Early English Prose Fiction: Search Fields

You can search Early English Prose Fiction by the following fields:

• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• Gender
• 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.

Title

From the Search page, you can use the Title field to search for any word or phrase contained in the title of a work. To enter terms in the Title search box:

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

  or

• type your search terms directly into the Title search box.

For example:

When searching in the 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.

Author

From the Search page, you can limit a search to works 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 the author name or names directly into the Title search box.

For example:

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

Gender

You can limit a search to works written by either female or male authors.

To restrict your search to a gender, select the required term from the Gender drop-down list. The default setting is 'Female and Male Authors'.

Publication Date

You can limit a search to works published in a particular year or during a range of years. The default values appearing in the search boxes represent the earliest and most recent years relevant to the Early English Prose Fiction database.

The Publication 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 one particular year, enter the same value into both of the 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:

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