Using simple search

Simple search is the most basic search type. Use it when you only need to find a single word or phrase.

The simple search query form.

To use the simple form ...

1. Enter a term or phrase in the text box. Multiple words will be treated as a literal string, not separately in an "any word" or "all words" sense. To search for multiple terms in an "any" or "all" sense, use the boolean search. Use an asterisk with a word stem to find variations on the word (e.g., searching for civ* will match civ, civil, civic, and civilian.). All other punctuation will be ignored.
   
   
2. Use the pulldown button to select a region of a text to search within.
   
   
3. To restrict the search to a range of collections matching certain criteria, select values in the collection filters. Collections matching the criteria will be automatically selected in the collection list. (this step is optional)
   
   
4. To manually add or remove collections from the collection list, check or uncheck the checkbox next to a collection name. (this step is optional).
   
   
5. Click the "search checked collections" button to submit the query.

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