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Search Overview |
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Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library (DSSEL)
Markup Codes |
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In order to search effectively within the DSSEL, you need
to understand the structure of the data (this is a separate issue from the
contents of the library, i.e. which scroll materials are included). Please read the
page
Text Window: DSSEL
Markup Codes
for an explanation of some of the terms used below. This
page also assumes you know
how to
open an electronic book in
WordCruncher. As you read, you may wish to follow along by
conducting the
searches and operations discussed. For a terse but complete list of the different
types of word searches that are possible, see
Search Overview Table. |
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Types of WordCruncher Searches |
| Type of Search |
Feature
Used |
Description |
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Word |
Search Window |
This is the main
searching tool of WordCruncher. You must use this tool for
sophisticated searches. |
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Text Window |
Use this for single-word and
exact-phrase searches only. |
Reference
(e.g. position to a
scroll like 1QS)
This is called
"Look Up a Reference"
in the
WordCruncher menus) |
Look up a Reference |
Uses the citation
bar of a text window to rapidly position the text in a Text Window
to the desired location. |
Text Window:
Table of Contents |
This table of
contents window is attached to a given Text Window. You can use the table
of contents tree to reposition the text in the window. |
Tool Window:
Table of Contents |
This tool window is
not attached to a Text Window. Whichever Text Window is "on top"
will have its table of contents displayed in this tool window. If
you use the table of contents tree in this window, you can
reposition the text in the top Text Window. |
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The two types of searches differ in this way: If you know
the name of the scroll you wish to view, you need to conduct a reference search ("Look
up a Reference"). By contrast, if you know a concept you wish to find (as
defined by the words used in the concept expression), you need to conduct a word
search. The rest of this help page will deal exclusively with word searches
because the help pages referenced by the hyperlinks in the above table
adequately cover reference searches. |
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