How does the gutenberg search actually work?
How does one search for an exact title in the PG archive? I went to look for a book I worked on ("Brother Against Brother", 40541) and had to dig through 3 pages of fairy books to find it despite specifying the exact title. Quotes don't seem to work. Searching for the second title word "against" doesn't return any results at all... I know I can use google but I'd rather use the tools actually hooked into the PG catalog... Thanks! -Bob
From their you can pretty much do the kind of searching that one would actually expect of an online catalog. For example I can enter your E-text number and go right there, or I can enter your exact title and go right
How does one search for an exact title in the PG archive? I went to look for a book I worked on ("Brother Against Brother", 40541) and had to dig
First you have to search for a "real" search -- which PG used to use but abandoned for some reason. From the home page do a "search website" on the term "Advanced Search" which will give you a hit that includes an "Advanced Search Page." Click on the link to that page, and then on the "Advanced Search Page" link within that page. Which takes you to the [now deprecated] "Advanced Search" page. there. Don't know how long "deprecated" means until PG kills this good idea too. through 3 pages of fairy books to find it despite specifying the exact title. Quotes don't seem to work. Searching for the second title word "against" doesn't return any results at all...
On 03/05/2013 03:08 AM, Robert Cicconetti wrote:
How does one search for an exact title in the PG archive? I went to look for a book I worked on ("Brother Against Brother", 40541) and had to dig through 3 pages of fairy books to find it despite specifying the exact title. Quotes don't seem to work. Searching for the second title word "against" doesn't return any results at all...
I know I can use google but I'd rather use the tools actually hooked into the PG catalog...
That's an unfortunate title because "against" is a stopword, so common a word the database doesn't index it. We have to exclude words for performance reasons, so that the whole word index fits into memory. That means, your search is based on "brother" alone, a very common word. Things you could do are: Type "brother" <enter> and then click on "sort by release date": it comes up 3rd. Type "brother tompkins" <enter> it comes up 2nd. Type "brother musick" <enter> it comes up as the only result. Type "40541" it comes up as the only result. Or, you can use google: Type "brother against brother ebook" and it comes up first (at least for me). Regards -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org
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