Example SWISHesi Search Form | SWISHesi |
Simple Searching
To search the database you must submit a QUERY consisting of one or more keywords and implied or explicit boolean operators.
The indexed/boolean search engine allows a client to query an index for keywords (case-insensitive) and return a menu of documents or sections in the database which contain them. The use of both text keywords and boolean operators allows clients to tailor searches to their individual needs.
Search Expressions
Searches may use AND, OR, NOT boolean connectors (a space between keywords is treated as AND). Multiple ANDs, ORs and NOTs can be given. Upper and lower case are ignored (case-insensitive). Keywords may be truncated with an '*' as the last character of the root-word.
as in:
SUPREME COURT both supreme and court SUPREME AND COURT both supreme and court LAW OR LEGAL either law or legal CONSTIT* any word beginning with 'constit' COURT NOT SUPREME all entries with 'court' but excluding any with 'supreme'
You can give boolean expressions with parenthesized sub-expressions as in:
SUPREME AND (COURT OR BURRITO)
which will match article names that contain 'supreme' and 'court' or articles
that have names that contain 'supreme' and 'burrito'. When in doubt about
order of evaluation, parenthesize the expression.
Index created using SWISH-E
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/SWISH-E/
SWISHesi CGI index interface
http://wasd.vsm.com.au/wasd/