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Datalogue®
Searching
Basic
Searching Techniques
askSam is a
Free-Form Database which allows the simultaneous search for data
across all defined fields. In all Datalogue®
entries, all data is entered into specific fields - and you
must know the names of these fields to use them effectively.
All fields are
defined by a colon at the end of a word. Read the following to
fully understand the field system for Datalogue®
searching. After that, searching Datalogue®
for anything is easy. There are two basic searches - all other
searches are variations on these two basic methods.
1.
field-specific searches, for example:
To
display everything in the opera:* field, if you enter opera:*
into the
search window, you will get the specific
field output for
7,800
entries; note: when doing any kind of a specific
field output
search, an asterisk ( * ) must always
immediately
- no space - follow the colon; when searching a
specific
field with already known data, there must be a
single
space
between the colon and the first word of the data in
that
field,
e.g. [Aida: Renata Tebaldi] - brackets necessary
2. general
data searches
enter
a name (singer, composer, opera title, librettist,
conductor
etc.), so enter Sutherland into the search window;
you will
get Joan Sutherland (soprano) and Margaret
Sutherland
(composer); if you want only the entries of Joan,
then the
search entry must be in brackets e.g. [Joan Sutherland]
Search
examples to give you an idea of the variety of available searches within Datalogue®.
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enter: |
tebaldi |
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find: |
every entry
reference made for the name "tebaldi" |
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enter: |
tebaldi leonora:* |
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find: |
every instance of
"tebaldi" in the role of Leonora in any opera |
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enter: |
[sung in hungarian] |
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find: |
all operas not native
to the Hungarian language sung in the Hungarian language |
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NOTE: all
operas are presumed to be sung in their native language unless
otherwise specifically noted, e.g. [sung in Russian] - brackets necessary |
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for a specific opera sung in a non-native language
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enter: |
[opera: rigoletto]
[sung in russian] |
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find: |
all performances
of RIGOLETTO sung in the Russian language (or German, or French, or
English, etc.) |
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enter: |
aida [sung in] |
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find: |
all performances
of AIDA sung in languages other than the original Italian language |
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enter: |
[year: 1935] opera:* |
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find: |
all operas
recorded in the year 1935 |
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enter: |
[year: 1976]
[placido domingo] |
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find: |
all operas
recorded by Placido Domingo in the year 1976 |
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enter: |
[location: New
York City] year:* |
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find: |
the total year
span of operas recorded in New York City |
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enter: |
[opera: tristan]
libretto french |
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find: |
a libretto for
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE in the French language |
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enter: |
aida german |
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find: |
every possible
combination of these two words in any given entry since no instance
of specificity has been indicated for either word (opera, role,
language etc.) |
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enter: |
origin:* |
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find: |
the national
origins of all operas with this information entered |
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NOTE: this is a
relatively new field and not all entries have it yet |
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enter: |
no/lithuanian |
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find: |
all lithuanian
operas in this database |
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NOTE:
"no/" is the search-only prefix for "national
origin" and must be affixed to the adjectival form (or standard
plural noun) of the national name for with the search is being made;
e.g. no/Italian for Italy; no/German for Germany; no/Dutch for the Netherlands;
no/Czech for
Czechoslovakia; no/American for U.S.A.; no/Spanish for Spain;
no/Hungarian for Hungary; no/Polish for Poland;
no/Russian for
Russia; no/Finnish for Finland; no/French for France |
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entry: |
[composer: wagner,
richard] tebaldi |
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find: |
all the Wagner
operas in this database recorded by Renata Tebaldi |
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enter: |
[composer: verdi] libretto:* |
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find: |
all of the
librettists for all of Verdi's operas |
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enter: |
cammarano
composer:* opera:* |
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find: |
all the composers
and operas for which Salvadore Cammarano wrote the libretto |
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