3. 
3.7. Searching
Searching |
1 Different levels and approaches:
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| Library Master : 1 easy "jump to a record": type a string for an indexed field, on the short record list display; expert: assisted command driven (see 2);
2 command driven, assisted by buttons for fields and their contents, (not for operators apart from "="); syntax control; 3 (from indexed fields); 4; 5 Short Record List browsing is default window, database dependent: one record per line, can choose any field to display in columns. Quick Find/Jump to record: enter string based upon indexed fields. Sort on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar |
| Procite: 1 easy browsing indexes + direct "Quick Find" by typing string; expert: assisted command driven (see 2); 2 command driven, assisted by buttons but syntax errors are possible; 3; 4; 5
Short Record List browsing is default window, database dependent: one record per line, can choose any field to display in up to six columns. Quick Find: enter string based upon sort key. Sort on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar |
| EndNote: 1 one "query by example" template, with syntax control; 4; 5
Short Record List browsing is default window, common to all databases: one record per line; can handle up to five columns and use any field to display. Quickly move to record by directly entering a string belonging to a key of the first sort field (no windows is displayed). Sort (A/D) on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar. Cannot use term lists here to point to records. Cannot toggle between short list and search result: one or the other |
| Reference Manager: 1 Usually only expert; easy "Quick retrieval" available in Term Manager; 2: command driven, assisted by buttons; 3: no, lists are to pick up terms for a query, not to index and display records at once; 4; 5
Short Record list browsing is default window, not database dependent -and can apply to all lists: one record per line, can choose any field (up to 33); sort on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar. Quick retrieval lets select terms but only from Term Manager and launch <F12> a search (AND or OR) |
| Papyrus: 1 easy browsing database; expert: assisted command driven; 2; 3 quick find from journals, kw and names lists; 4; 5
Browsing mode depends on formats built-in or user defined; tabular -usually shorter- format is available |
2 Browsing indexes to search
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| Library Master : 3
entry lists can be used in command driven searching to pick up terms to insert in a query expression or on the general short list to quickly spot entry related records |
| Procite: 1; 2 n.a. ; 3 |
| EndNote: n.a. |
| Reference Manager: n.a. (see above Term Manager) |
| Papyrus: 1; 2 (kw); [3 not a contextual display but a quick search] |
3 Query expressions |
| LM: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, contents, previous queries, scope (subsets) |
| Pr: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, operators, terms, previous queries |
| En: assisted by template and buttons to select fields, operators, scope, (+ options: full word, case, use (quick)indexes, remote search); terms lists are available to pick-up terms from |
| RM: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, operators, terms, previous queries |
| Papyrus: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, operators, terms |
4 Natural language queries |
| LM: no |
| Pr: no |
| En: no |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: no |
5 Search stragey
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| LM: 1; 2 |
| Pr: 1; 2 only if = 1, i.e. explicitly saved and named; 3 yes, new expression can cumulate previous queries still fully editable |
| En: 1; 2 no, only if saved as queries; 3 can search on result : refine within, add to, omit from |
| RM: 1; 2 (up to 10); 3 (recalled query becomes first expression: others can be added) |
| Papyrus: 1 if the resulting set of retrieved records -group- is saved, the originating query is saved as well: can be re-run and edited; 2; 3 (editable) |
6 Can save and recall search result |
| LM: yes, stored in subsets |
| Pr: yes, stored in subsets (Groups) |
| En: no |
| RM: yes, stored in subsets (Reference Indexes) |
| Papyrus: yes, stored in subsets (Groups) |
7 Shows hits of each search expression component |
| LM: no, only total records number |
| Pr: no, only total records number |
| En: no, only total records number |
| RM: total number of records also for each line of a multiline query (but not for its internal components nor for the last line) |
| Papyrus: no, only total records number |
8 Can print directly one or more records while in search/browse mode |
| LM: yes |
| Pr: yes |
| En: yes |
| RM: yes |
| Papyrus: yes |
9 Refine (search within search result) |
| LM: yes |
| Pr: yes |
| En: yes |
