Explanation of Search Results
in the THDL Textual Collections

This is a key to understanding the results, when one performs any search on a collection through the DynaWeb search mechanism. The resulting screen will still have a left-hand table of contents (TOC), a right-hand content area and a button bar, identical to the browsing screen. However, for each level of the TOC – i.e. edition, volume, or text – the search hits will be indicated with bold, red numbers next to that level's title. Furthermore, the title of the first text with hits will be highlighted in blue, and its record will appear in the right-hand content area with the first hit highlighted in large red letters. (View Example.)

One can then use the TOC to navigate to other volumes or texts with hits. By clicking on a item's title, whether it be an edition, volume or text, its bibliographic record will appear in the right-hand content area, displaying in bold, red letters the first hit within that record.

Some records contain links to extended discussions on various topics. Normally, these links appear as underlined blue text. When performing searches, if there is a hit within such a link, the text of the link itself will appear in larger blue letters. There are also notes (represented by the blue N icon – ) within many of the records. However, unlike the discussions, if a hit occurs within such a note, the icon does not change. The only way to tell if there is a hit within a note is if the number of hits for an item in the TOC is greater than the number of highlighted hits in the content area. This problem will be addressed in future releases.

The left-hand area showing the number of hits for each level of the TOC will continue to be displayed until the clear search button (binoculars with a strike through) is pressed.

To clear a search, click on:

Below is an image graphically describing the left-hand table of contents, indicating what each part means: