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- =1 Help: Comprehensive Search
-
-
- Entering a search term in the Comprehensive Search Field will result
- in a search being performed on all fields of the database
- simultaneously, retrieving all records contain- ing the specified
- search term. It is useful for finding all references to a specific
- term, or in searching for obscure terms. For a more refined search,
- use one of the following search fields, where the search is confined
- to the contents of that particular field.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =2 Help: Title
-
-
- Official name of the CD-ROM or Multimedia CD title. CD-ROMs known by
- non English titles and abbreviations are cross referenced. It is
- possible to search on any word or combination of words from the title
- name.
-
- eg CD-ROM
- CD-ROM Directory
- CD-ROM DISC
-
- will all retrieve "The CD-ROM Directory ON DISC"
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) under Entries for a complete
- list of all titles in the database.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =3 Help: Publisher
-
- Name of the organisation that publishes the CD-ROM. Addresses and contact
- information are included in the Companies Database. It is possible to
- search on any word or combination of words from a company name.
-
- eg Warner
- Warner Media
- Media
- Warner New Media
-
- will all retrieve "Warner New Media"
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) under Entries for a complete
- list of all companies in the database.
-
- Also refer to the Companies Database.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =4 Help: Publisher's Origin
-
- Country where the publisher is located. Some discs may have joint
- publishers and may therefore have more than one country of origin.
- Full country name must be used - press F2 for a complete list.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =5 Help: Information Provider
-
- Name of the organisation that provided the original information for
- the CD-ROM. Addresses and contact information are included in the
- Companies Database. In many cases the information provider is not
- directly involved in the publication of the CD-ROM and does not
- distribute it, so use the publisher or distributor as the first point
- of contact.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words from a
- company name.
-
- eg American
- American Psychological Association
- Psychological
- Psychological Association
-
- will all retrieve "American Psychological Association"
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) under Entries for a complete
- list of all companies in the database appearing in this field.
-
- Also refer to the Companies Database.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =6 Help: Subject
-
-
- Headings assigned to indicate the main subject content, type, or end
- use of the information. It is possible to search on any word or
- combination of words.
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) under Entries for a complete
- list of all subject headings in the database.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =7 Help: Type of Data
-
-
- Indicates type of information represented on the title, selected from
- the following:
-
- \4 Full text: \0 Comprising the full text of documents which can be
- retrieved in full as compared with bibliographic citations to
- documents.
-
- \4 Bibliographic: \0 Contains citations to original, primary material
- such as books, journal articles, reports and other printed documents.
- May also include abstracts.
-
- \4 Numeric: \0 Statistical and numeric data rather than text or
- bibliographic information. Covers census data, mathematics,
- statistical surveys, and economics.
-
- \4 Reference: \0 Information that directs a user to other sources for
- more complete information. Also covers reference works such as
- encyclopedias.
-
- \4 Multimedia: \0 Combination of two or more media (text, images,
- audio) on a CD-ROM. Excludes full text data where the original
- contains illustrations, photographs or other graphics.
-
- \4 Images: \0 Includes photographs, art reproductions etc.
-
- \4 Graphics: \0 Includes animations, clip art, computer generated
- images etc.
-
- \4 Video: \0 Includes full motion video as defined for CD-ROM and
- multimedia format.
-
- \4 Audio: \0 Sound, such as music, sound effects or speech included
- on the CD-ROM.
-
- \4 Programs: \0 Collection of computer programs, including public
- domain and shareware.
-
- \4 Manuals: \0 Primarily technical and computer manuals.
-
- Exact search term must be used - press F2 for a complete list.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =8 Help: Description
-
- Description of the content, coverage, and characteristics of the CD-ROM,
- as supplied by the companies involved in its production, and/or
- distribution.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words.
