Vol. 77, No. 12, December
2004
Quick Links
Folio Searching
Folio is the searchable interface for the different databases located
at folio.legis.state.wi.us. Using Folio can be a little tricky. Here are
a few tips to get you started:
- The default search is an AND operator between words. A search for
air pollution (no quotes) would return a list of documents that
contained both the word air and the word pollution.
- Double quotes (" ") can be used to search for a phrase. Searching
for "air pollution" would return only documents that contain that
phrase.
- For a broader search, use the OR operator. A search for air OR
pollution would return documents containing either the word air
or the word pollution.
- The NOT operator is used when you want to search for documents in
which one word appears but not the other. A search for pollution NOT air
would provide you with documents that have the word pollution but
not the word air.
- Proximity searching allows you to specify how close together two
words must be. Folio supports three different proximity searches (note
that you need to include the quotes):
1) "air pollution"#2 gives you all documents in which the word air
occurs within two records of the word pollution
2) "air pollution"@5 gives you all documents in which the word air
occurs within five words of the word pollution
3) "air pollution"/5 gives you all documents in which the word air
occurs within five words before the word pollution.
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