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Searching regions

Most searches in UMDL Texts allow you to select from among one or more "regions" or distinct sections of a work to search within. All those regions that are available for searching are described in the table below, ordered by collection name and by search type. Please note that, as you select more than one collection for searching, the list of available regions is adjusted to reflect the intersection of regions available for those collections.

Collection Search Type Regions Region Description
20th Century American poetry simple full text
 All work content and all titles. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  simple poems All content within a single poem.
  simple  section and work titles Any work title and all section and subsection titles
  simple  first line The first line of any poem.
  boolean/proximity poems All content within a single poem.
  boolean/proximity lines All content within any single line
  boolean/proximity works All work content and all titles. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic information about the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index author The author of a work
  word index title The main title of a work
  word index full text All work content.
       
Travels in Southeastern Europe simple full text All work content.
  boolean/proximity  works All work content and all titles. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  boolean/proximity chapters All content contained within any single chapter
  boolean/proximity pages All content within a single page.
  boolean/proximity paragraphs All content within a single paragraph.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic informationabout the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index author The author of a work
  word index title The main title of a work
  word index full text All work content.
       
Database of 20th Century African-American Poetry simple full text
 All work content and all titles. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  simple  poems All content within a single poem.
  simple  section and work titles Any work title and all section and subsection titles
  simple  first line The first line of any poem.
  boolean/proximity poems All content within a single poem.
  boolean/proximity lines All content within any single line
  boolean/proximity works All work content and all titles. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic informationabout the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index author The author of a work
  word index title The main title of a work
  word index full text All work content.
       
English Prose Drama simple full text All work content. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  simple  speeches All speech content.
  simple  acts All act content, including stage directions and speect text.
  simple  scenes All scene stage directions and speech text.
  simple  section and work titles Any work title and all section and subsection titles
  boolean/proximity speeches All speech content.
  boolean/proximity acts All act content, including stage directions and speect text.
  boolean/proximity scenes All scene stage directions and speech text.
  boolean/proximity works All play content. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  boolean/proximity poems All content within a single poem.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic informationabout the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index author The author of a work
  word index title The main title of a work
  word index full text All work content.
       
Garden and Forest simple full text All page content in the entire work.
  simple  page All content within a single page.
  simple  work All page content in the entire work.
  boolean/proximity pages All content within a single page.
  boolean/proximity works All page content in the entire work.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic informationabout the work.
  word index full text All work content.
       
MoA books simple full text All page content in the entire work.
  simple  page All content within a single page.
  simple  work All page content in the entire work.
  boolean/proximity pages All content within a single page.
  boolean/proximity works All page content in the entire work.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic information about the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index full text All work content.
       
TESO simple full text All play content. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  simple  speeches All speech content.
  simple  acts All act content, including stage directions and speect text.
  simple  scenes All scene stage directions and speech text.
  simple  section and work titles Any work title and all section and subsection titles
  boolean/proximity speeches All speech content.
  boolean/proximity acts All act content, including stage directions and speect text.
  boolean/proximity scenes All scene stage directions and speech text.
  boolean/proximity works All play content. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  boolean/proximity poems All content within a single poem.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic informationabout the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index author The author of a work
  word index title The main title of a work
  word index full text All work content.
       
Voltaire électronique simple full text All content including Voltaire's texts and attatched criticism. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  simple  text by Voltaire All content within Voltaire's works.
  simple  editorial apparatus All content within the critical annotations associated with Voltaire's works.
  boolean/proximity works All play content. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  boolean/proximity paragraphs All content within any single paragraph.
  boolean/proximity acts All act content, including stage directions and speect text.
  boolean/proximity scenes All scene stage directions and speech text.
  boolean/proximity poems All content within a single poem.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic information about the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index author The author of a work
  word index title The main title of a work
  word index full text All work content.
       
W.B. Yeats Collection simple full text
 All work content. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  simple  section and work titles Any work title and all section and subsection titles
  boolean/proximity volumes This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  boolean/proximity works All play content. This region is the cumulation of all other regions.
  boolean/proximity paragraphs All content within any single paragraph.
  boolean/proximity poems All content within a single poem.
  boolean/proximity plays All content within any single play.
  boolean/proximity speeches All speech content.
  citation title The main title of a work.
  citation author The author of a work.
  citation citation All bibliographic information about the work, including work title, author, and original source publication information.
  word index author The author of a work
  word index title The main title of a work
  word index full text All work content.