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Last Revision: March 17, 2007
Editorial Director & Compiler: Lewis D. Eigen
Copyright © 2007
Contents 1
Introduction 7
Audience 8
Young Children Are Users 8
Searching the Quotations Collection 9
Simple Search 9
The Basic Search Screen 9
What Will Actually Be Found 11
String Sensitivity 11
Case Sensitivity 11
Time To Search 11
Displaying the Hits 13
Difference Between the Quotation Phrase and the Full Quotation 15
Context 16
Multiple Words 17
Window Sizing 17
Left Side Searching 18
The Expanded Search Screen 18
Browsing: List of Authors, Concepts, and Areas 24
Eigen Number Search 25
Spelling and Searching 26
Searching for Strings 26
Popularity Index 27
About Quotations & Their Organization 28
Concept Searching 29
Hyperlinked Concepts 29
Large Type Feature 30
Context 30
“Out of Context” 30
Political Use 33
Quotation Inclusion 34
What Makes a Good Quotation 34
A Note About Historical Quotations 41
Medium 42
A Non-Criterion 43
Political Positions 43
Hateful Material 45
American Perspective 45
Quantity 46
Word Usage 47
Other Approaches 47
Special National Perspectives 47