Overview
Quick start
Selecting
Your Business Advantage
Using Easy Search
Doing a
Topic Search
Using Advanced Search
Reviewing search
results
Refining search results
Linking
to related articles
Displaying a page
without margin links (Hide Links)
Viewing
a list of companies
Viewing
a company directory record
Viewing
an SIC description record
Viewing
an Investext company or industry report
Combining terms
with AND, OR, and NOT
Using wildcards *,
?, and !
Using
proximity operators WITHIN and NEAR
Using a Charge
Code
Printing
and Saving
Searching
More Than One Product at a Time
Troubleshooting
Helpful Hints
Product
Specific Help
Business InSite
Help
Market InSite Help
Newsletter InSite
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Computer InSite
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Health &
Wellness InSite Help
Consumer InSite
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Company InSite Help
Overview
The structure and functionality of each InSite
product is essentially the same. Each offers access,
via Easy Search and Advanced Search, to a vast
collection of information. Once you locate
information about a topic of interest, there are
links provided to related information. While
InSite is designed to be very easy to use and require
virtually no training, the information provided in
this Help section is intended to help you maximize
your searching experience. If you would like
assistance beyond what you find in Help, please
contact Customer Support.
Note: In help you will see
numerous examples to illustrate how the products
work. These examples are not specific to the
content of a given product so don't be surprised
to see topics beyond the realm of the subject
coverage of the product you are searching.
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Quick start
If you're in a hurry to get started with InSite,
here's all you need to begin. Take these steps to
find articles of interest to you:
Step 1. Select one or more InSite products and
click the Continue button.
Step 2. Type a word or phrase. Examples:
banking industry
Microsoft
initial public offering
nonprescription drugs and marketing
internet service providers
internet and authoring tools
AS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Disease
Tip: For Keyword and Words Anywhere
searches (see below),
you can combine search words with the connectors AND, OR, and NOT. You can
use * and other wildcards
in any type of search.
Step 2. Choose a search option.
- Choose Keyword to get a list of
articles in reverse chronological order.
- Choose Words Anywhere to get a more
extensive list of articles, also in reverse
chronological order.
- Choose Topic to browse a list of
topics related to the word or phrase you
entered. Note: Topic search is only available
when searching a single product at a time.
Step 3. Click the Search button.
When results appear, just point and click to
browse through the article titles or subject topics,
then click any linked article title or subject topic
to see the article. Tip: When viewing an
article, the links on the left-hand side can lead you
to related stories.
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Selecting
Your Business Advantage
On the Select Your Business Advantage page, you
select one or more products to search, choose a
search method, and click the Continue button
to proceed to either Easy Search or Advanced Search.
Each product is oriented toward providing
solutions to business questions. For information
outlining the subject coverage of each product, the
number and types of sources covered, the update
frequency and more, click on the Product Descriptions
icon and select the product of interest to you.
Here's how to use the Select Your Business
Advantage page, step by step:
Step 1. Choose the products
InSite allows you to search one or more
products at a time. The products you subscribe to
have a check box next to them. Those you do not
subscribe to are greyed-out. Note: Company InSite is
available free of charge to all subscribers, but it
may not be searched in combination with any other
products.
Step 2. Choose a search method
After selecting one or more products, choose a
search method to specify how you want to search.
There are two search methods available.
- Choose Easy Search
to find articles matching a word or phrase.
Easy Search is the default search method.
- Choose Advanced Search
if you would like to have all the searchable
fields laid-out for you. Advanced Search
provides a form showing all the fields for a
given product. The form displayed when more
than one product has been selected shows
only those fields most commonly searched in a
cross-product search.
Step 3. Initiate your search session
Click the Continue button to
initiate your search session and display the
appropriate search page.
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Using Easy Search
After you select one or more products from the
"Select Your Business Advantage" page and
choose Easy Search, you see the Easy Search form.
Near the top of the form are the names of the
products you have selected, the date the products
were last updated, and the Charge
Code currently set for the search.
Here's how to use Easy Search, step by step:
Step 1. Type a word or phrase
Tell InSite what you want to find by typing a word
or phrase of interest. Examples:
banking industry
Microsoft
initial public offering
nonprescription drugs and marketing
internet service providers
internet and authoring tools
AS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Disease
Some points to keep in mind:
- Capitalization doesn't matter.
- Small words like "of", "
a", and "this" are ignored.
- In Keyword and Words Anywhere searches (see below), search
terms can be joined with the connectors AND, OR, and NOT.
