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What to consider during your search
Case sensitivity
The search engine is not case sensitive.
With the search term
Author/Ed./Coll.: AuST
you will get the same results as with
Author/Ed./Coll.: aust
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Diacritical marks and ligatures
To find terms which contain diacritical marks or ligatures it is not necessary to enter diacritics or special characters.
The German umlauts ä, ö, ü and ß are treated the same way as the notations ae, oe, ue and ss.
With the search term
Author/Ed./Coll.: beis
you will find, amongst others, works written by Ortwin Beisbart and Michael Beißwenger.
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With the search term
Author/Ed./Coll.: kosta
you will find works written by Peter Kosta as well as by Jindřich Košťálek and by Anastasia Iōannē Kōstaridu-Eukleidē.
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Truncation of search terms
Search terms are automatically truncated to the right which means that they are found as individual terms as well as at the beginning of a word.
With the search term
Author/Ed./Coll.: aust
you will find, amongst others, works written by Hugo Aust, Anders Austefjord, Diane J. Austin-Broos and Austen Clark, but no work written by Miriam Faust.
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Entering names
You do not have to enter the names of authors and/or editors in the conventional form "surname, forename".
With the search term
Author/Ed./Coll.: austin, j
you will get exactly the same results as with
Author/Ed./Coll.: austin j
or
Author/Ed./Coll.: j austin
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Operator "AND"
If you enter more than one search term into an input field they will automatically be connected with "AND".
With the search term
Title/Subtitle: translation
you will find about 6000 works with the word "translation" in their title, whereas you can narrow down the number of results to about 10 titles with the search term
Title/Subtitle: simultaneous translation
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With the search term
Author/Ed./Coll.: austin
you will find about 170 works by different authors/editors with the name Austin.
With the search term
Author/Ed./Coll.: john austin
you can narrow down the number of results to under 20 titles associated with John Austin.
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Searching for phrases
In order to find a phrase (search terms in one specific order and spelling), use quotation marks. The phrase is automatically truncated to the right which means that it can be found as an individual term as well as at the beginning of a phrase.
With the search term
Title/Subtitle: "cross-linguistic stud"
you will find works with the words "cross-linguistic study" as well as "cross-linguistic studies" in their title.
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Priority of Boolean Operators
During the Advanced Search "AND"- as well as "AND NOT"-links take priority over "OR"-links.
The search term
Subject terms/Classification: translation AND Title/Subtitle: spanish OR Subject terms/Classification: translation AND Title/Subtitle: italian
will deliver about 500 works dealing with translation whose titles contain either the word "spanish" or "italian".
On the other hand the ineffectual query
Subject terms/Classification: translation AND Title/Subtitle: spanish OR Title/Subtitle: italian
will deliver about 4700 titles. This enormous amount of results consists of all works dealing with translation whose titles contain the word "spanish" plus all listed works whose titles contain the word "italian", because the OR-operator is not restricted to subject terms and classification entries.
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Scope of your access
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If you have got any questions concerning the license, feel free to contact the address of the vendor given on the page Contact of BLLDB.
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