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Bibliographic Searching in order to limit a search by fields or to retrieve selected documents:
Author: (e.g., colet)
Title: (e.g., indiana)
Date: (e.g., 1800-1900)

Note: The vertical line ( | ) is the OR operator (e.g., pouvoir|force). For pattern matching one may employ wildcard characters (e.g., philoso.* will retrieve philosophie, philosophique, philosophe, philosophes, phiosopherons, etc.). Accented characters may be represented by two characters (e.g.,e\=è) or uppercase letters. For more help in searching see User Documentation below.

Search
Text(s) for: 		(e.g., maItresse)

  

Select a Search Option:
A. (Default) Single Term and Phrase Search
B. Proximity Searching: in the same Sentence or Paragraph
    Separated by words in the same sentence.

Select a Results Format:
A. (Default) Concordance Report (300 characters plus)  
B. KWIC Report (a single line of text)  
C. Frequency by Title  
D. Frequency by Author  

General User Documentation for PhiloLogic

Database-Specific Searching Tips

Bibliographic Searching:

Author: At this time parentheses (( )) are not searchable in the author field. Thus, block-copying a name including a parenthesis will produce a "No documents found" message.
At this time the apostrophe in the author field is not working properly.
Title: At this time the following punctuation marks and symbols produce a "No documents found" message: parentheses (( )), semi-colons (;), colons (:), ampersand (&), apostrophes ('), single and double quotes, and brackets ([ ]) as well as the dollar sign. The following punctuation marks have no adverse effect on a title search and, if appearing within a string, must be entered: period (.), hyphen (-), question mark (?), exclamation mark (!), forward slash (/), and comma (,). In all cases, spacing must match exactly that in the bibliography.
Date: The dates in the database range from 1545 to 1864. In all cases, "date" specifies the dates of original composition. For the dates of publication for the editions used in data-capture, see the Database Bibliography.

Data-Entry Idiosyncrasies:

We have noticed a few data-entry idiosyncracies, and are planning to modify our data-capture procedure to minimize these problems. Please send detailed information about any problems encountered while using the database to: achou@diderot.uchicago.edu.

Formatting and Display

Italics are preserved just as they exist in the original text.
Block quotes and epigrams are marked as paragraphs, with the addition of a <center> tag.
Images: Currently, the database does not contain any images.
Notes: Currently, the database does not contain any notes. The only text acquired in the data capture is that actually written by the author. Therefore, no notes, or other parts of the critical apparatus, are acquired. Prefaces, avant-propos, introductions, etc., are acquired only if they were written by the text's author, and not by its editor.

Please check the French Women Writers Database errata page for the most current information on problems regarding the database or its PhiloLogic implementation.

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