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plural noun: data

    1: \label{Search_Basic}
    2: \index{search repository, basic}
    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 of your search phrase.  Search results will include resources
   19: which match any of the related phrases as well as the original phrase.
   20: 
   21: The resource metadata fields searched in a basic search are listed
   22: below.  It is worth noting that the data searched are self-reported by
   23: the resource author.  In many cases, authors are unable to provide
   24: relevant values for the fields searched.  If you need to search based
   25: on properties other than the following, use the \ref{Search_Advanced}
   26: Advanced Search link on the basic search page.
   27: 
   28: \begin{itemize}
   29: \item title
   30: \item author
   31: \item subject
   32: \item notes
   33: \item abstract
   34: \item keywords
   35: \end{itemize}