Welcome to the Video tutorial
Section For eHRAF
Archaeology I'm Alissa Jordan and I'll be your guide in This Video you will learn how to conduct an advanced search in eHRAF
Archaeology Advanced Searches in eHRAF allow you to combine Tradition Names
Subjects and Keywords Into Custom Searches That Use Boolean Operators in This Tutorial
We will use The example of A search on Central Asian burial Practices in eHRAF
Archaeology Once in Advanced Search you will See a Three-Part Search Form from Left to right There are Boxes for add Traditions, add
Subjects and Add Keywords Along With Boolean Search Operators for each Section Let me Take a moment to Discuss Boolean
Operators The Boolean Operators and Or and not separate The Different Sections of The event search Form Choosing and Narrows your search by
Requiring That all of The Terms entered are present Within each search result
Paragraph using and Can Limit your search results for Two terms and Greatly Limit for Three or more Terms
Remember That eHRAF Searches at the Paragraph Level
Or will expand the results to include Matches for Any of the Terms entered not Restrict Certain Terms from your search
Please Note That advanced search Does not Require you to fill in Every Section of the Form to Begin Searching the Remainder of this Video
Teaches you to add Subjects add Traditions and Add Keywords to your search so here
We are at the advanced search Page Remember that the example being used is A search on Central Asian Burial Practices
First Let's Click on Add Traditions when you click on add
Traditions A smaller Window Pops up Browse the List of Traditions using either the A-Z Index by Region
Or by Country Buttons I'm going to add Traditions by Region given that I am Regionally Interested in Central Asia
Note That
OWC Identifiers
Here Are Always next to Tradition Names you Can click on this to find out more Information about a tradition when you are done Selecting
Traditions Click The Add Traditions Button to Close the Pop-up Window
Click Cancel To Return to the event Search Form Without Adding Any Traditions
After you've Chosen your Traditions The add Traditions Box Displays the Tradition the OWC
Identifier and The Tradition count it will
Also Remember the Names and Show the List Anytime you return to event Search during a single
eHRAF Session if You Would like to Adjust the Selection Simply Uncheck the unwanted Entries you can
Also Click Clear all now you Can Proceed by Adding subjects Adding
Keywords Adding an Additional Search Form if Necessary and Executing your search in this Case
We're Going to specify the search A bit More add Subjects Box an Advanced search allows you to Narrow your search by subject before
Conducting an Advanced Search you May want to try
Browsing Subjects To Familiarize Yourself With the menu Structure
Clicking on Add Subjects Makes A smaller Window Pop-Up Browse the list of subjects using the A-Z Index
Major Subjects Or Ocm identifier Buttons
Checkmark The Boxes that you wish to add to your search in my case that's Burial Practices and Funerals at this Point we Could
Also Proceed by entering Another Sheet of Search Terms Below the Sheet this Is covered in A separate tutorial Video learn how to create
Multi-Layered Searches With Additional Search Forms in The Video Add Additional Search Forms Now That Everything is Ready you Can execute the search
That's it for The Advanced Search Video for eHRAF Archaeology, We hope this tutorial
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