Subject: RE: DT search tips From: Lesley N. Date: 02 Oct 99 - 01:49 AM After all this time I discovered the use of brackets []!! I can't believe it took me this long - but what a time saver. I finally get three or four tunes that are close to what I want rather than 20 with just one of the words! Of course Joe, if you'd written (click me baby) a couple of years ago I might have discovered it a lot sooner!
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Subject: RE: DT search tips From: Susan of DT Date: 01 Oct 99 - 08:27 PM Yes, read the links above. Search for any distinctive word or phrase, but avoid proper names, which tend to vary with the version or the song, or words with multiple spellings/mispellings, such as bonny [bonnie, bonie] or words that are spelled differently by Brits and Americans. It usually pays to try a second search for a given song after the first one doesn't work - there is a lot of variations between versions and the words you chose to search for may not be in the one(s) we have. |
Subject: RE: DT search tips From: Joe Offer Date: 01 Oct 99 - 08:01 PM Be sure to check the "DigiTrad Links" Max has provided in the blue DigiTrad search box. One important one is Digitrad Search Tips (click me, baby). I keep forgetting to do fuzzy searches, but they work very well (you'll find fuzzy search instructions if you thoroughly explore the link I provided....) -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: DT search tips From: Gene Date: 01 Oct 99 - 07:54 PM Using a WILDCARD [*] Whisk* will find [whisk] [whisky] [whiskey] [whiskers] |
Subject: DT search tips From: MandolinPaul Date: 01 Oct 99 - 07:49 PM I've recently learned about using the @ with a topic (eg @union, @love) to find lyrics relating to a topic, and also putting square brackets around phrases to find that exact phrase. Any other tips? |
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