essentially opening your initial search with additional keyword terms applied to other search fields and returning these results as well. This method of searching might bring about unexpected findings; for example, one could separately enter “Fox” in the “Subject” field and “Wolf” in the “Description” field, and the results will show all foxes, all wolves, and all foxes and wolves that appear in these respective fields. As with single search terms, toggling to the Filters tab will allow for further refinements.
There are 25 Search Fields in Advanced Search:
There are 25 Search Fields in Advanced Search:
The choice of Match Type will also affect the kinds of results that appear in the display.
DEFAULT is the preferred Match Type for any Advanced Search in the database. This feature subjectively determines and ranks the records in the display of search results according to their correspondence to the search term that you have typed.
If you use EXACT as a Match Type, the database will search ONLY within the chosen field(s) in accordance with the precise spelling, formatting, and order in which you have typed your term on the search line. For example, if you enter “Abbo of Orléanais,” your search results will only display records that contain “Abbo of Orléanais” in that particular order, spelling and formatting, including diacritical marks.
By using FULLTEXT as your Match Type, you are allowing the database to search for any configuration of the terms, letters, or numbers that you have typed on the search line within the text of any chosen field. This is particularly useful if you have a manuscript number in a format slightly different from what has been catalogued in the Index database. For example, the manuscript number for the Guthlac Roll is listed in various forms, such as “Harley Roll Y 6” or “BL Harley Roll Y.6.” The Index has catalogued it as “Harley Y.6.” Therefore, if you type in any of these versions and select FULLTEXT as your Match Type, the search results will display the records for this manuscript because they all contain the same configuration of the numbers 6.
For each filter, try typing the term that you are looking for. If it exists in the database, our system will auto complete the term. You can always add more than one term to any filter. Select as many terms as you desire and then enter Search.
Two options in our Filters feature may be useful in a search: MATCH ALL FILTERS and MATCH ANY FILTER.
If you want to find works of art that contain all terms that you apply to the filters, have the Filter Options set to MATCH ALL FILTERS.
If, however, you want to search for works of art that include any of the terms that you applied to your filtered search, have the Filter Options set to MATCH ANY FILTERS.
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