Simple Search
The search box is located in the top bar of the portal. The system supports the usual wildcard characters – while the asterisk (*) represents any number of unknown characters, the question mark (?) represents exactly one character. The syntax of additional options (source, location, date, etc.) is described in the advanced search section. Display [...]
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Advanced query options extend the capabilities of the simple search. They enable users to filter the search results by specifying restrictions based on document metadata (title, source, date, geographic location, etc.): The title field of the documents can be queried using the title: operator; searching for “carbon dioxide title:ocean” will only return documents which contain [...]
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Two just-in-time information retrieval agents list documents referring to similar topics and nearby locations relative to the Active Document (the term ‘nearby locations’ referring to the five documents with the closest target geography). The document markers (a-e, 1-5) are also used in the various maps to indicate the position of this document. The value underneath [...]
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