(These connectors are not intended for use in
Topic searches.)
- Search terms can include the wildcards *, ?, and !
- Punctuation other than wildcards and
parentheses should not be used.
If you want to erase your entry and start again,
click the Clear button.
Step 2. Choose a search option
After typing a search term, you tell InSite how to
search. You have three choices.
- Choose Keyword
to get a list of articles that precisely
match your search word or phrase. Search
results are sorted in reverse chronological
order. This method searches keywords assigned
by Gale Group editors, as well as words in the title
and summary.
- Choose Words Anywhere to get a more
extensive list of articles which are also
sorted in reverse chronological order. This
method searches all parts of an article:
keywords assigned by Gale Group editors,
bibliographic information such as the title
and author, the summary, and the full text of
the article.
- Choose Topic to browse a list of
topics that are closely related to your word
or phrase. Note: Topic search is only
available when searching a single product at
a time. For more details, see "doing a topic
search".
Step 3. Click the Search button...
...and your results appear. Now you are ready to review the results.
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Doing a Topic
Search
Topic search is one of the three search options
available in Easy Search. Topic search yields a
browsable list of terms that includes
subject-oriented topics, related subjects, company
names, see references, and links to company directory
records and industry descriptions. Any term that
appears as a link can be clicked on to display a list
of article titles related to the term. Please note
these features:
- Terms are listed in alphabetical order
- To the left of each term is a number
indicating the total number of articles
available for that term.
- Sub-topics, related subjects, and see
references appear indented under an index
term.
- The words "Company Directory
Record" next to a company name link to
directory information for that company. If
these words do not appear next to a company
name, then the link leads to articles about
the company.
- The words "Industry Description"
next to a term link to an SIC description
record which describes the SIC category that
term is included in.
Note: topic search is not available in Newsletter
InSite or Company InSite because these products do
not have any indexing terms. Additionally, topic
search is not available when searching more than one
product at a time because the list of topics differ
by product.
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Using Advanced Search
After you select one or more products and choose
Advanced Search or after clicking the Advanced Search
button, you are presented with a form with a
collection of fields laid-out. When searching more
than one product, the form shows only those fields
most commonly searched in a cross-product search.
Near the top of the field form are the names of
the selected products, the date the products were
last updated, and the Charge
Code currently set for the search.
Here's how to use Advanced Search, step by step:
Step 1: Complete the search fields
Enter information in one or more of the available
fields. All the article-based products have the
following fields in common:
Words Anywhere: Type a word
or phrase. Words Anywhere searches indexed
fields assigned by Gale Group editors, bibliographic
information such as the title and author, the
summary, and the full text of the document.
Words Anywhere does not search the
publication name field.
Words in Title: Type all or
part of an article's title.
Publication Name: Type in
the name of the publication of interest or
alternatively, use the link in the field to
see a list of valid publication names. Copy a
name from the list and then paste it into the
field. Note: The publication
lists only include titles being actively
indexed at Gale Group. Titles no longer being
indexed remain in the product, but are not
reflected in the publication lists. Tip:
To search a publication name that
contains a stopword
or punctuation, enclose the name in
quotations (e.g. to search the publication In
Vivo type "In Vivo"
in the publication name field or to search
the publication C/C++ Users Journal
type "C/C++ Users Journal").
Publication Date: Use the
radio buttons to select From,
To, or Equal To
a date. Enter dates in MMDDYYYY format (e.g.
05311997 for May 31, 1997). For more details on
how to search publication dates, see Publication Date Search
Guidelines.
For additional information on fields for a
particular product, see Product Specific Help
and select the desired product.
Some points to keep in mind:
- The relationship between fields is AND.
Entering terms in two or more fields requires
that each field have its respective term in
order to yield results.
- Within a field, search terms can be joined
with the connectors AND,
OR, and NOT.
- Capitalization does not matter.
- Small words like "of",
"a", and "this" are
ignored.
- Terms can include the wildcards *, ?, and !
- Punctuation other than wildcards and
parentheses should not be used.
- To select more than one item from a drop-down
list when using a PC, hold your control key
down and click the items of interest. To
de-select an item, hold your control key down
and click the item to be de-selected. On a
Mac, use the command button.
- The advanced search form that is presented
when searching more than one product has some
fields that are only in selected products.
These fields are noted by an asterisk (*).
Results will be limited to articles from
products with the selected field(s).
If you would like to erase the entire form, simply
click the Clear button.
