Contents
Contents
How This Search Engine Works:
Index of Authors:
Search Engine Capacity:
Entering Text:
The Author Field:
The Coauthor(s) Field:
The Title Field:
The Annotation Field:
The 'All Entries Mentioning' Field:
The Misc. Publication Data Field:
The Year(s) published Field:
The author's last name starts with... Field:
The search engine allows you to search for entries by author, by coauthor, by title, by subject, by year published, or by publisher's name or location. Also, you can search the annotations, or the entire entry, for a word or phrase you specify; and you can search alphabetically by the first letter of the author's last name.
All of these criteria can be used singly, or in combination. For example, if you type "anscombe" in the author field, all entries authored by her will be returned. If you type "anscombe" in the author field and also use the pull-down menu to set the subject menu to ETHICS, then all entries by Anscombe on the subject of ethics will be returned. If you also enter "aristotle" in the 'All entries mentioning' field, the entries returned will be those by Anscombe on ethics in which Aristotle is mentioned. And if you also specify in the 'Year(s) published' field that you want works published between 1950 and 1970, then the entries returned will by those by Anscombe on ethics mentioning Aristotle and published in that range of years.
If you are searching for articles, but not other publications, you can click on the designated checkbox and only entries on articles will be returned.
Returned entries are sorted alphabetically by the authors' last names. Under a single author, books and monographs are listed first, arranged by date of publication, then articles (also by date of publication). If it is more convenient, you can specify that all returned entries by sorted chronologically by clicking on the designated checkbox.
If you are looking for works by a particular author, using our Index of Authors is sometimes the easiest way to find them. This is a list of all the authors whose work is referenced in this bibliography, and clicking on an author's name will return the entries we have on her publications.
The search engine will return up to 2500 entries matching the criteria you provide. A maximum of 75 entries will be returned when a search is started. If more than that amount of entries have been found, the entries will be alphabetized by author, the first 75 of them will be returned, and a button will be provided at the end of the returned page for the next 75 entries. Up to 2500 entries found can be obtained in this way by clicking your way through them 75-entry batch by 75-entry batch. If more than 2500 entries match your criteria you will receive a response from the search engine telling you that and suggesting that you narrow your criteria.
When entering text as search criteria, here are some things to bear in mind:
Do not enter more than one person's name in this field. If you want to enter one or more coauthors (not usually necessary), use the Coauthor(s) field for that. The author's last name alone, or even just the first few letters of the last name, will usually be enough. This is particularly advisable if you are not sure how she spells her name or if you think we may have a spelling error in our entries.
This field is best used when searching for entries coauthored by a women with a long publication record. Entering her last name in the author field, and the coauthor's last name here will return just the entries wanted.
As a rule, the best way to use this field is to type in only as much of the title as is likely to distinguish it from other works. If you enter the entire title and no entries are found, try entering just some of the words: this minimizes the possibility of typos, or spelling errors fouling up your search.
Entering text in this Field will return entries whose annotations contain the words you entered. As of this date (July, 1997) we do not have many annotations, so this field is of limited use.
Entering text in this field will return entries containing the words you enter anywhere in their contents. This is useful if you want to search for works pertaining to subjects not listed in the 'Subject' field. For example, entering 'Kant' will return all entries in which Kant is mentioned in the title, or in the annotation, or anywhere else. Or you can combine text here with a selection in the 'Subject' field: entering 'aristotle' here and selecting 'LOGIC' in the Subject field would return entries pertaining to Aristotle's work on Logic.
This field is occasionally useful if you know something about the publishing history of the work (other than the date -- for which, see below). For example, entering 'Chicago' here would return all entries published in Chicago. Also, if you are looking for entries on theses or dissertations you can obtain them by writing "thesis" in this field.
This field is useful for a number of purposes. If, for example, you are looking for 19th century ethics, you can click the 'between' button here and enter '1800' and '1899' in the spaces provided, and select ETHICS in the subject menu. Also, if you just want to browse the bibliography chronologically, you can do that using this field.
The main purpose of this field is to enable you to browse alphabetically through the bibliography. However, it can also be useful if you are using a very general criterion and need to narrow your search in order to return under 2500 entries.