Database of Classical Bibliography CD-

Introduction to Searching on the Database of Classical Bibliography CD-ROM

(Jim Niessen, Librarian for CMLL and History)
Cave hominem unius libri!
Coverage of the disk: volumes 45-60 (1974-89) of L'Anneé Philologique

Ways to use the annual volumes of L'Anneé Philologique:

browsing in the sections for A.Ph. rubrics (a classed arrangement)

finding entries from the indices for geographic terms and ancient and modern authors

Additional features of the database:

16-year cumulation of all entries for these years

eighteen rather than four indices

indices include Thesaurus Linguae Graecae genres, geographic regions, centuries

Boolean searching (AND, OR, NOT) for terms, and for result sets

cross-referencing to A.Ph. entry numbers, and to words in any other indices

searching of three Greek character sets as well as Roman alphabet (in Entry or Search Windows)

printing and downloading of result sets

Display Windows, Ways to search the DCB:

Entry Window (comes up automatically when you start the DCB) is a list of all the entries available in seventeen of the indices; use it:

to find out what literature exists under a known heading (e.g. authors, titles)

to learn about available headings (e.g rubrics, topics, genres)

to go directly to the citations under these headings

type headings found here in the Search Window; or copy them there with ctrl C; close Entry Window; then ctrl V in the corresponding index field in the Search Window

Main Window (appears when you close the Entryor Search Windows) use toolbar or tools window to switch to other windows
Search Window (switch to it from Main Window) is where you call up boxes to supply your own search strategies:
copy terms from Entry Window to the corresponding index field
type in keywords for Full Text index (supply truncation or WildCard: * for any number of characters, ? for a specific unknown character)
search multiple fields simultaneously (AND between them is understood)
supply Boolean operators between terms within a field
limit TLG genre, geographic searches by century (NB: remember to remove it!)
Execute Search, Save, and Show Results commands
Save Window(available only from Search Window):
designate a filename (*.qrs extension) for a result set that hasn't yet been viewed

Query Factory (available from Search, Save Windows):
combine sets previously saved as *.qrs files, using Boolean operators

Results Window: (available from Entry and Search Windows and from Query Factory)
display results of a set you have selected
initiate cross-reference to an A.Ph. entry number or a word in any index
print out individual records
download search result sets in a variety of formats