The two Term boxes allow you to enter keywords (names, titles, numerals) that you would like to find in Musical Borrowing. Use the mouse to click in the first field to bring up a cursor; use the "tab" key to toggle between the boxes. Note: this search feature is not case sensitive.
The selectable field between the term boxes allows you to choose a Boolean operator ("and," "or," "andnot") to further narrow your search. Use the mouse to make your selection.
The selectable field following the second Boolean operator allows you to specify that your search should extend across the entire database ("All") or be limited to one of several index classifications ("General," "Monophony to 1300," "Polyphony to 1300," "1300s," "1400s," "1500s," "1600s," "1700s," "1800s," "1900s," "2000s," "Popular," "Jazz," and "Film") that have been applied to many of the records in the database. If you wish to implement one of these limitations, use the mouse to make your selection.
N.B.: if you leave the second term box blank, the first operator acts on the index classification. If you wish to search for all entries assigned to a specific index classification, leave both term boxes blank and select the appropriate index classification.
You can choose the maximum number of hits that will display on each page of results by changing the number in that box.
Use the mouse to press the Submit Query button to activate your search.
Press the Clear Entries button to remove keywords you have typed in.
Hints for Searching
The asterisk (*) is extremely useful for creating a "wildcard" search, and its use is highly recommended. When added as the final character in a field, the asterisk tells the computer to find words that begin with the string of letters but may end in all possible ways. For example, the search term "symphony" will locate records that contain only that specific word. On the other hand, the search term "symph*" will locate records that contain such words as "symphony," "symphonic," "symphonists," "symphonietta," etc.
Do not use search terms that contain diacritical marks. At present the search engine cannot interpret the HTML character codes used for these marks. Thus a search for the term "Joaquin" will not find "Joaquín." A wildcard search may be helpful: the search term "Joaqu*" will find "Joaquín."
