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7 Search |
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7.1 Different
levels and approaches: |
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| Library Master | Procite | EndNote | Reference Manager | Papyrus |
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| LM: 1 easy "jump to a record": type a string for an indexed field, on the short record list display; expert,
: assisted command driven (see 2); 2 command driven, assisted by buttons for fields and their contents, (not for operators apart from "="); syntax control; 3 (from indexed fields); 4; 5 Short Record List browsing is default window, database dependent: one record per line, can choose any field to display in columns. Quick Find/Jump to record: enter string based upon indexed fields. Sort on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar |
Pr: 1 easy browsing
indexes + direct "Quick Find" by typing string; expert: assisted command
driven (see 2); 2 command driven, assisted by buttons but syntax errors are possible; 3; 4; 5 Short Record List browsing is default window, database dependent: one record per line, can choose any field to display in up to six columns. Quick Find: enter string based upon sort key. Sort on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar |
En: 1 one query
by example template, with syntax control; 4; 5
Short Record List browsing is default window: one record per line; can handle up to five columns and use any field to display. Quickly move to record by directly entering a string belonging to a key of the first sort field (no windows is displayed). Sort (A/D) on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar. Cannot use term lists here to point to records |
RM: 1 Usually only expert; easy "Quick
retrieval" available in Term Manager; 2: command
driven, assisted by buttons; 3: no, lists are to pick up
terms for a query, not to index and display records at
once; 4; 5
Short Record list browsing is default window, not database dependent -and can apply to all lists: one record per line, can choose any field (up to 33); sort on any displayed field by clicking the column field bar. Quick retrieval lets select terms but only from Term Manager and launch <F12> a search (AND or OR) |
Papyrus: 1 easy browsing database;
expert: assisted command driven;
2; 3 quick find from journals, kw and names lists; 4; 5
Browsing mode depends on formats built-in or user defined; tabular -usually shorter- format is available |
7.2 Browsing indexes to search |
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| LM: 3
entry lists can be used in command driven searching to pick up terms to insert in a query expression or on the general short list to quickly spot entry related records |
Pr: 1; 2 n.a; 3 | En: n.a. | RM: n.a. (see above Term Manager) | Papyrus: 1; 2 (kw); [3 not a contextual display but a quick search] |
7.3 Query expressions |
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| LM: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, contents, previous queries, scope (subsets) | Pr: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, operators, terms, previous queries | En: assisted by template and buttons to select fields, operators, scope, (+ options: full word, case, use (quick)indexes, remote search); terms lists are available to pick-up terms from | RM: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, operators, terms, previous queries | Papyrus: assisted by command buttons to select: fields, operators, terms |
7.4 Natural language queries |
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| LM: no | Pr: no | En: no | RM: no | Papyrus: no |
7.5 Search
stragey |
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| LM: 1; 2 | Pr: 1; 2 only if = 1, i.e. explicitly saved and named; 3 yes, new expression can cumulate previous queries still fully editable | En: 1; 2 no, only if saved; 3 can search on result : refine within, add to, omit from | RM: 1; 2 (up to 10); 3 (recalled query becomes first expression: others can be added) | Papyrus: 1 if the resulting set of retrieved records -group- is saved, the originating query is saved as well: can be re-run and edited; 2; 3 (editable) |
7.6 Can save and recall search result |
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| LM: yes, stored in subsets | Pr: yes, stored in subsets (Groups) | En: no | RM: yes, stored in subsets (Reference Indexes) | Papyrus: yes, stored in subsets (Groups) |
7.7 Shows hits of each search expression component |
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| LM: no, only total records number | Pr: no, only total records number | En: no, only total records number | RM: total number of records also for each line of a multiline query (but not for its internal components nor for the last line) | Papyrus: no, only total records number |
7.8 Can print directly one or more records while in search/browse mode |
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| LM: yes | Pr: yes | En: yes | RM: yes | Papyrus: yes |
7.9 Refine (search in result) |
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| LM: yes | Pr: yes | En: yes | RM: yes | Papyrus: yes |
7.10 Advanced
search features |
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| LM: 2 | Pr: no | En: no | RM: no | Papyrus: 3
