The First Folio of Shakespeare
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Retrieving Documents and Limiting a Search:
To retrieve a document, enter Julius Caesar in the Title Field (leave the Search Texts for: field blank). Click on the title to go to the digital table of contents. To limit a search, leave Julius Caesar in the Title Field and enter proofe in the Search Texts for: field.

Limiting a Search by Multiple Fields:
To search only the early history plays, enter Hist in the Genre Field and a date range in the Date Field: 1590-1595. Enter wheele in the Search Field.

Phrase Search:
Search phrase: false hopes

Phrase with Boolean OR:
Search the following: foolish heart|loue

Proximity Same Sentence or Paragraph:
First search the phrase: deep.* malice
Now search the following: deep.* malice in the Same Sentence
Try fortun.* wheele.* with Proximity - Same Paragraph turned on. Make sure you have the Concordance Report format turned on.

Wildcard Searching
For simple truncation, search idl.* with KWIC Report turned on.
Search for [kc]alender to find alternate spellings or try gentlem[ea]n. These can be found by entering gentlem.n. Also, try the following: hono.?r. To look only for proper nouns: #shallow
Wildcards for discovering textual emendations: Search inf.*tion with Frequency by Title report clicked on.

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