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The Search Engine The PEP Archive provides much more than just an electronic duplication of a hard-copy journal. The PEP Archive CD-ROM is accessed via a state-of-the-art search engine called Folio Views. The PEP WEB archive (available only for university students and staff) is accessed by Folio Views' sister product LivePublish - offering much more power than is usual on the web. Whereas online psychoanalytic journal services permit you to search abstracts and download articles, they don't offer the full range of content-based searching built into the PEP Archive. In the PEP Archive you can find an article not only by author, title, journal, and year, but also by indicating any word or phrase that occurs in the article. For more precise searches, you can limit the search to a specific context such as a dream or a clinical dialog. And to make sure you find all relevant articles, even if they use a variation of the terminology you are searching for, the software's thesaurus function can automatically expand the search based on psychoanalytic concepts and terms. After finding the information, you can take advantage of the PEP Archive's personalized study tools such as notes, highlights, and bookmarking. Instead of going to a bookshelf to check a reference, you can instantly jump there or traverse the entire archive in seconds by simply clicking your mouse. With search speeds this fast, researchers can take their time developing their ideas as they navigate the literature. The Archive's searching ability is what makes it truly special. Given such a complex and sophisticated search engine, PEP has designed its own specialized PEP-Help on-line manual. After a 45-minute tutorial, in the comfort of your own home, you will be searching, cutting, pasting, printing and more. |