French Women Writers
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Retrieving Documents and Limiting a Search:
To retrieve a document, enter Indiana in the Title Field (leave the Search Texts for: field blank). Click on the title to go to the digital table of contents. You may, however, search for words in particular chapters. To limit a search, leave Indiana in the Title Field and enter tendresse in the Search Texts for: field.

Limiting a Search by Multiple Fields:
To search the earlier works of Rachilde enter Rachilde in the Author Field and a date range in the Date Field: 1880-1900. Enter paysan in the Search Field.

Accented Characters:
Enter the date range 1500-1650. Enter privilEgE in the Search Field. Select KWIC report display. Note the various accented forms of the word.

Phrase Search:
Search phrase: certitude positive

Phrase with Boolean OR:
Search the following: certitude positive|distincte|abstraite

Proximity Same Sentence or Paragraph:
First search the phrase: certitude de
Now search the following: certitude mort|mourir in the Same Sentence
Now do the same with Proximity - Same Paragraph. Make sure you have the Concordance Report format turned on. And finally the same search with Proximity - Within 3 words.

Wildcard Searching
For simple truncation, search immort.* with KWIC Report turned on.
Search for infini[zs] to find alternate spellings or try reco[gn]nu. These can also be found by entering reco.nu. Try the following as well: contra.?t social. To look only for proper nouns enter: #roche

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