| RM: yes |
| Papyrus: yes |
10 Advanced search features
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| LM: 2 |
| Pr: no |
| En: no |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: 3
kw file allows links between entries, also records can be linked: search can be limited/expanded to selected/all types of links; number of levels for the same link can also be selected: up- down- posting (thesaurus-like) |
11 Input allowed while indexing |
| LM: n.a. (real time) |
| Pr: n.a. (real time) |
| En: n.a. (real time) |
| RM: n.a. (real time) |
| Papyrus: n.a. (real time) |
12 Instant display of retrieved records
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| LM: 1 2 |
| Pr: 1 2 |
| En: 1 |
| RM 1 2 |
| Papyrus: 1 2 |
13 Highlighting search terms in result (and * jump to next occurrence of term) |
| LM: yes, in the record editable display (no * "jump") |
| Pr: no |
| En: no (but "Go-to" command, and Next, to find a string within a reference ) |
| RM: yes in the Output display --not in the Standard editable one, (no * "jump") |
| Papyrus: no |
14 Indexing operation
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| LM: 1 automatic when saving a record |
| Pr: 1 automatic when saving a record |
| En: 1 automatic when saving a record |
| RM: 1 automatic when saving a record |
| Papyrus: 1 automatic when saving a record |
15 Indexing techniques
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| LM: 1 2 3; indexing is ruled by the system, but user can choose a) whether to index a field or not for faster search; b) whether default search string is to be taken as whole or beginning of a field |
| Pr: indexing is ruled only by the system: 1 2 3 |
| En: indexing is ruled only by the system: 1 2 3
One built-in quickfind index for authors, user can activate or exclude it. If on, left truncation is unavailable. User can also create quickfind indexes for kw or "any field" |
| RM: 1 in non-indexed fields; 2 in non-indexed fields; 3 also more words inside the string (only indexed fields require truncation symbol) |
| Papyrus: 1 2 3 (any string is automatically made searchable, but proper indexing for user-defined fields is under user's control) |
16 Scope of searching
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| LM: 1 yes with field indicator (RT included); 3 |
| Pr: 1 yes with field indicator (RT included); 2 limited to three clusters; author, title, date; 3 yes, default |
| En: 1, RT included; 3 any field |
| RM: 1 (RT included); 2 (predefined: non-indexed fields, authors, titles) |
| Papyrus: 1 (RT included); 2; 3 ("general" but does not include either kw or journals) |
17 Case sensitiveness |
| LM: yes (optional: if exact search command is selected) |
| Pr: no |
| En: yes if Case option is on |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: no |
18 Diacritics |
| LM: yes, (optional: if exact search command) |
| Pr:: no difference, "Gthe" = "Gothe" |
| En: difference: "pche" does not retrieve "pch" , but "peche" retrieves both |
| RM: no difference (can be used only in: Authors, kw, Titles, Notes) |
| Papyrus: no difference |
19 Can use and nest parentheses |
| LM: yes |
| Pr: yes |
| En: only automatically and to a limited extent: according to its vertical priority, the up most query element is the first and inner most within the implicit search expression, e.g. A and B not C or D is equal to: (((A and B) not C) or D) = the whole first part result will be ored with D therefore it is different from: (A and B) not (C or D) which cannot do. |
| RM: yes; but to a limited extent and implicitly: according to its vertical priority, the up most query element is the first and inner most within the implicit search expression, e.g. A and B not C or D is equal to: (((A and B) not C) or D) = the whole first part result will be ored with D therefore it is different from: (A and B) not (C or D) which cannot do; neither can do: (A or B) and (C or D) |
| Papyrus: yes |
20 Priority within search operators and queries |
| LM: standard : left to right; if AND operator is used, indexed fields come first; by using parentheses one can modify the order |
| Pr: set by using parentheses, the inner most comes first |
| En: vertically: first comes the upper most, cfr. previous 7.19 |
| RM: no explicit parentheses; vertically: first comes the highest, see above |
| Papyrus: set by using parentheses, the inner most comes first |
21 Boolean operators
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| LM: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 indirectly |
| Pr: 1 2 3 4, 5 indirectly |
| En: 1 2 3 (as "omit") 4, 5 indirectly (two steps: OR + omit ref. AND) |
| RM: 1 2 4 |
| Papyrus: 1 2 3 4, 5 indirectly |
22 Relational operators
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| LM: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for dates (or via: x > y and x < z), 8 |
