Complex Search Help
Complex searches allow you to search on several
words at once ("Boolean" searching) in the
Pond's 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.)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
Pond's
Database Terms and Descriptions page.
Please note that this search page covers the Pond's 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 Pond's advertisements containing illustrations with children
created during the 1910s,
- Choose Year in the first Field:.
- Type 191* in the first contains box.
(Note that the '*' means that you'll accept any date in the 1910s.
If you'd like to search within only one year, just
enter that specific year - 1915.)
- Choose Children
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 of Pond's Extract in St. Nicholas
with black/white (b/w) drawings,
- Choose Product from the first Field menu.
- Type Pond's Extract in the first contains box.
- Choose Publication from the second Field menu.
- Type St. Nicholas in the second contains box.
- Choose Black/White Drawing
from the Illustrations and
Special Features menu.
- Click the the Search button, and
- Wait for the results!
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