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Directory : Search Tips

a) Type a search word or words in the search box. Choose distinctive terms or phrases which are likely to occur only in the context of relevant material. Note that:

  • searches are not case-sensitive ('Dan' includes 'dan').
  • stemming is used ('Dan' includes 'Daniel').
  • punctuation marks are ignored.

    b) Set the type of search thus:

  • all the words lists items that contain all of the words you typed (not necessarily in the same order). This is a 'Boolean AND search': it narrows your search. Since authors' names may be listed surname first (e.g. 'Barthes, Roland'), search for them using this setting.
  • any of the words lists items that contain any one of the words you typed. This is a 'Boolean OR search': it broadens your search.
  • exact phrase lists items that contain your search phrase (includes words like 'and' and 'the'). Don't include quotation-marks.

    c) Define the target using the radio buttons thus:

  • directory: this is the default search for terms used in the titles of items (and the names of authors) listed in all sections of the MCS directory.
  • documents: this is a search of the whole text of each document stored locally on the MCS website.

    A list of other search engines can be found here.

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