ASME.ORG Search Engine Help
Welcome to the Live Beta Launch of ASME.ORG's new search engine! Please
use this new help feature to learn about new search engine offerings. This document
will be reviewed and updated on a regular basis. If you are still having trouble
locating content, products or services of ASME, please send an email to the Webmaster.
Please include the Search Keyword or Phrase you typed in, plus what you expected
to find.
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Queries and Search Terms
Boolean Syntax
Advanced Search
Channels
Topics BETA
Viewing Content by Channels or Topics BETA
Results Anatomy
Find Within Results
Export (Save) Results
The Query Box
Query Boxes appear at the top of most ASME.ORG pages and the main search pages.
Type your query in this box. A query can be as simple as words separated by spaces,
or it can take advantage of more advanced Boolean features.
Boolean Syntax
The ASME.ORG search engine now supports the most advanced features of the major
search engines using a unified Boolean syntax that follows standard conventions.
""
Enclosing your search query in quotes should return more exact results.
AND or + or and or nothing
Finds documents containing all of the specified words or phrases. Video AND disc
finds documents with both the word video and the word disc. Note that this is the
default option.
OR or or
Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. Video OR
disc finds documents containing either video or disc. The documents returned can
contain both words, but not necessarily.
AND NOT,NOT or Excludes documents containing the specified word or phrase. Video AND NOT disc
finds documents with video but not containing disc.
host: or site:hostname
Finds pages on a specific host. The search host:asmeconferences.org would find
pages where the host name (the first part of the URL) contains asmeconferences.org.
Advanced Search Features
To provide end-users with more flexibility and control over their search experience,
we have created a more thorough Advanced Search feature. The Advanced Search
can be used to limit or modify your query. Additional Features currently include:
Searching within a Channel
By selecting one or more channels using the checkboxes, end-users can restrict their
results to certain locations of ASME content.
Limit Results to File Types
End-users can now limit the results to certain file types. For example, if you know
the file is a PDF, you can check the box next to PDF Documents. Entering a keyword
of "Congress" would return results only on PDF documents where "Congress" is a
part of the content.
Limit Results to URLs that Contain
End-users can now specify the URLs or Domains that the file they are looking for
might include. For example, if your keyword is "A17" and you know that you need a
web site that contains "calendar", type calendar into this field.
About Channels - Left Side of Screen, first tab
ASME's broad spectrum of web-enabled content, products and services are divided
into Channels and sub-channels. Channels act as containers or repositories of
information. Currently, Top Level Channels appear in alphabetical order.
About Topics (BETA) - Left Side of Screen, second tab
In addition to presenting content, products and services in pre-defined Channels and
Sub-Channels, ASME offers a BETA version of natural or ad-hoc Clustering by Topic.
The Clustering Engine analyzes page titles and their abstracts for common themes
that occur near your search keyword or phrase. Once that analysis is done, the
Clustering Engine creates an ad-hoc category based on its Findings.
Viewing the Contents of a Channel or Topics
Clicking on the name of a Channel will do two things: Expand that channel's contents
and display all of the search results that it contains to the right of the Channel
hierarchy.
Expanding a Channel or Topic
Clicking on the plus sign or the Channel Name will expand the Channel, displaying
below it the Channels that it contains.
Number of Search Results in a Channel
The number displayed next to a Channel is the number of unique search results that
a Channel contains.
Results Anatomy
Page Title
The title of the search result is displayed on this line. Clicking the Page Title will take
users to the found page.
Description
Many web pages at ASME have short descriptions that allow users to gain more
information prior to clicking through to the found page.
The URL of a Result
The URL of a search result is listed here.
Viewing the Page found in a new window
Click the [New Window] link to show the found page within a new window.
Previewing the Result Page
Click the [preview] link to show a preview of the result page within the search results
itself. This allows you to see where you are going before committing with a click
through.
Clusters
Clicking on the [clusters] link will highlight all of the Channels in which this particular
search result occurs.
Find Within Results
To refine your search for specific text within the search results, type the text you
would like to find into this box and click
. Channels which contain results that
match this text will be highlighted in yellow, as will be all occurrences of this text in
the list of results.
Export Results
By selecting the checkbox next to a result, then clicking the Export as button at the
top of the results screen, you can save the results of your search for later use in text
or html format by saving the exported document to your local PC.