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Single Term Search
The Single Term Search tool allows you to select either a Magazine or Industry Grouping directly. This is useful when you can't quite remember the spelling or want to scan a list of magazines quickly. The Industry Grouping combines single industries in lager industry groupings. For more information see "Industry" in the "Understanding the Page Display" area.
If you are searching a term for the first time, you may want to try our full text search, which is a more powerful and robust search engine.
Full Text Search
If you are looking for information on something, this is where you want to go. Our full text search engine is similar to others you may find on the
web. It is full of features which you might not know about, so keep on reading to find out some really great features to help you narrow down your
searches.
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Using Wildcards
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?
Question Mark |
Specifies any single alphanumeric character.
Example:
'?at' would search for 'hat', 'cat', 'bat', etc.
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*
Asterisk |
Specifies zero or more alphanumeric characters. Avoid using the asterisk as the first character in a search string. Asterisk is ignored in a set, [] or an alternative pattern {}.
Example:
'center*' would search for 'center', 'centers', 'centering', etc.
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[ ]
Square brackets |
Specifies one of any character in a set. Square brackets indicate an implied OR.
Example:
'sl[iau]m' which locates "slim," "slam," and "slum."
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{ }
Curly braces |
Specifies one of each pattern separated by a comma. Curly braces indicate an implied AND.
Example:
'hoist{s, ing, ed}' which locates "hoists," "hoisting," and "hoisted." |
^
Caret |
Specifies one of any character not in the set.
Example:
'sl[^ia]m' which locates "slum" but not "slim" or "slam."
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Hyphen |
Specifies a range of characters in a set.
Example:
'c[a-r]t' which locates every word beginning with "c," ending with "t," and containing any letter in the range of "a" to "r."
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Precedence Operators
Parenthesis, '(' and ')', can be used to apply precedence to an expression.
For instance, searching for '(mouse <NOT> trackball) <AND>
keyboard)' is very different from 'mouse <NOT> (trackball <AND>
keyboard)'
Quotation Marks can be used to search a group of words as a phrase. Searching
for '"People Magazine"' would return different results then 'People Magazine'.
Concept Operators
<AND> - The AND operator joins two search phrases explicitely.
Therefore if one searched for 'computers <AND> commerce' you could
expect results that contained both 'computers' and 'commerce'.
<OR> - The OR operator joins two search phrases where either
search phrase is true. Therefore if one searched for 'computers <OR>
commerce' you could expect results that contained either the word 'computers',
or the word 'commerce', or both.
Tip: To remember the difference between AND and OR use the following rhyme: "AND is grand but OR gets more."
<NOT> - The NOT operator negates a phrase. If one searched for
'computers <NOT> laptops' you could expect results that contained
information on 'computers' but not on 'laptops'.
Proximity Operators
<NEAR> - The NEAR operator looks for a search phrase that
is physically near another search phrase. For instance, if one searched for
'program <NEAR> computer' you could expect results that contained the words
'program' and 'computer' somewhat close to each other. If you specify
'program <NEAR/5> computer' you could expect results that contained the words
'program' and 'computer' within five words of each other.
<PARAGRAPH> - The PARAGRAPH operator only returns results
where all of the words you specified are in the same paragraph. Hence,
'<PARAGRAPH> (missing, person)' would only return results where both
words were in the same paragraph.
<SENTENCE> - The SENTENCE operator only returns results
where all of the words you specified are in the same sentence. Hence,
'<SENTENCE> (missing, person)' would only return results where both
words were in the same sentence.
<ORDER> - The ORDER operator only returns results
that are in the same order that you typed them. Therefore
'<ORDER> (missing, person)' would only return results where the word
'missing' was found before the word 'person'.
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Bold Text
You may notice that some articles are in bold text. This denotes the article is a special issue in the magazine.
Hyperlinked Articles
Articles that are hyperlinked in blue are linked to the magazine's website. Every effort will be make to keep the links live, but the shear volume of links will mean occasionally the links will be broken. Please report broken links using the Online Contact Form.
Dates
At the top of the page will be the date of the magazine calendar and any additional years' calendars Special Issues makes available.
Phone & Fax Numbers
We try to provide the phone and fax to the editor of every magazine rather than the advertising contacts.
Website
We link to the magazine's website. This may mean there is little information beyond a subscription contact for some magazines, mainly magazines published by associations or nonprofits. There may be more information available within the root website.
Publisher & Other Publications
We list the magazine's specific publisher, which might be a division of a larger publishing firm.
For example: Bill Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of VNU Business Media , which also owns BPI Communications, inc. VNU Business Media is a subdivision in turn owned by VNU, inc. Additionally, Nielsen Media Research, SRDS, and ACNielsen are also part of VNU inc.
Special Issues links to the individual publisher Bill Communications and BPI Communications. In the near future I hope to capture the family linkages.
Industries
This is the larger
(i.e. restaurants, hotels and agriculture are combined into Food & Hospitality or chemicals, oil & gas, and utilities are combined into Chemicals, Energy, Petroleum & Mining)
Sample Searches
Salary Surveys (salary survey* and food)
Buyers Guide (buyer* guide*)
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