- Press F2 for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =9 Help: Sources (Online)
-
-
- Where applicable, the name of the online database source of the
- information on the CD-ROM.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words. Press
- F2 for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =10 Help: Sources (Print)
-
-
- Where applicable, the name of the print source of the data on the CD-ROM.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words. Press
- F2 for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =11 Help: Language
-
-
- Language(s) of the text on the CD-ROM.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words. Press
- F2 for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =12 Help: Geographic Coverage
-
-
- Indicates the country(ies) or geographic region(s) from which the data
- was sourced, that the data covers, or to which it is most applicable.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words. Press
- F2 for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =13 Help: Computer Required
-
-
- Recommended microcomputer and its compatibles, selected from the
- following:
-
- IBM compatible PC
-
- MPC
-
- Apple Macintosh
-
- Acorn
-
- CD-I
-
- CDTV
-
- VIS
-
- Electronic Book Player
-
- Fujitsu FM Towns
-
- Turbo Grafx
-
- Sega Genesis
-
- Other
-
- These exact terms need to be used in searching - refer to the Browse
- Index (press F2) for complete list.
-
- Although the above search terms are used, the retrieved entry(ies)
- will display the actual information received from the publisher
- (eg computers classified as "Other"s will be identified).
-
- It is possible to use the Comprehensive Search field (possibly in
- conjunction with this field) to identify computer systems not
- included in this list (eg NEC).
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
-
- =14 Help: Operating System
-
-
- Refers to the operating system necessary to run the CD-ROM title,
- selected from the following:
-
- MS-DOS
-
- Windows
-
- Apple HFS
-
- CDRTOS (the operating system used by CD-I)
-
- RISC
-
- Fujitsu
-
- OS/2
-
- UNIX
-
- Turbo Grafx
-
- Other
-
- These exact terms need to be used in searching - refer to the Browse
- Index (press F2) for complete list.
-
- Although the above search terms are used, the retrieved entry(ies)
- will display the actual information received from the publisher
- (eg Operating Systems classified as "Other"s will be identified).
-
- It is possible to use the Comprehensive Search field (possibly in
- conjunction with this field) to identify operating systems not
- included in this list.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =15 Help: CD-ROM Drive
-
-
- Recommended CD-ROM drive, or range of drives and standard they must
- conform to, selected from the following list:
-
- Any ISO 9660
-
- Apple Macintosh
-
- CD-ROM XA
-
- CD-I
-
- CDTV
-
- VIS
-
- Electronic Book Player
-
- FM Towns
-
- Turbo Grafx
-
- Sega Genesis
-
- Other
-
- These exact terms need to be used in searching - refer to the Browse
- Index (press F2) for complete list.
-
- Although the above search terms are used, the retrieved entry(ies)
- will display the actual information received from the publisher
- (eg the "other"s will be identified).
-
- It is possible to use the Comprehensive Search field (possibly in
- conjunction with this field) to identify drives not included in this
- list.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =16 Help: Retrieval Software
-
-
- Name of interface software used to retrieve data from the CD-ROM.
-
- It is possible to search on any word or combination of words. Press
- F2 for a complete list of search terms.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =17 Help: Software Producer
-
-
- Company that has produced the software. Addresses and contact
- information are included in the Companies Database. It is possible
- to search on any word or combination of words from a company name.
-
- eg Dataware
- Dataware Technologies Ltd
- Dataware Ltd Technologies
-
- will all retrieve "Dataware Technologies (UK) Ltd"
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) under Entries for a complete
- list of all companies in the database appearing in this field.
-
- Also refer to the Companies Database.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
- =18 Help: Price
-
-
- Price range, in US$, that the title falls into. The conversion rate
- was calculated in May 1993. Although grouped into these categories for
- ease of searching, the retrieved entry(ies) will display the price in the
- actual currency given by the publisher. Prices may differ between
- distributors so where possible the price is the one quoted by the
- publisher. Publishers and distributors may offer a range of price options
- not listed.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
-
- =19 Help: Frequency of Update
-
-
- Frequency with which the CD-ROM is updated with new information,
- selected from the following:
-
- Weekly
-
- Twice per Month
-
- Monthly
-
- Quarterly
-
- Twice per Year
-
- Annual
-
- Irregular
-
- Other
-
- These exact terms need to be used in searching - refer to the Browse
- Index (press F2) for complete list.
-
- Although the above search terms are used, the retrieved entry(ies)
- will display the actual information received from the publisher
- (eg time periods classified as "Other" will be identified).
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
-
- =20 Help: First Edition
-
-
- Publication date of the first edition of the CD-ROM. It is possible to
- search on any word or combination of words. Search by year for best
- results, as details of the month of release are not known in each case.
