The complete text in the GulfLINK database of recently
declassified documents is redundantly indexed with 2 different
search engines. Since many of the documents originated as
poor quality scanned images, the choice of search engine may have a
significant affect on the results of your search.
The following search engines are available:
- Texis
- from Thunderstone - EPI Inc.
- Verity
- from Verity, Inc.
Each search engine has unique features and strengths,
summarized in the table below.
means the feature is supported, and
denotes the best implementation
of that feature.
Search Engine Features
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Texis |
Verity |
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Fastest search of whole site |
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Highlight the search terms in document |
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Group the results by data source
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Use approximate spellings (soundex) |
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Use word stems (stemdex) |
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Use case-sensitive terms (casedex) |
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Choose proximity of multiple terms |
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Group the hits over Multiple Pages |
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Match on synonyms
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Show original document URL
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Search WordPerfect documents (DIA)
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View WordPerfect docs as plain text
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Search over a selected date range
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Search only a part of GulfLINK
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Sort results by relevancy
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Choose the fields shown in results
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Use boolean logic for multiple terms
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Match on word stem
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Choose max number of hits
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Refine Search from results
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