Internet Directory for Botany: Search Engines

THE INTERNET DIRECTORY FOR BOTANY - SEARCH ENGINES
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Instructions for searching the IDB Subject Category List
You can search the list with HTGREP, using single word or many words. If you choose to search for more than one word, then you must use either aboolean keyword expression or a Perl regular expression as a search pattern. HTGREP searches a modified version of the page with all links, looking for the search string from the text and the url addresses. HTGREP displays the paragraphs matching the query as a new WWW page. At the top of that page there is also a form to enter a new search string. By default, all searches are performed in a case insensitive manner, for example, results for Finland, FINLAND, finland, FiNlAnD ... will be identical. If necessary, it is possible to configure htgrep to understand case sensitive queries. Simple Searches: Enter a single word to find any search record that contains the exact whole word entered. To find parts of words, use an asterisk () to represent missing parts of the word. australia -- entries with the word Australia (but not Australian or Australasian, etc.) canada herbarium -- entries with both* of these words somewhere in the entry (not necessarily next to each other); you can enter also more than two words austral* -- entries with words beginning "austral" -- (e.g., Australia, Australian, Australasian, australis). By using search terms such as Canad, german, Norw, Russia, Swed, you can find links to web sites a certain country or area. ceae -- entries with words ending in "ceae" (ie., family names). Boolean Searches: For more control over the search query, you can use a boolean expression using operators such as AND, OR, NOT or brackets (). hemerocalli* or daylil* -- entries with at least one of these strings (Hemerocallis, Hemerocallidaceae, daylily, daylilies). canada and herbarium -- entries with both of these words (this is the same as the simple query "canada herbarium") canada not herbarium -- entries with the word "canada" and without "herbarium" canada and (herbarium or museum) -- entries with "canada" and at least one of the words "herbarium" and "museum" canada and herbarium or museum -- entries with both the words "canada" and "herbarium" and also all the numerous other entries with the word "museum" (herbarium or museum) not canada -- entries with the word herbarium or museum but without canada Perl Regular Expressions: If you want to use a a Perl regular expression rather than a simple or boolean search, make sure you use a \char contruct (eg \w or \s). Any search query which contains a backslash will be treated as a perl regular expression. If you are using Internet Explorer 4.0 you may have to re-enter the query string.

Instructions for searching the IDB Alphabetical List
Your search string can be separated by a single "and" or "or." For example, Soybean and Protein will return all Web Pages containing both Soybean and Protein, Soybean or Protein will return all Web Pages containing either soybean or protein, and Soybean Protein will return only Web Pages containing soybean protein next to each other. Your search word can also be incomplete, e.g. bot will return all entries including bot, such as botanical, botany, pseudobotany, and so on. At present, case is insensitive and "" is not used. To search for a list of pages in a country, use part of the host name. For example, to get a list of server/pages in France, you can just enter: .fr*

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This page was last updated April 8, 1998 by
Raino.Lampinen@Helsinki.Fi, Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History (H)