Searching by title or topic:
AVON supports some "filtering" and searching by subject terms, which theoretically should provide more accurate search and retrieval than simple keyword searching. In reality, the "subject" terms appear to have not been applied to many of the individual records, so the subject searching and filtering is uneven. Using the "collections" option is more likely to include results that would otherwise be missed.
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The Alexander Street Video Platform does not have an advanced search form, but you can use advanced search syntax. To understand a bit about how searching on the Video Platform works, consider the following things:
Searching strategies below can be used on combination with each other.
Double Quotes (restriction of phrase matching): Using quotes around a search term will limit the results to those words being found directly next to each other in the results. Searching will take place anywhere in the title, description, transcript, and metadata.
AND, OR, NEAR, +, - (Boolean operators): 1. operators must be in CAPS; 2. plus and minus signs must have a space before them.
Field Qualifications: the search box can be used to directly narrow a search to a particular field. There is NO space between the colon and the search term.
Truncation and Wild Card: asterisks and question marks can be used to offer options when you want to expand a search for word ending variability
Range Queries: you can use a range of dates to narrow down searches prior to waiting for search results to filter
Click the link below to go directly to a Channel or Subject in Academic Video Online.
120 broad fields of interests, including general academic disciplines, as well as some specific popular topics and historical and artistic periods.