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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 21:48
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 21:48
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 93 16:59:11 PST
From: lb05gate%UCSBUXA.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu (Rick Gates)
>For instance, if I do a single keyword Veronica search on coffee
>I get 25 or so hits. If I do a boolean Veronica search on coffee
>and tea I get 3 hits, all for coffee; so then if I do a single
>word _boolean_ search on coffee (surprise!) I the same three hits.
>
>So, boolean is searching a different index. What is it searching?
>
>Does anyone else have any examples of Veronica Boolean searches
>good or bad?
Not only that, but a boolean search on 'tea' alone produces a few hits
including,
3. Coffee, tea
at...
Name=Coffee, tea
Type=0
Port=3000
Path=0/1993/Jan/Jan 14/forbes/Coffee, tea
Host=mary.cc.utah.edu
...so it looks like the boolean is having a few problems.
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Rick Gates (805) 893-7225
Dir. of Library Automation
Univ. of California Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 lb05gate@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
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