Searching Grove Art Online
To Begin:
Click on the "Full Text" link on the
Grove Art Online screen to begin your search.
You will get more search options on the Advanced Search page
than by directly using the article search box at the top of the screen.
Search Tips
- British Spellings: Grove Art uses British spellings, such as 'colour' and 'theatre'. Use these spelling variations.
- Wildcards: If you are unsure of the spelling of a name or word, use wildcard symbols:
- ? matches any single character
(Sm?th will find Smith and Smyth)
- * matches any number of characters
(Const* will find Constable, Constance, etc.)
- [ ] matches a single character from within the brackets
(Sm[iy]th will find Smith or Smyth)
- ~ preceding a word matches words that sound alike
(~mikelanjelo will match Michelangelo)
Three Ways to Search Grove Art Online:
- Article Search: the Search
box at the top right of every page searches for your topic word(s) in the
main article headings only.
If you would like to narrow your search, browse the Table of Contents
of the article you have just retrieved. (Example: article heading is "Rome,
ancient", but you can link to the subject "Rome, ancient ---Architecture---Types
of building---Religious" from the Table of Contents.)
- Full Text Search: will search the entire text of Grove Art Online
(excluding captions) for every mention of the word you enter. Choose one of the three
Search Modes offered:
- CONCEPT: this mode will locate any words that are synonymous or related
in meaning or form ("mouse" and "mice")
- PATTERN: looks for words similar in spelling to your search term. This
is useful when you are unsure of a spelling or when a word has an alternate
spelling ("color" and "colour")
- BOOLEAN: will only search for exact matches of words or phrases. Use
it to combine multiple words or phrases in a search. Combine your words
or phrases with one of the following: and/or/not.
- BROWSING: the Browse option allows you to browse the list of
article titles, contributors, appendices and the index. You can type a word in the Go To box to skip
through the listing or click on the alphabet listing.
Further search options:
You may also search art image collections or image links,
biographies, bibliographies, contributors and captions in the printed dictionary.
An
Explore option is also available.
For more information on these and other search strategies in
Grove Art,
click on the
Help link.
