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Search Functions [Old Style]

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Person by Name

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Finds any match in any article; ranks results by frequency. Powerful but wholesale. For more exact searches, use those above. To match a phrase, enclose within double inverted commas, example:"garden of eden". To exclude a word, prefix with a minus sign, example: unconscious -Freud.

      

 

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GlossaryThe Glossary is designed to float over other open windows and provide a lexicon of specialist terms. Go
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Author TimelinesThree ways of displaying an author's life in relation to historical events. Go
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Bookshelves Groups of articles relevant to particular topics; members can make their own. Go