kw file allows links between entries, also records can be linked: search can be limited/expanded to selected/all types of links; number of levels for the same link can also be selected: up- down- posting (thesaurus-like) |
7.11 Input allowed while indexing |
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| LM: n.a. (real time) | Pr: n.a. (real time) | En: n.a. (real time) | RM: n.a. (real time) | Papyrus: n.a. (real time) |
7.12 Instant
display of retrieved records |
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| LM: 1 2 | Pr: 1 2 | En: 1 | RM 1 2 | Papyrus: 1 2 |
7.13 Highlighting search terms in result ( and * jump to next occurrence of term) |
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| LM: yes, in the record editable display (no * "jump") | Pr: no | En: no | RM: yes in the Output display --not in the Standard editable one, (no * "jump") | Papyrus: no |
7.14 Indexing
operation |
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| LM: 1 automatic when saving a record | Pr: 1 automatic when saving a record | En: 1 automatic when saving a record | RM: 1 automatic when saving a record | Papyrus: 1 automatic when saving a record |
7.15 Indexing
techniques |
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| LM: 1 2 3; indexing is ruled by the system, but user can choose a) whether to index a field or not for faster search; b) whether default search string is to be taken as whole or beginning of a field | Pr: indexing is ruled only by the system: 1 2 3 | En: indexing is ruled
only by the system: 1 2 3 One built-in quickfind index for authors, user can activate or exclude it. If on, left truncation is unavailable. User can create kw or "any field" quickfind indexes |
RM: 1 in non-indexed fields; 2 in non-indexed fields; 3 also more words inside the string (only indexed fields require truncation symbol) | Papyrus: 1 2 3 (any string is automatically made searchable, but proper indexing for user-defined fields is under user's control) |
7.16 Scope of
searching |
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| LM: 1 yes with field indicator (RT included); 3 | Pr: 1 yes with field indicator (RT included); 2 limited to three clusters; author, title, date; 3 yes, default | En: 1 RT included; 3 any field | RM: 1 (RT included); 2 (predefined: non-indexed fields, authors, titles) | Papyrus: 1 (RT included); 2; 3 ("general" but does not include either kw or journals) |
7.17 Case sensitiveness |
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| LM: yes (optional: if exact search command is selected) | Pr: no | En: yes if Case option is on | RM: no | Papyrus: no |
7.18 Diacritics |
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| LM: yes, (optional: if exact search command) | Pr:: no difference, "Göthe" = "Gothe" | En: difference : "libertà" cannot retrieve "liberta" | RM: no difference (can be used only in: Authors, kw, Titles, Notes) | Papyrus: no difference |
7.19 Can use and nest parentheses |
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| LM: yes | Pr: yes | En: yes; but to a limited extent and implicitly: according to its vertical priority, the up most query element is the first and inner most within the implicit search expression, e.g. A and B not C or D is equal to: (((A and B) not C) or D) = the whole first part result will be ored with D therefore it is different from: (A and B) not (C or D) which cannot do; neither can do: (A or B) and (C or D) | RM: yes; but to a limited extent and implicitly: according to its vertical priority, the up most query element is the first and inner most within the implicit search expression, e.g. A and B not C or D is equal to: (((A and B) not C) or D) = the whole first part result will be ored with D therefore it is different from: (A and B) not (C or D) which cannot do; neither can do: (A or B) and (C or D) | Papyrus: yes |
7.20 Priority within search operators and queries |
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| LM: standard : left to right; if AND operator is used, indexed fields come first; by using parentheses one can modify the order | Pr: set by using parentheses, the inner most comes first | En: vertically: first comes the upper most, cfr. previous 7.19 | RM: no explicit parentheses; vertically: first comes the highest, see above | Papyrus: set by using parentheses, the inner most comes first |
7.21 Boolean
operators |
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| LM: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 indirectly | Pr: 1 2 3 4, 5 indirectly | En: 1 2 3 (as "omit") 4, 5 indirectly (two steps: OR + omit ref. AND) | RM: 1 2 4 | Papyrus: 1 2 3 4, 5 indirectly |
7.22 Relational
operators |
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| LM: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for dates (or via: x > y and x < z), 8 | Pr: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for dates (or via: x > y and x < z), 8 | En: 1, 2 as "Omit showing references" option, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 | RM: 1, 3 for earlier than today's date in Reprint status=On request; 7 in dates and RefID (RN); | Papyrus: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 (by adding a backslash to the search string, e.g.: Author=Smith,P\ will not match "Smith, Paul") |
7.23 Can combine boolean and relational operators |
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| LM: yes | Pr: yes | En: yes | RM: yes, but only range | Papyrus: yes |
7.24 Truncated
search (with/without wildcard, e.g. ? *) |