| Pr: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for dates (or via: x > y and x < z), 8 |
| En: 1, 2 as "Omit showing references" option, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 |
| RM: 1, 3 for earlier than today's date in Reprint status=On request; 7 in dates and RefID (RN); |
| Papyrus: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 (by adding a backslash to the search string, e.g.: Author=Smith,P\ will not match "Smith, Paul") |
23 Can combine boolean and relational operators |
| LM: yes |
| Pr: yes |
| En: yes |
| RM: yes, but only range |
| Papyrus: yes |
24 Truncated search (with/without wildcard, e.g. ? *)
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| LM: 1 yes explicit with wildcards (* or }); 2; 3; 4 |
| Pr: 1 yes (* ASCII 42) 2; 3; 4 : operator "contains"
"contains" is like "=" equal, with implicit l/r truncation; whereas explicit l/r truncation ( *xxx*) is used with "=" e.g. AUTHOR contains ale, AUTHOR = *ale*, no: AUTHOR contains *ale*,) |
| En: 1 implicit 2; 3 left unavailable when using (quick)indexes; 4 (see 3) |
| RM: r/l explicit in indexed fields (only indexed fields require truncation symbol); r/l implicit in non indexed fields (non-indexed fields will take * as a real character, reverting to \*) |
| Papyrus: 1 explicit; 2; 3; 4 |
25 Can search by position: b/e field and/or occurrence |
| LM: yes beginning of field |
| Pr: yes
BEGINS WITH field or occurrence (names and kw), implicit right truncation: "D'Alema", AUTHOR BEGINS WITH "D'Alem" ok; not: AUTHOR BEGINS WITH "D'Alem*"); same for field ends with |
| En: no |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: no |
26 Search for not/empty fields |
| LM: yes both
and also if a field is present just as an element of a RT structure |
| Pr: yes (dedicated operators: EMPTY, NOT EMPTY) |
| En: yes,
empty: "field" is [blank];
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| RM: "yes", only in indexed fields: look for records (RefID range) then exclude (NOT) or include (AND) any character * |
| Papyrus: yes |
27 Internal wildcards ("masking" e.g. ? * : m*ss, for miss mass mess mistress ..) |
| LM: no |
| Pr: no |
| En:no |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: yes * for any character |
28 Can combine boolean, relational, parentheses, truncation etc. |
| LM: yes |
| Pr: yes |
| En: yes |
| RM: yes |
| Papyrus: yes |
29 Adjacency and proximity operators |
| LM: no operators (but xxx yyy zzz is adjacency without delimiters) |
| Pr: no, but "xxx yyy zzz" is adjacency (with " " delimiters) |
| En: no, but xxx yyy is adjacency (without delimiters) |
| RM: no proximity , but xxx yyy zzz is adjacency (without delimiters) |
| Papyrus: no, but xxx yyy is adjacency (without delimiters) |
30 Search only within the same occurrence of a repeatable field |
| LM: no |
| Pr: no |
| En: no |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: no |
31 Search only within the same paragraph |
| LM: no |
| Pr: no |
| En: no |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: no |
32 Stopwords |
| LM: yes, leading words can be excluded from searching in any field (as wells as for sorting purposes) |
| Pr: no (only for sorting purposes) |
| En: no (only for sorting purposes) |
| RM: no |
| Papyrus: yes, system-controlled; but user can decide how many characters make up a "word" |
33 Z39.50 Searching |
| LM: no
the specialized BookWhere?¨ package can be obtained at a special price through Balboa Software and offers direct export to LM format |
| Pr: yes,
embedds previous "companion" BookWhere?¨ package; use special -simplified and limited- search interface (e.g.: cannot use parentheses, see above 7.19: (A or B) and (C or D) will not be possible); can search different databases simultaneously; automatically converts and saves result in db, separate folder; can save search expressions; can modify or add new hosts and configure; can configure conversion filters which are separate individual files, but one single file for all the different hosts configuration and properties;
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| En: yes
embedded proprietary software; use same interface as normal searching function (with less options**); cannot search different databases simultaneously; can save result in db without conversion; can batch import downloaded file; can modify or add new hosts and configure; can configure conversion filters; host configuration, connection properties and filters are individual files;
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| RM: yes,
embedds BookWhere?¨ package; use same interface as normal searching function; can search different databases simultaneously; automatically converts and saves result in db, separate folder; can modify or add new hosts and configure hosts and filters which are individual files, but one single file for all the different hosts configuration and properties
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| Papyrus: no |
