[PIUG List] A new SET SPELLINGS option is now available STN

A new SET SPELLINGS option is now available STN

Have you ever wondered whether including English spelling variations of
certain terms (such as sulfur or sulphur and aluminum or aluminium) in
your search query would improve the retrieval of your answer sets? Now
you can be assured of maximum retrieval by employing the new SET
SPELLINGS command on STN.

With SET SPELLINGS ON, your search terms, including those with left
and/or right truncation, will be automatically supplemented with
spelling variants. In addition, when there is a common alternate term
for your search term, that alternate term will be automatically added
to your search strategy. When SET SPELLINGS is used, separate postings
for each version of the search term are provided, as well as a combined
total for the postings.

In STN databases with search term charges, no additional search term
costs are incurred due to use of SET SPELLINGS.

Examples:

=> SET SPELLINGS ON
SET COMMAND COMPLETED

=> S SULFUR
         53851 SULFUR
         66711 SULPHUR
L1 110014 SULFUR
                 (SULFUR OR SULPHUR)

=> S WINDSCREEN
         18836 WINDSCREEN
          8643 WINDSHIELD
L2 22706 WINDSCREEN
                 (WINDSCREEN OR WINDSHIELD)

=> S ?ANESTHETIZE?
          1705 ?ANESTHETIZE?
           604 ?ANAESTHETISE?
           342 ?ANAESTHETIZE?
            95 ?ANESTHETISE?
L3 2726 ?ANESTHETIZE?
                 (?ANESTHETIZE? OR ?ANAESTHETISE? OR ?ANAESTHETIZE? OR
                 ?ANESTHETISE?)

=> S AEROPLANE?
          7034 AEROPLANE?
         12598 AIRPLANE?
L4 16690 AEROPLANE?
                 (AEROPLANE? OR AIRPLANE?)

This new SET command is turned off by default. To make maximum use of
it, you might want to set them on permanently by typing SET SPELLINGS
ON PERM. To speed up your search process, you can also use the command
abbreviation SPE for SPELLINGS.

For more information about the SET SPELLINGS command, enter HELP SET
SPELLINGS at the arrow prompt on STN.


Robert Austin
Regional Sales Manager
FIZ Karlsruhe Inc
Tel: 609 333 1466
Fax: 609 333 8838
Email: robert.austin_at_fiz-k.com
www.stn-international.com







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Received on Fri Dec 26 2008 - 12:10:40