You may search on any alphanumeric string. This might be a composer name, a catalog number for a CD, or any other text. Searches are not case sensitive. Beware that searching on very common strings will return a number of possible pages. Try to be as specific as possible to narrow searches.

The search may also be narrowed by entering multiple words. If two or more words are entered, separated by spaces, this is equivalent to searching with logical "ands" between each word. For instance, searching on "beethoven bach" will find all pages where both Beethoven and Bach appear. Using boolean operators (using "and" and/or "or" in searching) is also supported. For instance, entering "beethoven or bach" will find all pages that contain either Beethoven or Bach.

Search results are organised as follows:

Rank. The pages found as the result of the search are listed in order of possible relevance to your search. See relevance score below.

Title. If this is an HTML file, this is the title. This may also be the name of the file (if there is no title).

Relevance Score. The search results will also show a "relevance score." This number is generated with each result and is the program's "best guess" as to how relevant the file may be to your query. This score, which can range from 1 to 1000, depends on a number of factors, such as: how many times your search word appears in the file, how many words are in the file, and if the word appears in a title or header tag (if it's an HTML file), among other factors. This score is only a very general indiction of how relevant the file may be to your search.

File Size. This size is always in bytes

Error Messages

• Invalid Query! - The search was probably submitted with no search string (enpty).
• no results - There were no results of the search.
• could not open index file - Either the index file could not be found or it couldn't be opened.
• no search words specified - No words were specified for searching.
• a word is too common - A search word was used that was too common to give any meaningful feedback.