[bksvol-discuss] Re: yikes on the new search

  • From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:41:13 -0500

As a matter of fact, I tried out the full text search last night and I entered a phrase and got a couple thousand results. I then placed the phrase in quotes and got a little over 500 results. I haven't had much time to experiment with it further.



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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:03 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: yikes on the new search


Hi all,

Um, folks, are you putting your search string in quotes? This may be where your problem lies. When using a search field, if you place what you are looking for in quotes, yes plain old quotes, e.g. "Catherine Coulter" (sp) you will get only those things where the exact string is found. If you put "Gallow" in quotes, it will search for "Gallow" and no other variants. Try that method and I think you'll be much, much happier with the search feature.

Hint, hint, this works for any search field from Google to Overdrive. Happy searching.

Ann P.

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