If you use the Bookshare advanced search you have the ability to limit your search to certain categories. Don't forget to look at the sort order feature and other ways to refine your search. Unfortunately the categories you can choose from are rather limited. If they do not address the subject you are interested in it may be necessary to enter key words into the search field and experiment around to see what you get. Or, you might want to search another site where the categories more closely correspond to what you are looking for and then come back to Bookshare and search for the specific titles you found.
_ _ _"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least." - Eugene V. Debs
The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html----- Original Message ----- From: "John Diakogeorgiou" <jdiakogeorgiou@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 11:56 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book share's search feature
True but what about by subject? -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran BaileySent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 11:54 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book share's search featureWhen you search for a particular author you get a list of books in which thewords in the author's name appear in their text anywhere. If you search forthe author's name in quotation marks you will get a list of books in whichthe author's name appears anywhere in the text in that exact order of words.In either case, just before the list of results you will have options torefine your search. One of those options is most relevant authors in a combobox. Click on that combo box and select the name of the author you arelooking for and then the list of books returned should be only books by theauthor you are looking for. _ _ _ "Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least." - Eugene V. Debs The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy B." <sonfire11@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:30 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book share's search feature No. From what I understand, this behavior is intended. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John DiakogeorgiouSent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 9:59 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] book share's search featureAre the staff doing anything to make the search feature of Bookshare usable.For example when I search for a specific author it shouldn't come up with 1500 books. I should be able to search by type of book as well. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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