How do I use the Search option?

The search engine enables you to conduct a comprehensive search on the entire catalogue and dictionary.

Procedure:

1. Key in the search keyword or phrase in the ‘Search’ textbox.
2. Select the radio button to search all topics or to search dictionary and then click on Go. If you are particular about the topic, go to Advanced Search.
3. The ‘search all topics’ results will display the
   1. List of category/ies
   2. Number of articles in which the search word/phrase has been located.
   3. Title
   4. Book
   5. Author
   6. The page numbers containing the word
   7. A few lines from those pages
   8. Few/more hits link
   9. Related articles link is displayed
4. Click on any of the Article links ie Title or the Sample Preview button to view the articles.
5. Click on Add to Cart to purchase the article.
6. To view more results in the same article click on More hits in this article
7. To view any related articles click on the link in front of “Related Articles”.
8. The ‘dictionary search’ will display only the meaning of the word.

How do I use the Advanced Search option?

The advanced search engine enables you to conduct a comprehensive, focused search on the entire catalogue with highly relevant results.

Procedure:

1. Click on Advanced Search.
2. Key in the search keyword or phrase in the ‘Search’ textbox.
3. Choose an option from the ‘Search Operation’ drop-down box; this will determine the modus operandi of the search operation.
   Or: If the search text contains a phrase i.e. more than one word, the search engine will split it and search for lines containing each word separately.
   And: If the search text contains a phrase i.e. more than one word, the search will split it and search for lines containing all the words in the phrase
4. Check the ‘Stemming’ check box if you want Search to truncate the suffix or the last two or three characters of the word and look for all possible related words.
   E.g. If the search text is “communicate”, it will look for “communicate, communicates, communicated, communication, communications, communicator” etc.
5. Select the radio button to search all topics or to search any particular topics. If you are particular about the topic, select the checkboxes suiting your requirement from the list of categories of books.
6. If you would like to define the number of search results to be displayed per page, select an option from the ‘Display Results’ pane and click on Search.
7. The search results will display
   1. List of category/ies
   2. Number of articles in which the search word/phrase has been located.
   3. Title
   4. Book
   5. Author
   6. The page numbers containing the word
   7. A few lines from those pages
   8. Related articles link is displayed.
8. The list of category/ies and number of articles in which the search word/phrase has been located. The Title, Book, Author, a few lines from the articles and related articles link is displayed.
9. Click on any of the Article links i.e. Title or the Sample Preview button to view the articles.
10. Click on Add to Cart to purchase the article.
11. To view any related articles click on the link in front of “Related Articles”.

What is Stemming?

Stemming is the reducing of words to their root. Stemming uses the faculties of truncation to strip a word down to its root and then searches for relevant variations of the root. In other words, stemming allows you to search for all the linguistic variants of a word, based on a common stem.

For example: If the search text is communicate, it will look for communicate, communicates, communicated, communication, communications, communicator etc.

What is Dictionary Search?

The search engine enables you to conduct a comprehensive search on the dictionary too.

Procedure:

1. Key in the search keyword or phrase in the ‘Search’ textbox.
2. Select the radio button to search dictionary and then click on Go.
3. The ‘dictionary search’ will display only the meaning of the word.

What is the difference between advance and simple search?

When you search for eBooks on the basis of a combination of keywords, the advanced search uses advanced search filters like stemming, category, etc. that facilitate focused and instant accessibility to the desired content.