Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 brief encyclopedic articles that cover a wide variety of subject areas. Articles are basic and elementary, often only one or two short paragraphs, and are geared for a general level user. Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the results list display. There are no illustrations.

Basic Search

• For a Basic search, type one or more words or phrases in the Find box. Combine keywords with the Boolean operators and, or, not.
• Use the truncation (*) and wildcard (?) symbols to search for terms with various endings, unknown characters, or multiple spellings. To use truncation, enter the beginning of a search word and replace the ending with an *. For example, typing comput* will find entries containing computer, computing, compute, etc. The wildcard symbol (?) replaces a single character. For example, searching for wom?n will find all entries containing women and woman.
• Search results can be expanded or narrowed using the following options:
  - Linked Full Text: Retrieve only full text articles {all articles are full text}.
  - Title: Search by keyword within encyclopedia entries.
  - Also search for related words: Include plurals and synonyms of the search terms.
  - Search within the full text of the articles: Will search for terms only in the full text of the articles.
  - Images Available: The database indicates an option to search for entries with images,
  but there are NO images in the Encyclopedia, so no results will be retrieved if this option is selected.

Advanced Search

• Click on the [Advanced Search] button.
• Enter a word or phrase in the Find box.
• Next, use the drop down menu list to the right of the search box to select a field to search. Searches can be done across Select a Field (all fields) or in a specific field, i.e., Source, Title, or Accession Number.
• To connect multiple search concepts, type words or phrases in each of the search boxes and combine by using the operators and, or, not by clicking on the drop down menu located to the left of the search boxes.
• In addition to the search options described, the search can also be expanded or limited using the options listed for the basic search.

Result List

• The Result List consists of those articles that include the search terms anywhere in the entry, unless a limit or search field has been specified.
• Click on an underlined title or the [HTML Full Text] link to display the full article, which includes the title [there are no abstracts as these are brief informational articles].
• To mark entries for printing, e-mailing, or saving, click in the boxes in the ADD column next to the entry number, or click on "Add to Folder" from an individual record.

Printing, Saving, or E-mailing Search Results

• To print from an individual record:

  - Click on the Print link at the top of the entry.
  - Choose to print using either the Standard Field Format (default setting) or the Customized Field Format (most users will not need to use this setting). From the drop-down box in the Standard Field Format, choose either Detailed Citation and Abstract (default setting), Brief Citation and Abstract, or Brief Citation. The HTML Full Text (when available) box is automatically checked. To print the citation only, unclick the box for full text {there are no abstracts so that will make no difference in printing - either citation only or citation and full text will be printed}.
  - Click on [Estimate number of Pages] to see how many pages will be printed.
  - Click on the Print button and then select Print from the dialog box to print the information as selected.

• To E-mail from an individual record:

  - Click on the E-mail link at the top of the entry.
  - Choose to include either the Standard Field Format (default setting) or the Customized Field Format (most users will not need to use this setting). From the drop-down box in the Standard Field Format, choose either Detailed Citation and Abstract (default setting), Brief Citation and Abstract, or Brief Citation. The HTML Full Text (when available) box is automatically checked. To include the citation only, unclick the box for full text {there are no abstracts so that will make no difference when sending - either citation only or citation and full text will be included in the E-mail}.
  - Enter a full E-mail address and a subject (optional).
  - Click on the E-mail icon.

• To save from an individual record:

  - Click on the Save link at the top of the entry.
  - Choose to include either the Standard Field Format (default setting) or the Customized Field Format (most users will not need to use this setting). From the drop-down box in the Standard Field Format, choose either Detailed Citation and Abstract (default setting), Brief Citation and Abstract, or Brief Citation. The HTML Full Text (when available) box is automatically checked. To save the citation only, unclick the box for full text {there are no abstracts so that will make no difference in the saved entries - either citation only or citation and full text will be included}.
  - Next, click on the Save or Save to Disk icon and select File, then Save As from the web browser menu. In the Save as window, select the A drive, and type in a file name.

• To print, E-mail, or save from the Result List:

  - If entries have been marked on the Result List, all marked records will be printed, E-mailed, or saved. If no entries have been marked, all of the records on the CURRENT page of the Result List will be printed, E-mailed, or saved. Follow the directions above for printing, E-mailing, or saving an individual record.

• To print, E-mail, or save multiple records:

  - If entries have been marked and put into a folder, click on or to get to the list of the selected records. From the list that appears, follow the same directions as given for printing, E-mailing, or saving an individual record.

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