Step 2. Submit the search
After making entries in one or more fields, click
the Search button to display a list of article titles
matching your search criteria.
Note: To return to the
Advanced Search page with your previous search
still visible, click your browser's Back
button. If you click the Advanced Search
button, a blank search page will display.
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Reviewing search
results
Navigating topics and articles
Keyword and Words Anywhere searches bring you a
list of article titles. Topic Search brings you a
list of topics that you can click open to see article
titles.
Note: The list of topics or article
titles may be more than one page long. Use the
Page Up and Page Down buttons to move from page
to page.
On the article titles page, note these features:
- Article titles are in reverse chronological
order.
- Near the top of the page is a total count of
the articles. If there are too many, you may
want to use the Refine
Search.
- You can specify what item number to display
by entering an item number in the box next to
start from item #.
- You can change the number of items that
display on the page by selecting an
alternative number from the drop down list
next to items per page. The default
is 20 items per page. The other options are
10, 50, and 100.
- Small document icons are displayed to the
left of the titles.
- The 
icon indicates a full text
article.
- The 
icon indicates a summary.
- The 
icon indicates an article
with an electronic image.
To view a single article, simply click the article
title.
Note: When conducting a search in more than one
product, your search results may contain duplicate
records.
Viewing multiple articles at once
To view several articles at once, select the
articles you want by clicking the check box to the
left of the article title, and then click the View
Checked Items button. The next page to
appear will be the articles
you have selected.
Refining search results
If a search returns too many articles, you can use
Refine Search to select a subset of the results.
Click the refine search button, then enter additional
terms in one or more of these fields:
- Words Anywhere
- Keyword
- Words in Title
- Publication Name
- Publication Date
Note: you can also refine your
search results by limiting retrieval to full text
records only.
Linking
to Related Articles
An article of interest can quickly lead you to
similar articles or other related information -- all
you have to do is click the margin links displayed on
the left side of the article.
There are three types of margin links on an
article page:
- Directory Records of Companies in
this Article - Links to a record
showing directory information for the company
discussed in the article. You will see a page
with summary information first. Click on the
company name to see the full directory
record. Note: not every company discussed has
a corresponding company directory record.
- Related article links -
these links represent terms assigned by Gale Group's
editors. If you click a link with a bullet
next to it, you will get articles with the
same topic and sub-topic term. Examples of
sub-topics you may find are Mergers and
Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Market
Share. If you click a link without a bullet,
you will get articles with the same term,
whether it be a company name, trade name,
product category, business topic, or
geographic location. Note: the related
article links vary depending on the product
you are searching and the terms assigned to a
given article. To identify what margin links
a particular product has, see Product Specific Help.
- Publication Information -
Links to information about the publication
the article is from. Includes publisher name,
publication description and frequency, number
of issues per year, subscription price,
subscription address and contact information,
publication audience and format, and the
industry covered by the publication. To get
more information about the publisher, click
the publisher's name. To return to the
article you were viewing, click your
browser's Back button until
the article displays.
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Displaying a Page
Without Margin Links (Hide Links)
To display an article, company
directory record or SIC description record without
margin links, click the Hide Links button at the top
left of the page. The page will refresh without any
margin links. To print or save the document, follow
the directions for printing and saving.
To see the margin links again, click on the Show
Links button at the bottom left of the page or click
your browser's back button.
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Viewing
a List of Companies
A Company List page displays company names that
you can click to view a directory record for that
company. The list includes company name, location,
sales revenue, and primary SIC code for each company.
Any information not available displays
"N/A" in the list. The default sort order
is largest company to smallest in terms of revenue.
Navigating the list
To view a Company List:
- Use the scroll bar at the right of the page
to move through the page.
- Click the Page Up button to
display the previous page of results. This
button is inactive if this is the first page.
- Click the Page Down button
to display the next page of results. This
button is inactive if this is the last page.
- You can specify what item number to display
by entering an item number in the box next to
start from item #.
- You can change the number of items that
display on the page by selecting an
alternative number from the drop down list
next to items per page. The default
is 20 items per page. The other options are
10, 50, and 100.
Refining the results
If a search yields too many companies, click the Refine
Search button to refine your results. On the
Refine Search page, enter terms in one or more fields
and click the Search button. The
additional term(s) you enter and your previous search
criteria are joined with AND.
Linking to a Company Directory Record
To view the company directory record for a listed
company, simply click the company name.