-
- Refer to the Browse Index (press F2) for a complete list of all terms
- in the database appearing in this field.
-
- See below for further information on search operators.
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into one of
- the search fields and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
- \4 ADJ x \0 The search terms must occur within x words
- of on another for a match. x is a number. For
- example THIS ADJ5 THAT will find all documents
- in which the word THIS appears within 5 words of
- the word THAT. It is order dependent.
- \4 SAME \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- field for a match.
- \4 SAMEs \0 The search terms must occur in the same
- sentence.
- \4 NEAR x \0 The search terms must occur within x terms
- of one another in the field, but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 NEARS x \0 The search terms must occur within x
- sentences of each other but the order is
- irrelevant.
- \4 * \0 Use the asterisk to replace any number of
- characters in the search term with a wildcard,
- for example SMITH* or *BURG. You can include
- only two asterisks per search term.
- \4 ? \0 Use the question mark to replace one
- character in the search term, for example SM?TH.
- You can include as many occurrences as you want.
- \4 LIKE term \0 Searches for term using the phonetic index.
- For example, LIKE Mayer searches for Meier,
- Mayer and Meyer.
- \4 < x \0 Searches for less than x.
- \4 > x \0 Searches for greater than x.
- \4 <= x \0 Searches for less than or equal to x.
- \4 >= x \0 Searches for greater than or equal to x.
- \4 x TO y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 x .. y \0 Searches for the range from x to y, inclusive.
- \4 <> x \0 Searches for not equal to x.
- \4 NONE \0 Searches for all documents for which this
- field is empty.
- \4 ALL \0 Searches for all documents that contain data
- in this field.
-
- Double quotation marks surrounding a search term disable
- recognition of logical operators (for example "AND" searches for
- the word AND). In addition, double quotes instruct CD Answer to
- look in the line index (if one exists) before looking in the word index.
-
- =21 Help: Able to be Networked?
-
- Enter "Yes" in this field to retrieve all titles that can be networked.
- Entering "No" will retrieve those titles that cannot be networked.
- In cases where the publisher has not indicated whether or not the disc
- can be networked this field is left blank.
-
- =22 Help: ISBN
-
- Many publishers assign an ISBN and/or ISSN number to their titles to
- assist in identification, cataloging and ordering. ISBN numbers are
- usually applied to monographs (books), while ISSN numbers are used for
- serials (journals). The numbers are entered in a continuous string, i.e.
- without spaces.
-
- =23 Help: ISSN
-
- Many publishers assign an ISBN and/or ISSN number to their titles to
- assist in identification, cataloging and ordering. ISBN numbers are
- usually applied to monographs (books), while ISSN numbers are used for
- serials (journals). The numbers are entered in a continuous string, i.e.
- without spaces.
-
- =24 Help: Educational Level
-
- Indicates the age suitability of the title's content.
-
- The choices are : ALL
- COLLEGE
- ELEMENTARY
- SECONDARY
- UNIVERSITY
-
- You can access commands on the command line by pressing the Function
- (F1..F10) key associated with the command, or by pressing \4TAB\0 and using
- the \4\x1A\0 and \4\x1B\0 keys to highlight a command. Execute the command by
- pressing \4\x11─┘\0.
-
- The command line options are:
-
- \4 Help \0 On-line help.
- \4 Browse \0 List all the indexed words and fields.
- \4 Display \0 Display the found documents.
- \4 Query \0 Change the logical connections between search
- fields and enables you to load, save or clear
- search criteria.
- \4 Options \0 Change parameters and defaults for CD Answer.
- \4 Quit \0 Go back to the Main Menu.
-
- To search for a document, enter your search criteria into this
- search field and then press \4\x11─┘\0. You can use the
- following operators when you enter search criteria:
-
- \4 AND (+) \0 The search terms must occur together in the
- field for a match.
- \4 OR (,) \0 Either one or the other or both of the
- search terms must occur in the field for a match.
- \4 NOT (#) \0 Use NOT to locate all documents that do not
- contain the search term. You can also use NOT
- with AND and OR, for example BOSTON AND NOT
- BROOKLINE.
- \4 WITHOUT \0 This is the same as AND NOT.
-
-
-
- =
-
-