The online Guide allows several capabilities entirely unavailable in the print edition. Chief among them is the ability to perform a full-text Search , using the powerful PLS search engine. Each of these items is linked directly to the Index of Topics item entry for these terms, and that term in turn points to other entries that discuss the same topics in some significant detail. In this way a reader can identify diverse theoretical interpretations of the same theme or principle and find commonalities and differences among schools of thought or theoreticians. Finally, we have used the digital version to enable a much broader use of the material.
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