Librarians' Index to the Internet - Search Directory
Specific "Quick Search Tips" for the Librarians' Index to the Internet Search Directory.
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General
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The Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) is a searchable, annotated
subject directory of more than 8,200 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians
for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians
and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet
resources.
Start by searching on just one or two terms, or a phrase (use quotes)
. If this retrieves too much, sort the results by clicking on the "Results by
Subject" link; narrow your search by adding more search terms; or re-do the search
after selecting the "No Stemming" option.
All search terms must be found in the LII entry to be displayed.
Search words are split on most punctuation characters (e.g., periods, dashes, slashes)
. So if you enter travel.org
, you are actually searching for travel AND org
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Commas in the middle of words are not removed. To search for a million of something
you might try: 1000000 or 1,000,000 or million
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Case Sensitive
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No.
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Phrase searching
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Enclose the phrase in quotation marks " ", e.g. "like this
phrase"
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To require
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No.
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To exclude
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Use NOT.
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Boolean logic
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AND: default, assumed between words.
OR: use an OR between words.
NOT: use NOT to eliminate words.
You can use parenthesis (). Note: There is no limit to the level of nesting.
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Stemming
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Stems automatically most common plural and singular forms of words. To turn
off stemming, click on the "No Stemming" checkbox.
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Wildcards
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Use the asterisk * to replace multiple characters at the end of the term.
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Sub-searching
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No.
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Field searching
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You can simply select the field (see Search by).
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"Search by" selection
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LII records are divided into fields. Start your search with "All
fields" selected.
All fields: Searches words in the title, description, and subject fields of
the LII record.
Subjects: Searches words in the record's subject field. An LII record
may have a number of different subjects assigned to it. Note: You can also browse
the "list of ALL subject terms" used.
Titles: Searches words in the record's title field.
Descriptions: Searches words in the record's description field.
Links: Searches URLs in the title and description fields. Since words are
split on punctuation characters, you can search links for just part of a URL.
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