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Folio Views® Search Engine
Folio Views® is a high-performance, information retrieval software tool designed for professionals who rely on immediate
access to information to make decisions.
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General
search engine overview |
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How
to execute a search |
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How to use
the table of contents view |
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How
to display search words in context |
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How to use
the full-text document view |
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How
to use shadow files to customize research |
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“Carefully
researched and accurate...A practical instrument for research...I
found virtually nothing to criticize about the programme.”
--Mind
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General
search engine overview
[Click here for a recorded demonstration]
A runtime version of the search and retrieval software Folio VIEWS® is
included with every CD purchase.
Folio VIEWS supports full hypertext functionality, phrase, proximity, and Boolean
searches. Typical Boolean searches take less than five seconds and find every record
(paragraph, footnote, variant reading, etc.) that contains the search terms. The search
terms are highlighted in the text.
Each record has a unique reference line which cites author, book, volume, chapter, and
page number information. Thus the user always knows exactly where the relevant text is
located in the print edition. Searches can be limited to single or multiple texts, as well
as logical groups of text such as footnotes, primary text, analysis, etc. Search results
may be easily printed or exported to any word processor in generic format.
“...considering the cost of
academic books, these databases are quite inexpensive.”
--New Media Canada
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How
to execute a search
[Click here for a recorded demonstration] A search is executed by clicking on the "Query" button, typing
the search terms, checking the results map, and then clicking the "OK" button.
As the search term words are typed an alphabetized list of all unique words in the
database appears in a window at the left side of the screen. Any number of databases may
be open at the same time and by clicking on the "Apply To All" button, the
search will be executed on all open databases.
The search may consist of any Boolean combination of words, phrases, or words within a
certain proximity of eachother. In this example, the words natural and law
have been selected. The Boolean map shows that 2854 records contain the word natural,
2378 records contain the word law, and 394 records contain both natural
and law.
Next, in order to determine the relevancy of these "hits," the user clicks on
the "OK" button to view the results in the "Table of Contents" view.
“Its
potential as a timesaver is tremendous: for finding half-remembered
quotations, for investigating the author's use of key terms, for
tracking down quotations in commentators who may not be using the
same edition as you are...”
--Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
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How to use
the table of contents view
The user may quickly identify the location of hits. The image below shows
the results of the search term natural law when applied to the British
Philosophy 1600-1900 database and indicates that 394 records contain both the words natural
and law. In this case, the table of contents has been expanded to display the
number of records (394) containing both the words natural and law, that
of those 394, 144 records are in the works of Thomas Hobbes; of those 144, 56 are in De
Cive, 22 in The Elements of Law, and 38 in Leviathan, etc. Every
heading is a hypertext link to the corresponding full text view. Clicking on De Cive
takes you directly to the beginning of that text. Then clicking on the Next button takes
you to the first hit in De Cive.
A "+" next to an entry indicates that another level, i.e. chapter, may be opened
in the contents view by clicking on the "+". A "-" indicates that
there are no further subheadings to expand.
“InteLex has been scrupulous in checking its
databases...”
--Choice Magazine
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How
to display search words in context
Words in context may be displayed in the contents window. The screen below
is taken from the same search. Note that the headings have been further expanded to
display Parts and Chapters. Of the 56 records with hits in De Cive, 1 record in
the Dedication contains 4 instances of the word natural and 3 instances of the
word law.
You may click on any line in this window to hypertext link to the corresponding Document
View or full-text display in the database. In Chapter 2 of the Part on Liberty we see the
phrase natural law, which we can explore further by clicking anywhere on the line
of text. In the next section we will see how the full-text view of this record looks.
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How to use
the full-text document view
A typical screen from the British Philosophy: 1600-1900 database
appears below. This screen has been reached by clicking on a heading or words in context
from the Table of Contents. The cursor is located in the Part on Liberty, Chapter 2 of
Hobbes' De Cive.
Every paragraph and footnote has its own unique reference line which gives the page number
on which the record begins. The paragraph displayed begins on page 14 in the McPherson
Penguin edition, and on page 51 in the Molesworth edition.
Footnotes and variant readings are hypertext linked. Simply double click on the link to
display the relevant text.
“A superb research tool....”
--RQ
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How
to use shadow files to customize research
Both the Windows and the Macintosh versions of the software offer the
additional capability of creating customized user “shadow” files, which may be
saved on floppy diskette. The shadow file preserves bookmarks, highlighted text, and notes
without corrupting the underlying database. These features may be applied to any and all
records in the database and reapplied by the individual at a later date by simply opening
the shadow file from the diskette.
“Past
Masters CD-ROMs show how useful new technology can be for scholars
in the humanities”
--New Media Canada
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