Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare: Search Fields

You can search Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare by the following fields:

• Keyword
• Edition
• Genre
• Play/Poem Title
• Author
• Speaker
• Publication Date

You can also use Search Options to refine your search further.

Keyword

From the Search page, you can use the Keyword field to search for any word or phrase contained within a document. To enter terms into the search box:

• browse a list of keywords from which you can select terms to transfer back to the search box;

  or

• type your search terms directly into the Keyword search box. Search terms may consist of either single words or phrases.

For example:

When searching in the Keyword field, you can use truncation to retrieve documents containing variations on a term. If you choose to search for more than one term, you can also combine them using Boolean and proximity searching.

Play/Poem Title

From the Search page, you can use the Play/Poem Title field to search for any word or phrase contained in the title of a play or poem. To enter items into the search box:

• browse a list of play and poem titles from which you can select terms to transfer back to the search box;

  or

• type your search terms directly into the Play/Poem Title search box. Search terms may consist of either single words or phrases.

For example:

Note: Entries in the Play/Poem Title browse index include the publication date of the play or poem.

When searching in the Play/Poem Title field, you can use truncation to retrieve documents containing variations on a term. If you choose to search for more than one term, you can also combine them using Boolean and proximity searching.

Edition

You can limit a search to a particular edition or editions. To enter terms in the Edition search box:

• browse a list of editions from which you can select items to transfer back to the search box;

  or

• type the required edition(s) directly into the Edition search box.

For example:

When searching in the Edition field, you can use truncation. If you choose to search for more than one edition, you can also combine them using Boolean searching.

Author

You can limit a search to works written by a particular author or authors. To enter terms in the Author search box:

• browse a list of authors from which you can select items to transfer back to the search box;

  or

• type your author names directly into the Author search box.

For example:

When searching in the Author field, you can use truncation to retrieve works written by playwrights with a common or similar name. If you choose to search for more than one author, you can also combine them using Boolean searching.

Speaker

You can limit a search to particular speakers in a play. To enter terms in the Speaker search box:

• browse a list of speakers from which you can select items to transfer back to the search box (entries will be preceded by the exact operator);

  or

• type your speaker names directly into the Speaker search box.

For example:

Note: The form in which speakers appear in the Speaker browse index is taken from the copy text: no standardisation of names has been carried out. To retrieve all the speeches of a particular speaker, you might therefore need to select several forms of the speaker's name. For example, you might need to select both 'DUK' and 'DUKE'. You might also need to select the character's name, if he or she is named in the play.

When searching in the Speaker field, you can use truncation to retrieve speeches by speakers with a common or similar name. If you choose to search for more than one speaker, you can also combine them using Boolean searching.

Genre

You can limit a search to plays of a particular genre or genres. To enter terms in the Genre search box:

• browse a list of genres from which you can select items to transfer back to the search box;

  or

• type the required genre(s) directly into the Genre search box.

For example:

When searching in the Genre field, you can use truncation to retrieve plays of similar genres. If you choose to search for more than one genre, you can also combine them using Boolean searching.

Publication Date

You can limit a search to plays published during a specific year or a range of years. The default values appearing in the search boxes represent the earliest and most recent years appearing in each of the fields.

The Pubilcation Date field can be searched in several different ways:

• To search on a range of years, enter the relevant values into the from and to search boxes.

  For example:

• To search on a given year and all subsequent years, enter the first date in the range into the From search box.

  For example:

• To search on a given year and all preceding years, enter the later date in the range into the to search box.

  For example:

• To search on one given year, enter the date into the from and to search boxes.

  For example:

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