Viewing Multiple Directory Records at Once
To view several company directory records at once,
select the directory records you want by clicking the
check box to the left of the company name, and then
click the View Checked Items button.
A page displaying the directory
records you have selected appears.
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Viewing
a Company Directory Record
Company directory records contain general
background information about a company such as
contact information, annual revenue, number of
employees, description of business, parent
information, year founded, and company officers.
Selected companies have a URL in the address
section which is linked to the company's website. To
return to InSite from a company's website, click
your back button.
Navigating Company Directory Records
To view the resulting company directory records:
- Use the scroll bar at the right of the record
to move through the page.
- Click the Prev Item button
to display the previous directory record.
This button is inactive if this is the first
record.
- Click the Next Item button
to display the next directory record. This
button is inactive if this is the last
record.
- Click the Company List
button to return to the Company List page.
Linking to company-related documents
Company directory records have several margin
links:
- Click Articles about this Company
to display a list of articles about the
company.
- Click Investext Analyst Report about
this Company to retrieve a full text
Investext company report.
- Click Subsidiary Directory Records
to display a list of the company's
subsidiaries.
- Click an SIC code under SICs for this
company to see a description of that
SIC code and to link to important
industry-related information.
- Click Investext Analyst Report about
this Company's Industry to retrieve
a full text Investext industry
report.
Note: Margin links vary depending
on the availability of information for a particular
company. For example, a company without any
subsidiaries will not display the "Subsidiary
Directory Records" link.
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Viewing
an SIC Description Record
The SIC Description page displays the Standard
Industrial Classification record for the selected
SIC. This document contains a description of topics
included in the selected SIC category.
Linking to SIC-related documents
SIC descriptions can quickly lead you to
information about the selected industry. SIC
description records have the following links:
- Click Companies in this Industry
to display a list of companies in the
selected SIC category. Companies are ranked
by revenue, largest to smallest.
- Click Articles about this Industry
to display a list of industry-related
articles.
- Click Investext Analyst Report about
this Industry to retrieve a full
text Investext industry report.
Note: Margin links vary depending
on the availability of information for a particular
SIC code. For example, the Investext Analyst
Report about this Industry link will only
display if there is a corresponding Investext
industry report.
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Viewing
an Investext Company or Industry Report
Linking to related documents
Investext analyst reports can quickly lead you to
information about the selected company or industry.
Investext company reports have the
following links:
- Click Articles about this Company
to display a list of articles about the
company.
- Click Directory Record for this
Company to display the company's
directory record.
Investext industry reports have the
following links:
- Click Articles about this Industry to
display a list of industry-related articles.
- Click SIC Description Record for this
Industry to display an SIC record.
- Click Directory Records of Companies
in this Industry to display a list
of companies in the industry. Industry is
determined by the SIC code assigned to the
industry report. Companies are ranked by
revenue, largest to smallest.
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Using additional search features
InSite offers additional search features that you
can use to refine a search:
- Connectors (AND, OR, NOT)
- Wildcards (*, ? and !)
- Proximity operators (Within, Near)
Combining terms with
AND, OR, NOT, and parentheses
Please note: AND, OR, NOT, and parentheses
may be used in Keyword and Words Anywhere searches.
They are not intended for use in Topic searches.
Using AND
Two terms joined by AND can be used to select
articles that match both terms. AND makes the search
more narrow.
Example: apple and ibm finds only articles
that match both Apple and IBM.
Using OR
Two terms joined by OR can be used to select
articles that match one or the other or both terms.
OR makes the search wider. OR is especially useful
when there are two or three ways to refer to the same
subject.
Example: Preferred Provider Organizations or
PPO finds articles that match either
"Preferred Provider Organizations" or
"PPO" or both.
Using NOT
NOT excludes a portion of a topic.
Example: energy not nuclear finds articles
that match "energy" but excludes those that
match "nuclear."
Using parentheses
If you use more than two connectors (AND, OR, NOT)
in a search, your request could be ambiguous. For
example, suppose you enter idaho and nebraska or
oregon. This could mean "look for stories
about both Idaho and Nebraska as well as stories
about Oregon only." It could also mean
"look for stories about both Idaho and Nebraska
as well as stories about both Idaho and Oregon."
To clarify the situation, you can group two terms
with parentheses. Terms in parentheses are processed
first. Example: idaho and (nebraska or oregon)
means this: "Start by looking for articles that
are about either Nebraska or Oregon, and then narrow
it down to the ones that also refer to Idaho."
Using wildcards * ? and !
Wildcards can be useful in certain situations.
