General Information

The search function provides two fields to enable the user search the archive.
  • (a) Keywords - (Textbox)
  • - Enter keywords or search terms to search for.
  • (Note: You must enter search terms)
  • (b) Source - (Dropdown Menu)
  • - Select (-- All -- ) to search all documents in the archive
  • - Select a single source to search.

Query Syntax

Query Example Notes
single term document Searches for documents that contain "document" term in the default field.
phrase "important document" Searches for documents that contain the phrase "important document" in the default fiels.
searching fields title:document Searches for documents that contain "document" term in the "title" field.
OR operator important document "OR" is the default operator.
  important OR document The default field must contain either "important" or "document".
AND operator important AND document The default field must contain both word.
+ operator important +document The default field must contain "document" and may contain "important".
NOT/- operator -important document The default field must contain "document" but not "important".

Prohibited Queries

Query Examples Notes
stop words a, the, and Stop words are not indexed.
special characters: + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ \+, \: Use a backslash to escape the special characters.

Search Fields

Field Examples Notes
SOURCETITLE SOURCETITLE:"Bag Pipes" Search into the collection "Bag Pipes"
VOLUME VOLUME:2 Search into the volume 2. It may be combined with SOURCETITLE
ISSUE ISSUE:3 Search into the issue 3. It may be combined with SOURCETITLE and VOLUME
PAGE PAGE:1 Search into the page 1. It may be combined with SOURCETITLE, VOLUME and  ISSUE
TEXT TEXT:"The Cliffs of Moher" Look in the text of the pages for the particular text "The Cliff of Moher"

  • When not specifying any field, the application will search through all of them.
  • The Search Fields must be written always in Capital Letters.
  • Example of search:

    • SOURCETITLE:("Bag Pipes" OR "The Ancient Music of Ireland") AND TEXT:"Music"
      It will search for the word "Music" inside "Bag Pipes" and "The Ancient Music of Ireland" sources.

    • SOURCETITLE:"Bag Pipes" AND VOLUME:3AND TEXT:"Music"
      It will search for the word "Music" inside the third volume of "Bag Pipes" source.