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- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:44:24 -0500
Hi all,
Interesting search experiment. When you search, you get a page of
results and often those results are legeon. I discovered a handy-dandy
thing just now. Just above where the results start is a little section
headed 'modify your results'. In there are three or four combo boxes
which are, it happens, kinda important. These here combo boxes help
you narrow down your results. Here's what happened to me.
I went searching for "Tolkien, J.R.R." And I got a hundred and thirty
one results including all the books by Tolkien plus others. So, I went
to the little combo box above all those results, just on account of it
said, modify your search. In the author combo box whose default says
something like 'most relevant authors', I opened up the little darling,
and one of the choices was 'Tolkien, J.R.R.' I chose that and pressed
the spacebar on the 'go' button. Well if I wasn't totally surprised.
I got ten results, just ten. All books by Tolkien.
My advice to them's is dissatisfied with the new search to experiment a
mite. Don't give up. You'll find what you need. Be patient. This am
a learnin' curve folks, and there's no tutorial, yet. <sigh> "Hoy,
hoy, ou embliere hrair", I'm gonna be writing curriculum for the rest
of my life! If I do write something, maybe it ought to go on the web
site under how to use the search tool? Whatcha think?
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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