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SIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s

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The subsequently described search options can be combined. Fuzzy Search and Dublic Core Search can only be used with the Keyword Search, while truncation, Boolean Operators, phrase search and distance search can also be used with the Extended Search.

Truncation

Search terms can be truncated using the characters "*" and "?". The asterisk serves as a placeholder for any number of characters, while the question mark replaces one specific character. Neither truncation operator may be used at the beginning of a word, but combining both operators is possible.

Boolean Operators

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Phrase search

A phrase search is performed when multiple keywords are placed in quotation marks. The entered search terms appears in the exact specified phrase in the results.

Fuzzy Search

For this somewhat indistinct search method, one uses the tilde sign "~" at the end of a search term. The degree of similarity (between 0 and 1) can be parameterized. If no value is provided, the default setting used is 0.5.

Distance search

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Dublin Core Search

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