Previous step: Search Options
Use the search function that is located at the top of the page or go to the Search tab. Type here the term(s) you want to search and press Enter on your keyboard to launch the search.
By default, the search is performed among all the text in the collections you have access to.
You can then filter your results by:
- author (if you have added the author name in the document's metadata)
- uploader
- title
- collection ID (if you want to narrow down your search to a specific collection)
The number of documents and search results is displayed below the filters.
Scroll down to view the search results highlighted in bold within their context, with a preview of the lines where the terms are located. When you click on a result, the page containing it will open. The search results will be highlighted in grey in the image and underlined in red in the transcription.
Search Tricks:
- Use the Boolean operator AND to find pages that contain both your search term and not just one of them (as happens with the default search).
For instance, “London AND Dublin” returns pages where both cities are mentioned. - Type quotation marks at the beginning and end of your search phrase to search for an exact phrase (where the words are in a specific order).
If you search for “I love you” with quotation marks, the results will show all the pages where the three words appear in this specific order. - Use a question mark (?) for a single-character wildcard to find variations of your search term.
For example, if you search for the term “bo?k”, you will get “book”, “boek” and “bock” as results. - Use an asterisk (*) for a multiple-character wildcard to find variations of your search term. For example, if you search for “stat*”, you will find “state”, “statue”, “station”, “statutes”...