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| LM: 1 yes explicit with wildcards (* or }); 2; 3; 4 | Pr: 1 yes (* ASCII 42) 2;
3; 4 : operator "contains" "contains" is like "=" equal, with implicit l/r truncation; whereas explicit l/r truncation ( *xxx*) is used with "=" e.g. AUTHOR contains ale, AUTHOR = *ale*, no: AUTHOR contains *ale*,) |
En: 1 implicit 2; 3 left unavailable when using (quick)indexes; 4 (see 3) | RM: r/l explicit in indexed fields (only indexed fields require truncation symbol); r/l implicit in non indexed fields (non-indexed fields will take * as a real character, reverting to \*) | Papyrus: 1 explicit; 2; 3; 4 |
7.25 Can search by position: b/e field and/or occurrence |
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| LM: yes beginning of field | Pr: yes BEGINS WITH field or occurrence (names and kw), implicit right truncation: "D'Alema", AUTHOR BEGINS WITH "D'Alem" ok; not: AUTHOR BEGINS WITH "D'Alem*"); same for field ends with |
En: no | RM: no | Papyrus: no |
7.26 Search for not/empty fields |
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| LM: yes both and also if a field is present just as an element of a RT structure |
Pr: yes (dedicated operators: EMPTY, NOT EMPTY) | En: yes,
empty: "field" is [blank]; |
RM: "yes", only in indexed fields: look for records (RefID range) then exclude (NOT) or include (AND) any character * | Papyrus: yes |
7.27 Internal wildcards ("masking" e.g. ? * : m*ss, for miss mass mess mistress ..) |
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| LM: no | Pr: no | En:no | RM: no | Papyrus: yes * for any character |
7.28 Can combine boolean, relational, parentheses, truncation etc. |
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| LM: yes | Pr: yes | En: yes | RM: yes | Papyrus: yes |
7.29 Adjacency and proximity operators |
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| LM: no operators (but xxx yyy zzz is adjacency without delimiters) | Pr: no, but "xxx yyy zzz" is adjacency (with " " delimiters) | En: no, but xxx yyy is adjacency (without delimiters) | RM: no proximity , but xxx yyy zzz is adjacency (without delimiters) | Papyrus: no, but xxx yyy is adjacency (without delimiters) |
7.30 Search only within the same occurrence of a repeatable field |
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| LM: no | Pr: no | En: no | RM: no | Papyrus: no |
7.31 Search only within the same paragraph |
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| LM: no | Pr: no | En: no | RM: no | Papyrus: no |
7.32 Stopwords |
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| LM: yes, leading words can be excluded from searching in any field (as wells as for sorting purposes) | Pr: no (only for sorting purposes) | En: no (only for sorting purposes) | RM: no | Papyrus: yes, system-controlled; but user can decide how many characters make up a "word" |
7.33 Z39.50 Searching |
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| LM: no
the specialized BookWhere?® package can be obtained at a special price through Balboa Software and offers direct export to LM format |
Pr: yes,
embedds previous "companion" BookWhere?® package; use special -simplified and limited- search interface (e.g.:
cannot use parentheses, see above 7.19: (A or B) and (C or D) will not be possible);
can search different databases simultaneously;
automatically converts and saves result in db, separate folder; can save search expressions;
can modify or add new hosts and configure; can configure conversion filters which are separate individual files, but one single file for all the different hosts configuration and properties; |
En: yes
embedded proprietary software; use same interface as normal
searching function; cannot search different databases
simultaneously; can save result in db without conversion; can batch import downloaded file;
can modify or add new hosts and configure; can configure conversion filters; host configuration, connection properties and filters are individual files; |
RM: yes,
embedds BookWhere?® package; use same
interface as normal searching function; can search
different databases simultaneously; automatically converts and saves result in db, separate folder; can modify or add new hosts and configure hosts and filters which are individual files, but one single file for all the different hosts configuration and properties |
Papyrus: no |
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| Multiple choice when choice is multiple (e.g. 1. 2. 3. etc.) number means "yes", its absence means "no: lack of the feature", unless a note states otherwise | Commands menus are indicated between double quotes, specific commands within menus or selection panels are introduced by an arrow, e.g. "Edit" -> Show clipboard, means: "open the Edit menu and select Show clipboard" |
| A/D = ascending / descending sort order | b/e = beginning / end of field or record |
| CDF=Comma Delimited File format | db = database; dbn = database name |
| fn.XXX = filename + name extension | FL = formatting language, i.e.: set of commands to define output styles |
| n: many, undefinite quantity | kw = keyword |
| l/r = left/right | n.a. = not applicable |
| RefID = record, or reference, identifier | RN = record number |
| RT = reference, or document, or record type | sw = software |
| wp = word processor | x-refs = cross reference (e.g.: see, see also...) |
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