Field Searching
Field searching is
a technique which allows you to
search a particular part of a computer record. For example, in many
search engines and electronic databases, you can specify that a specific
word in your search string be found in the title of the document.
You may also be
able to search for an author's
last name, a range of dates, full-text documents, or material in a
particular language. In web search engines you may be able to search by
domain name, URL, or type of file (picture, sound or video). This search
technique works efficiently when you need to narrow your search in a
very specific way. Some web search engines make field searching
available only in the advanced search mode.
See: Google's Field Operators for an example.
