IBM Softcopy Reader
Searching Bookshelves

Search a Bookshelf

To search a bookshelf, enter the search criteria into the Search Request panel and click Search. The books with matches appear in the Books with Search Results window. (After the search, the name of this window changes to x Books with Hits Found.) Click on a book in this list to see the topics in the book in which matches were found. This list of topics appears under Search Results for Book. (After the search, the name of this window changes to x Search Hits For Book xxxxxxxx.) Double-click on a topic to open the selected book in the Book Reader window. The book will be opened at the topic selected. Words that were matched are highlighted in red. Several options that allow you to customize the search are explained below.

Customizing the Search - Using the Toolbar

One of the following three methods must be specified for searching:
Exact Case-sensitive - Finds only words matching the search request exactly, including case.
Exact Non Case-sensitive - Finds words exactly matching the search request, but ignoring  upper/lower case.
Fuzzy (Default) - Uses a morphological fuzzy search algorithm to identify appropriate matches.

One of the following two options must be selected to specify how you want the results listed:
List Results in Sequence
When a search is performed, the search results are listed in the sequence as they appear in the book.
List Results in Order of Importance (Default)
When a search is performed, the search results are listed in the order of importance (results by relevance), with the most relevant topics listed first.

Any combination (or all) of the following three options may be chosen to specify where to search:
Search in topic titles (Default)
Search in topic text (Default)
Search indexed words (Default)

Customizing the Search - Using Boolean Operators

Additional Boolean operator buttons may be displayed or hidden using the following button:
Click Advanced search (Default) 

The following operators and symbols may be included in the search criteria by entering them either directly from the keyboard, or using the advanced search options:

& logical AND
 |  logical OR
 ! logical NOT
' '  quoted phrase
Takes the character between the two single-quotes as a literal. Used only around Boolean operators and symbols otherwise having meaning to a search request.
[ ]  parenthesized expression
Controls the order of precedence of Boolean operations.
 , list separator
Word or phrase separator 
= equal sign 
? wildcard character
  • Single-character wildcard - Matches any character in the specified position. 
  • Multiple-character wildcard - Matches any number of any character. 

Search Control Buttons
Search Starts the search process and returns the results in the Search Results panel.
Reset Clears the Search Request window and returns the options to their default state.
Close Closes the search window.
Help Displays the help screen.

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