* (asterisk) matches any number of
characters. * is a convenient way to search
for words that share a single stem. Example: comput*
matches compute, computer, computers,
computing... Note: * may not be used at the
beginning of a word.
? (question mark) matches any single
character. ? is most useful when spelling is
uncertain. Example: anders?n matches both anderson
and andersen.
! (exclamation point) matches one or no
characters. ! is especially useful as a way to
match the singular and plural of a word. Example: product!
matches both product and products.
Using
Proximity Operators WITHIN and NEAR
Proximity operators are useful when you want to
find two terms that are related to each other in some
way. The farther apart two terms appear in an
article, the less likely they are to be related.
There are two proximity operators: Wn (within) and Nn
(near).
Wn (where n is a number you specify)
selects documents where the first term is no more
than n number of words before the second term.
Example: general w3 powell finds matches where
general comes no more than 3 words before powell
-- such as General Powell, General Colin Powell, or
General Colin L. Powell.
Nn (where n is a number you specify)
selects documents where the first term is no more
than n number of words before or after the
second term.
Example: You're doing a Words Anywhere search. If
you enter microsoft excel, you might miss
stories that say "Excel, the spreadsheet
from Microsoft..." However, if you enter microsoft
and excel, you might capture Microsoft stories
that use excel in another sense ("they excel
at their work..."). To indicate a close
relationship between the two words, you might enter microsoft
n7 excel.
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Using a Charge Code
Assigning a charge code allows you to keep track
of search activities performed for a project, client,
or department.
Assigning a Charge Code
You can access the Charge Code page from the
Select Your Business Advantage page and the Easy
Search and Advanced Search pages. Simply click the Charge
Code button to access the charge code page.
Setting and clearing a charge code
When the Charge Code page displays, you see an
entry box to enter the charge code. If a charge code
is currently active, it displays in the entry box.
- To set a charge code when one is not
currently active:
- Type the charge code in the entry
box.
- Click the Submit
button to set the charge code.
- To clear an active charge code and set a new
one:
- Click the Clear
button to erase the charge code.
- Type a new charge code in the entry
box.
- Click the Submit
button to set the new charge code.
- To clear an active charge code and cancel the
use of charge code tracking:
- Click the Clear
button to erase the charge code.
- Click the Submit
button to cancel charge code
tracking.
Some points to keep in mind:
- Set a charge code before entering a search
query.
- Charge codes can be up to 32 characters long,
and can include, letters, digits (including
leading zeroes), hyphens, parentheses,
slashes, underscores, periods, and blanks.
- Charge codes are case-sensitive. Marketing,
marketing, and MARKETING are not equivalent.
Therefore, if you are setting a charge code
for a previously used code, enter the charge
code exactly as it was previously set. This
will avoid multiple entries when generating a
usage report.
- A charge code remains active until another
charge code is set or the charge code is
cleared.
- Caution: When using your
browsers' Back button, you
may be returned to a page that has a
different charge code than the one you last
set. Searches initiate from this page will be
charged under that charge code.
- The current charge code in use displays
toward the top of the search pages and the
pages that display search results. Use the
charge code display as a reference to make
sure you are searching under the desired
charge code.
Generating usage reports
Usage reports, tracking the activity of each
charge code, include the following items:
- Charge codes.
- User names.
- Length of time each charge code was in use.
- Number of records retrieved per charge code.
Note: there is a two day lag between the day you
search and the day the search statistics are
available (e.g. Monday's search activities are
available on Wednesday).
Usage reports can be generated in the "Report
Generator" section of the Account
Administration System (AAS). Usage reports can be
printed or saved to a file for further manipulation.
To access AAS click the Account Admin
button available on the pages after log on.
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Printing and
Saving
Printing and saving pages is a function of your
browser. Whatever is displayed on your screen at the
time you choose to print or save, is what will be
printed or saved.
Printing a page
Take these steps to print the displayed page:
Step 1. Click the Print button in
your browser's toolbar or choose File/Print from
your browser's menu bar.
Step 2. When the browser's "Print"
dialog box displays, select your print options and
click the OK button.
Saving a page
Take these steps to save the displayed page:
Step 1. Choose File/Save As from
your browser's menu bar.
Step 2. When the browser's "Save As"
dialog box displays, select your save options and
click the Save button. To edit a
document in a Word Processor, select the save as
"plain text" option.
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Searching More Than One Product at a
Time
InSite enables you to search any
combination of the products you subscribe to together
with the exception of Company InSite. Company InSite
is a database of company directory information as
opposed to the other products which are
article-based. Due to the differing content types,
Company InSite cannot be searched with the other
products. When searching more than one of the
article-based products at a time, please keep these
points in mind:
- Search results from different products are
integrated and presented in reverse
chronological order.
- The advanced search form that is presented
when searching more than one product has some
fields that are only in selected products.
These fields are noted by an asterisk (*).
Results will be limited to articles from
products with the selected field(s).
- Topic search on the Easy Search page is not
available because each product has a unique
set of vocabulary terms associated with it.
Therefore, Topic search is available when
searching one product at a time.
- The margin links may differ from one article
to the next depending on what product(s) the
articles are coming from.
- Each margin link represents a field (e.g. SIC
Code field, Trade Name field). Clicking on a
margin link initiates a search on the field
the margin link represents. All the products
you are searching may not have that field and
therefore, you will not retrieve additional
articles from the products that don't have
that field.
- You can refine your search results using
Refine Search.
Duplicate Removal
When conducting a search in more than one product,
the list of articles that is returned will have most,
and possibly all, duplicate records removed. The
level of duplicate removal depends on the products
being searched. Here's how duplicate removal works:
- When searching any combination of Business
InSite, Computer InSite, Health &
Wellness InSite or Consumer InSite together,
duplicate records are removed 100%.
- When searching Business InSite and Market
InSite duplicate records for Business Wire
and PR Newswire have been removed. Several
other publications are included in both
Business InSite and Market InSite. The
articles that are selected from these
publications for these products differs, so
the overlap is minimized, but you may still
find some articles that overlap.
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Troubleshooting
The key to successful InSite searching is your
choice of a search term. Most searches are easy --
you want to find stories about a company, product, or
person, so you use the name as your search term.
Search terms related to topics can also be
straightforward.
But sometimes you may encounter these situations:
- You don't get enough articles. If one
term doesn't find all the articles you want,
you may need to make the search wider. See below.
- You get articles you don't want.
Example: You use the term java because
you want articles about Java (the programming
language from Sun Microsystems) but you also
get stories about Java (the Indonesian
island) and perhaps even java (America's
favorite wake-up beverage.) If the best term
you can find captures articles you don't
want, you may want to try again with a more
narrow search. See below.
- You get too many articles. Example: If
you use a broad term like insurance
you may get a larger set of articles than you
want. You should make the search more narrow.
See
below.
Making the
search wider
There are two ways to make a search wider: OR and
wildcards.
Using OR
If one term won't do the job, you can combine two
terms with OR. You'll capture articles that match one
or the other (or both).
- Situation: Synonyms. You use the term
"downsizing" and miss articles that
call it "rightsizing."
- Good search term: downsizing or
rightsizing
- Situation: No single, inclusive term.
You can't think of one term that covers both
"trusts" and "estates,"
so you use both.
- Good search term: trusts or estates
- Situation: Several topics in one search.
You want to do one search on three companies.
- Good search term: merck or amgen or
eli lilly
Using wildcards
To cast your net a little wider, you can use *, ?,
and ! as wildcards.
- Situation: One stem for many words.
You're looking for "educate,"
"educational," and
"educating."
- Good search term: educat*
- Situation: Uncertain spelling. Is it
erganomics, ergonomics, or erginomics?
You don't want to type all the variations.
- Good search term: erg?nomics
- Situation: Term might appear as singular
or plural. You want to match
"application" or
"applications."
- Good search term: application!
Making
the search narrower
There are two ways to make a search narrower: the
connectors AND and NOT.
Note: AND and NOT are used before
running a search. After running a search,
you can reduce the number of results with Refine Search.
Using AND
Use AND to combine two terms. You'll capture only
articles that match both terms.
- Situation: Want to be more specific.
You want information on ibuprofen -- more
specifically, the marketing of ibuprofen.
- Good search term: ibuprofen and
marketing
- Situation: Ambiguous term.
"Interest" has two meanings, as in
"interest rates" and "showing
an interest." You want articles about
mortgage interest.
- Good search term: mortgage and
interest
- Situation: Double subject. You want
stories about the acquisition of Lotus
Development by IBM. You don't want Lotus
Development stories unless they mention IBM.
- Good search term: lotus development
and ibm
Using NOT
Use NOT to exclude a term.
- Situation: Want to exclude some stories.
You want articles about gas but not articles
about natural gas.
- Good search term: gas not natural
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