Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Search_Basic.tex, revision 1.1
1.1 ! matthew 1: \label{Search_Basic}
! 2:
! 3: The Basic search page allows you to specify a phrase or
! 4: expression to search for in the LON-CAPA resource repository. Search
! 5: strings can contain quoted phrases, multiple words, '-' (meaning
! 6: ``not''), and multiple words or phrases joined with 'or'. For
! 7: example:
! 8:
! 9: \begin{itemize}
! 10: \item \textbf{cat} Matches resources about cats.
! 11: \item \textbf{cat or dog} Matches resources about cats or dogs.
! 12: \item \textbf{cat dog} Matches resources about both ``cat'' and ``dog''.
! 13: \item \textbf{``fluffy cat'' -dog} Matches resources on the phrase ``fluffy cat'' that do not contain ``dog''.
! 14: \end{itemize}
! 15:
! 16: There are two checkboxes on the basic search page. The first allows
! 17: you to limit your search to the domain of the machine you are
! 18: currently logged into. The second causes a thesaurus lookup to be
! 19: done on your search phrase. Search results will include resources
! 20: which match any of the related phrases as well as the original phrase.
! 21:
! 22: The resource metadata fields searched in a basic search are listed
! 23: below. It is worth noting that the data searched is self-reported by
! 24: the resource author. In many cases authors are unable to provide
! 25: relevant values for the fields searched. If you need to search based
! 26: on properties other than the following, use the \ref{Search_Advanced}
! 27: Advanced Search link on the basic search page.
! 28:
! 29: \begin{itemize}
! 30: \item title
! 31: \item author
! 32: \item subject
! 33: \item notes
! 34: \item abstract
! 35: \item keywords
! 36: \end{itemize}
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