Opposing Viewpoints in Context
The Basic Search box is accessible from the main page. It is located in the upper right corner and it will automatically search all areas of Opposing Viewpoints in Context
When you type in your search terms a box will drop down with suggestions based on what you are typing (popular topics will be in a Bold Italicized print). You may choose one of those or continue entering your own search.
The Basic Search feature will automatically look for a "Topic page" that matches your search criteria. If a Topic Page is not available then the system will perform a keyword search of the resource and display a standard results list.
Use the Search Tips to limit or expand your search.
Each topic page will include the following sections:
1. Image: This image represents the topic selected. It will provide an image caption when hovered over.
2. Overview: Essay providing an intellectual framework for understanding the topic: why it’s important, controversies surrounding it; what should be focused on while conducting research.
3. Featured Viewpoints: Viewpoint essays hand selected by picked by Gale’s expert editorial team to help discovery or related content.
Based on available content, topic pages may include additional information.
Phrase Searching
Enclosing your search terms in quotation marks yields results in which the words appear in the specified order adjacent to one another, such as an exact phrase.
NOTE: When you select a term from the dropdown list Opposing Viewpoints automatically adds the quotation marks. If you choose to type in your own search then you must add the quotation marks yourself.
Wildcards
- * replaces zero or more characters within or at the end of a word.
- ? replaces one character within or at the end of a word. Use multiple ?s to replace the specified number of characters.
- ! replaces zero or one character; useful when you want to match the singular and plural of a word but not other forms. Can also be used for variant spellings.
Logical Operators
- and: both words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you're searching for that record to match. For example, alcohol and pregnancy finds only those records in which both the word alcohol and the word pregnancy occur.
- or: one or the other or both of the words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you're searching for that record to match. For example, dreams or daydreams finds records in which either the word dreams or the word daydreams or both occur.
- not: the word after the operator must not occur for a record to match. For example, crime not murder finds all records in which the word crime occurs except the ones in which the word murder also occurs.