Finding information is easy and represents the real virtue of the tool. The powerful Folio VIEWS® search engine can quickly find every word or phrase in the collection. Also, any Boolean combination can be searched with immediate results.

As you type the word to be searched, an alphabetized list of every word in the database keeps pace with you. The list displays the six words before and after your search term, and adjusts as you add more letters. This allows you to see whether there are variations on your search term while you type. Also displayed as you type are the number of records (paragraphs and footnotes) that contain the word you have typed.

For example, type in "cave and plato" and see that there are 137 records that contain "cave," 4312 records that contain "Plato," and 39 which contain both. Other forms of Plato include plato's, platon, platón, etc. Click "OK" and the full text of the first occurrence of the term is displayed.

You will know immediately if you have misspelled a word, or if it does not appear in the collection, because it will not show up on the list. The word list is also an excellent reference tool since it displays the variant spellings of every word in the collection.

Your searches can be as simple as a word or two, or you can combine more powerful tools to widen or narrow your results.

Click on the "Next" button to see the second and subsequent records containing both words in the search. "Previous" takes you back to the prior record.

You may also use the table of contents view to help establish the relevance of search results. The number of records which satisfy the search are displayed next to the respective headings in which they occur.

In this case, one of the 39 paragraphs which contain both "cave" and "plato" occurs in Volume 30, in the Articles section, in the article by H.S. Thayer. Clicking on the article title takes you to the full text display of the article as shown above.