Article Title Searches
Searching for article Titles is simple in this archive. This search is very flexible because you do not need to remember the entire title you are looking for. You may put in single word (such as "Germany") or a phrase (such as "Affirmative Action").
The Use of Commas in Article Title Searches
If you put in a phrase without commas, it will only look for those words together. However, if you put words or phrases separated by commas, it will not look for the comma-separated items together.
The option buttons underneath the Article Title Search allow you to ask the search to choose one or more of the words or phrases you put in the box. For example, if the box contains "Nixon, Affirmative Action", and you click the option telling the system to search on "Any of the words or phrases," the system will look for article title containing either "Nixon" or "Affirmative Action" or both. However, if you put a phrase like "Affirmative Action" into the box and then click the option to search using "Any of the words or phrases," the system will not see "Affirmative Action" as separate words, since you did not separate them by commas.
This search method does not search for article Authors or article Text or article Date. You use separate search boxes elsewhere in the form to search for those. But you can search for Text and Title and Author and Date—all at the same time, in one search!
Press the Submit key to begin your search.
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Text Searches
There are two ways of doing text searches in this archive. You can use only one method on each search. The two methods are:
Keyword Search
This search uses words and we have selected because they appear frequently in the journal. You may select one or even several of these keywords to search on at the same time. If you want to choose more than one keyword, click on the first word, then hold down the Control key on your keyboard while you select other Keywords. If you choose more than one Keyword, all the words must be in an article for it to be chosen.
Word or Phrase Search
This search uses words or phrases the user types into the three Text boxes provided. You can use one, two, or all three boxes in a single search. Each box can contain a single word (e.g., "Nixon") or a phrase (e.g., "affirmative action"). By clicking on the buttons beneath the text boxes, you can indicate whether you want all of the text boxes to be in an article to choose it, or only at least one of the Text box contents to be in the article.
Neither of the search methods search for article Authors or article Titles. You use separate search boxes elsewhere in the form to search for those. But you can search for Text and Title and Author and Date—all at the same time, in one search!
Press the Submit key to begin your search.
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Author Searches
There are two ways of doing author searches in this archive. You can use only one of the following methods on each search. The two methods are:
Leading Author Search
This search uses a dropdown box of authors who have written many articles apiece. If you want to find a list of articles by a writer such as John Tanton, it is easiest just to choose his name from the dropdown box.
Author First Name/Last Name Search
This search looks for articles by searching for the Last Name and First Name of the article's author. However, the First Name box is optional. You can search on the Last Name only if, for example, you can't remember the first name of the author. But if you use the First Name/Last Name Search, the Last Name is mandatory.
Neither of the above search methods look for article Text or article Titles. You use separate search boxes elsewhere in the form to search for those. But you can search for Text and Title and Author and Date—all at the same time, in one search!
Press the Submit key to begin your search.
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Date Searches
There are two ways of doing date searches in this archive. You can use only one method on each search. The two methods are:
Date Range Search
This search uses a range of dates to find articles. The Social Contract quarterly journal is published in print form four times a year—once each season. You use this search method if you have an idea when a particular article was published or if you want to find out if an article was published during a certain date range. Choose a season (Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall) and a year for both the beginning date and ending date. You may use the same date for the beginning and end date. (If you only put a beginning date, the system will give you articles from that issue only.) If you do not use other criteria than the date, you will get back all the articles published in the date range you specify.
Issue Theme Search
This search allows you to choose the "theme" of a past issue of The Social Contract. Each issue has a theme, and many but not all the articles in that issue deal with that topic. If you choose only an issue theme and no other criteria, you will get back a list of all the articles that appeared in that issue.
You use separate search boxes elsewhere in the form to search for Text and Title and Author—at the same time you search on Date, all in one search!
Press the Submit key to begin your search.
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