Keyword Searches in the Informer Index

The keyword types of the PensionPlanInformerIndex and the method of its Search are described below:

Keyword Type	Keyword Prefix	Examples
Author	au=	au=Swift, Tom
Addressee	ad=	ad=Doe, John
Year	yr=	yr=1998
Corporate author	ca=	ca=DOE/HQ
Type	ty=	ct=letter
General keyword	kw=	kw=incineration
Site	si=	si=ORNL
Subject	su=	su=pension_plan
Source	so=	so=CORRE
Cited	ci=	ci=Reichle

Searching: This Index is designed to be searched by your Internet browser Find function. In the Index, each file is described by a file title, a very brief annotation and a series of prefixed keywords indicating the content of the file. The file may be a single file, or multiple pages (and links), or a compendium of links to related pages. The keyword prefixes are used to identify types of keywords such as: corporate author, site, corporate author, type of document, etc.

Example of an Index Entry:

1. Keyword prefixes and types -Contains a list of all keyword types and prefixes used in the Pension Plan Informer: kw=keyword_prefix; kw=keyword_type.

The Find feature of your browser may be used to search for any text string in the Index Entry including the file title, text in the annotation, and all keywords. Alternatively, it may be limited to all keywords or to a specific class of keywords. You cannot search for the actual URL. To perform an unrestricted search, use a simple text string in the Find function. To search only for key words, preface the desired keyword (or its leading substring) by an "=" sign. To restrict the search to a specific class of keywords, preface the search string by the prefix for the desired keyword type, e.g., to locate links to pages for which ORNL is the corporate author, search for "ca=ORNL". Note that spaces in multi-word, keywords are indicated by a "_". After the first entry, subsequent entries are best found using the Find Next shortcut key. The index entry serves as an abstract of the target from which you can determine further interest. The liberal use of the Find function is recommended throughout the entire process including the search of the target pages.

When an entry has been located it may be clicked to obtain the target or processed in any manner your browser supports. The link targets can be processed in any manner the originator intended and your browser supports. Once you are into a compendium, you are at the mercy of the page originators although individual pages within the compendium can be specified by entries in the index if use is warranted. For repeated use the targets should be bookmarked.

The scope of a Find is determined by the format of the Find 'string' as follows:

Scope of the Find	Format of Find 'string'	Example
Any "textstring"	"textstring"	"positions"
All types of "keywords"	"=keyword"	"=analysis"
Specific types of "keywords"	"xx=keyword"	"ca=DOE"
All keywords	"="	"="