rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) (02/26/91)
I am having trouble getting what I want out of Digital Librarian and because of that I can't even use it to learn about it. Anyhow, if I enter one key word I get 293 references. If I use two or three words I get fewer references, but not necessarily to what I am after. The problem is the key words aren't looked up in context. One word may be at the beginning of a document, the second in the middle and the third at the end, when what is really desired is for the three words to be on the same or adjacent lines. At least you should be able to search within the same sentence or paragraph. I can't figure out how to do that, which makes the whole thing kind of useless for any document more than a couple of pages long. I believe I can also select an exact search, but that doesn't help. You can't know the exact wording unless you already know the document. Finally, it is not clear whether the Adobe documents are included in the search or even if they can be included. They are a royal pain to read. I would like to be able to use DL to search them. If any of these problems have solutions, please point me to the correct document. I will be happy to read it. -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us