[Ads-l] Plea for NewspaperArchive Search

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Thanks for your response, Ben.

I was referring to changes to the Advanced Search Page. I was
attempting to perform a search with an exact phrase on
NewspaperArchive.org.

Keywords now uses a drop down menu. You can select  “With the Exact
Phrase” and type in a phrase. But the interface generates an error if
you do not enter something into the “Last Name” field.

It is true that you can use the keyword tab on the starting page but
you cannot use quotation marks; hence, I do not think it performs an
exact phrase search.

Garson

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I haven’t attempted to search NewspaperArchive in months. Now, the
> > user interface I can access has changed. To search you must fill in
> > the "last name" field as if you are performing a genealogy search. I
> > do not know how it processes the last name data.
>
> [snip]
>
> You can still click on the "keyword" tab and enter your search that way. Or
> you can go to "Advanced Search" where you're given more options, including
> searches on exact phrases.
>
> --bgz
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