Complex Search Help
Complex searches allow you to search on several
words at once ("Boolean" searching) in the
Broadsides database.
Examples | Search
Field: contains:
allows you to locate words in the advertising headline or to locate ads
by company, product, item type, etc.
(see
pull-down menu under All). After entering the word(s) you would
like to search for, you can limit your
search by selecting a term from the pull-down menu,
or you may search for the word(s) in the entire database by accepting the default
"All" for a complete list of available fields.
Illustration & Special Features:
pre-set searches are available that will help you to find
ads containing specific types of illustration (b/w or color
drawings, etc.) as well as images and references to specific
cultures (e.g. African/African-American, Native American, etc.)
or subject matters (sports, children) that may be of particular interest.
You may limit a complex search to one type of illustration or special
feature, or, by choosing the default "All" your search returns will
include advertisements with any of these features.
Categories:
identifies the category you are searching in the database. A
description of all the categories that make up the EAA project, including the number of ads each contains,
is available on the Browse Categories page.
For information on the items in all the pull-down menus above, see the
Broadsides
Database Terms and Descriptions page.
Please note that this search page covers the Broadsides Category only.
As with all the search pages, this category is representative, not comprehensive. If you
perform very narrowly defined searches, you increase your chances of a "zero" result.
- To search for all Broadsides advertisements containing illustrations of
African/African-Americans
created during the 1880s,
- Choose Year in the first Field:.
- Type 188* in the first contains box.
(Note that the '*' means that you'll accept any
year in the 1880s. If you'd like to search within only one year, just
enter that specific year - 1889.)
- Choose African/African-American
from the Illustrations and
Special Features menu.
- Click the Search button in the right side table, and
- Wait for the results!
- To search for advertisements for Wagons from the 1890s
using black & white (B/W) drawings,
- Choose Subject/Product from the first Field menu.
- Type wagon in the first contains box. (Note that the list of Subject/Product
names is available on the Broadsides Category Browse Page.
- Choose Year from the second Field menu.
- Type 189* in the second contains box.
- Choose B/W Drawing
from the Illustrations and
Special Features menu.
- Click the the Search button, and
- Wait for the results!
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