Each document in the Catalog has been formatted into paragraphs. Each paragraph is intended to be a database record. Each document is indexed with a system called freeWAIS-sf and access to the resulting database is provided via a gateway called SFgate . The table below describes the options of the search form. Input options Query Enter a term or phrase describing what you want to find.
Terms are simple strings of characters such as love , whale , or river .
The search engine supports Boolean logic with the and , or , and not operators. Examples include adventure and river , war or hate , or love not sex . Multiple terms without surrounding quote marks are interpreted as Boolean or queries. Right-hand truncation is supported through the use of the asterisk character. The Search button will submit your selected input and output options to the search engine.