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What can I look for in Search? Search is divided into three archives. You can search each independently: • The Economist print-edition archive contains all articles from The Economist newspaper published since June 1997 • The Economist.com archive contains the above, plus articles from The Global Agenda, Cities Guide and Global Executive • The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) archive contains all publications from the EIU since January 1995. Search or Advanced Search? Entering one or more terms in the basic search box that appears at the top of most of Economist.com’s pages will search the Economist.com archive. By default, individual terms will be combined using BOOLEAN "AND", meaning that all the terms entered will be in the articles returned, though they will not necessarily be close together. If you want to search for a particular phrase, it is best to enclose the phrase in inverted commas—eg, "monetary union". Advanced Search allows more refined searches by enabling you to apply search limits (Date range, Index terms and Headlines), and to search the other two archives. (You can also search the other archives using the drop-down menu at the top of our homepage.) The search limits available for each of the three archives vary slightly because the data in each one are structured differently. Advanced Search • How to use Index terms to narrow your search (Economist print-edition archive only) Index terms are descriptive keywords or phrases which are assigned by researchers to each article in The Economist, according to the main themes and subject of the article. Using this option will help to increase the relevance of the articles found. To search using Index terms, type in your search term(s) and then select “Index terms” from the drop-down menu labelled “within”, before clicking “Search”. • How to use Headline terms to narrow your search (Economist print-edition archive only) Only articles which contain your search-terms in their title will be returned. This will usually increase the relevance of your search results (though bear in mind that Economist titles are rarely descriptive). To search using Headline terms, type in your search words and then select “Headlines” from the drop-down menu labelled “within”, before clicking “Search”. • The 'Sort by' display options “Sort by Date” means that results will be presented in reverse chronological order. “Sort by Relevance” arranges the results according to the frequency of occurrence of the search terms used (this is the default display in Economist print-edition and Economist.com searches). • How to Use BOOLEAN operators (AND, OR, NOT) to narrow or broaden your search Use AND to combine multiple search terms and narrow your search. All terms entered will be in the articles returned. The BOOLEAN "AND" is applied as default in both the basic and advanced search screens (ie, typing Clinton Lewinsky will produce the same search results as typing Clinton AND Lewinsky). Use OR to include synonyms and related concepts to broaden your search. At least one of the terms will be in the articles returned (ie, typing Euro OR EMU OR "single currency" OR "monetary union" will return articles that have at least one of those terms). Use NOT to exclude articles featuring a certain term. Articles returned will not feature the excluded term (ie, typing economy NOT "United States" will return articles which feature the word economy but not the phrase "United States"). It is possible to use a combination of BOOLEAN operators, but in order for this to work you must enclose any synonyms/related concepts in brackets (ie, terms you have linked using BOOLEAN OR). The following example illustrates this method: ("single currency" OR "monetary union") AND Germany. • Using Word 'stems' Using this function means you can look for multiple variations of the same word without having to use BOOLEAN "OR". Simply end the 'stem' of search term with an asterisk (ie, typing in Europe* will pick up Europe, European, European Union, etc). Quick reference to searching • Search terms are combined with BOOLEAN "AND" as a default (meaning all search terms entered will appear in the articles found) • Advanced search allows more refined searches by using search fields: Index terms, Headline terms and Date restriction (see Advanced search) • Word 'stems' can be implemented using the asterisk at the end of a word 'stem' : eg, "Europe*" (see 'Using word stems', above) • All BOOLEAN operators can be used (see Using BOOLEAN, above) • Phrases should be enclosed in inverted commas in basic search (eg, "Clinton's cigar", "edible rubber", "there will be no recession") • 'Sort by Date' is a display option which presents search results in reverse chronological order • 'Sort by Relevance' is a display option which presents search results in order of relevance Other places to find articles from The Economist Try articles by subject and the collection of surveys. 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