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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}