Stopwords are the common words which are not indexed in the database. When included in a text search, stopwords are ignored, either within phrases or as standalone words. When matching phrases, stopwords are also ignored in the fields of the text being searched.
The following table lists the stopwords used by the program:
|
a |
du |
ou |
|
above |
ed |
that |
|
after |
en |
the |
|
an |
et |
through |
|
and |
for |
to |
|
as |
from |
toward |
|
at |
in |
towards |
|
before |
into |
un |
|
below |
it |
une |
|
between |
its |
until |
|
but |
la |
up |
|
by |
le |
upon |
|
dans |
of |
which |
|
de |
on |
with |
|
des |
or |
without |
In addition to the words in the list, any word consisting of a single alphabetic character is treated as a stopword. An exception to these rules is made for the Map-Maker field, where stopwords are not ignored. This allows you to enter:
Baker B in Map-Maker
in order to find maps by B(enjamin) Baker, but not by other Baker map-makers with a different first-name initial.