Complex Search Help
Complex searches allow you to search on several
words at once ("Boolean" searching) in the
Tobacco Advertising database.
Examples | Search
Field: contains:
allows you to locate words in the item title 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. The names of all the Series and Sets
and Themes in
the Tobacco Category are available to assist you in more direct searching.
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, Asian, 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
Tobacco Advertising
Database Terms and Descriptions page.
Please note that this search page covers the Tobacco Advertising 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 Tobacco advertisements with photographs of
Actresses
from the Kinney Bros. company,
- Choose Theme in the first Field:.
- Type Actors/Actresses in the first contains box. (Note that a list of all "Theme Names" are listed on the Tobacco Advertising Theme Names page.)
- Choose Company in the second Field:.
- Type Kinney Bros. in the second contains box.
- Choose Photographs
from the Illustrations and
Special Features menu.
- Click the Search button in the right side table, and
- Wait for the results!
- To search for Insert CardAlbums in the W. Duke Sons & Co. Collection
with color drawings,
- Choose Item Type from the first Field menu.
- Type Album in the first contains box.
- Choose Title from the second Field menu.
- Type W. Duke Sons & Co. in the second contains box.
- Choose Color drawings
from the Illustrations and
Special Features menu.
- Click the Search button, and
- Wait for the results!
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