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Basic searching can be for a single word, a RPS reference
number, a phrase or several search terms joined using Boolean
operators and grouped using brackets. A single word search, e.g.
fair will search documents for any words which
contain the words using the stem fair, e.g.
fairs. Note that
this search is case insensitive.
Searching for phrases
means putting double quotes round two or more words, for example "St
Andrews". Searches with quotes are still case
insensitive. Some place names, e.g. Bo'ness use single quotes
(apostrophes), so these can't be used to quote text.
The search engine uses stemming, so
searching for the stem of a word will return words using that
stem. For example, work will return documents
containing works, worked and
working. If you wish to expand a search further,
you can use wildcards, e.g.
work* would also match workmen.
To find a RPS
reference number, enter this within the
search box. There must be at least one slash character
(/) in
each query. Wildcards (*) can be used to complete a reference
number. To find every record from, say, the 1633/6 session,
enter 1633/6/*. Note that where a reference number contains an
alphabetical character, this is case sensitive.
Boolean operators allow complex searches to be put
together. Searches can be made more restrictive by using the
AND keyword, or be widened by using the OR keyword. A
search term can be negated with the not
operator (-). For example, "St Andrews" AND
cupar will search for pages which contain both terms. The
search "St Andrews" OR cupar will return documents
which contain either of the terms. And "St Andrews"
-cupar will return the documents about St Andrews but not
Cupar.
Brackets can be used to group search terms. It is possible
to construct queries like dundee AND ("St Andrews" OR
cupar), which would search for documents about Dundee and
either St Andrews or Cupar.
It is important to make sure that brackets and quotes match, or the search results might not be what was expected.