Tips to use steelguru.com services effectively - No 8 - Search Function

Wednesday, 04 Nov 2009

This is one of the most important and commonly used features of www.steelguru.com, as it helps you to find stories of your interest from our huge archives having more than 100,000 articles.

1. Basic search function (Can be used without log in)
http://steelguru.com/search/news.html

If you search for news containing "SAIL" in title of news or body of news and position selected is "Anywhere", it would yield all the news containing word SAIL in title of news or body of news. This type of search is best if you are not sure about exact position.

If you are sure that the Title contains a word at beginning or at end, you should select that as position. This would narrow your search. This however, is not the case with body of news. News can be best searched for a particular word or collection of words with position "Anywhere".

2. Advanced search function (Can be accessed after log in)
http://steelguru.com/search/advanced

This feature is based on up to 4 multiple inputs from you.
May contain keywords
Must contain keywords
Must exclude keywords
Contains exact phrase

Using the advanced search option, the numbers of results are narrowed down drastically thus saving your time

3. Glossary Search (Can be accessed after log in)
http://steelguru.com/search/glossary.html

If you search for abbreviation containing "CI", select category and the position selected is "Anywhere", then it would yield all the glossary items containing characters CI in abbreviation. This type of search is best if you are not sure about exact position.

If you are sure about the abbreviation, then type the abbreviation, select abbreviation, selecte position as at the beginning or in the end. This would narrow your search. This however, is not the case with glossary term itself. A glossary term can be best searched for a particular word or collection of words with position "Anywhere".

4. STT Search (Can be accessed after log in)
http://steelguru.com/search/steel_trade_today.html

To view STT for a specific day, select the edition type and click on the button with 3 dots. Select desired day and click on "Display" button. The date is in YYYY-MM-DD format. In the Calender, you can move one month ahead using > button or back using < button. Use >> button to move an year ahead or << to move an year back word

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