Search Keys, All Terms

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Simple Search	Advanced Search
English Terms	English Words – entry terms English Words – textual support English Records
French Terms	French Words – entry terms French Words – textual support French Records
Spanish Terms Note: To display the Spanish terms, you must select Spanish as the order of display of one of the non-official languages in My TERMIUM.	Spanish Words – entry terms Spanish Words – textual support Spanish Records
Portuguese Terms Note: To display the Portuguese terms, you must select Portuguese as the order of display of one of the non-official languages in My TERMIUM.	Portuguese Words – entry terms Portuguese Words – textual support Portuguese Records
All Terms	All Records

Understanding Search Keys

• What am I searching when I use the simple search keys English Terms, French Terms, Spanish Terms, Portuguese Terms or All Terms?
• What am I searching when I use the advanced search keys English Words - entry terms, French Words - entry terms, Spanish Words - entry terms or Portuguese Words - entry terms?
• What am I searching when I use the advanced search keys English Words - textual support, French Words - textual support, Spanish Words - textual support or Portuguese Words - textual support?
• What am I searching when I use the advanced search keys English Records, French Records, Spanish Records, Portuguese Records or All Records?

What am I searching when I use the simple search keys English Terms, French Terms, Spanish Terms, Portuguese Terms or All Terms?

These five simple search keys limit the search to one language and to records that contain the term being queried (a term can contain more than one word). In addition, the system searches for the term only in the terms section of the record, i.e. the main entry terms, synonyms, abbreviations, spelling variants and key terms. In other words, the system does not search for the term in the definitions, contexts, observations or examples. The All Terms simple search key allows you to do that search in all four languages instead of one. In other words, the system searches for the exact term in the main entry terms, synonyms, abbreviations, spelling variants and key terms, regardless of the language.

Indexing: Note that for simple search keys, the full term (word or group of words that have a specific meaning in a subject field) is indexed, for example "office canadien de commercialisation" or "sucre à la crème." In other words, the full term (and not the individual words that make up the term) provides access to the record. The system thus searches for the record that has a main entry term, synonym, abbreviation, spelling variant or key term that exactly matches the term entered. The number of records found can vary significantly.

For example, if you search for the word FOYER using French Terms as the simple search key, the search results will not include the term FOYER D'ACCUEIL, because this term does not exactly match what you have entered in the search field. To retrieve this record, you must enter the full term FOYER D'ACCUEIL in the search field. Similarly, if you are searching only for FOYER, you should enter only FOYER.

Note: When you use All terms as the simple search key, you must insert a space for all stop words. (A stop word is a word that is ignored by the system in a search). For example, if you enter the full term FOYER D'ACCUEIL in the search field using the simple search key All terms, no records will be found. You must enter the term as FOYER ACCUEIL (or FOYER 'ACCUEIL). See the table below for the list of stop words in each language.

List of stop words in TERMIUM Plus^® (words or characters to replace with spaces)

IN FRENCH
a, au, aux, avec, d, dans, de, des, donc, du, en, et, l, la, le, les, ni, ou, par, pour, sur, un, une

IN ENGLISH
a, an, and, at, but, by, for, from, in, nor, of, on, or, s, the, to, with

IN SPANISH
a, al, con, de, del, e, el, en, la, las, lo, los, ni, o, para, por, u, un, una, uno, y

IN PORTUGUESE
a, da, das, de, do, dos, e, em, o, ou, para, sobre, um, uma

On the other hand, the non-alphabetical characters listed below are indexed and must be entered for the system to find the record.

IMPORTANT
One would usually start searching by using a Simple Search key (i.e. the English Terms, French Terms, Spanish Terms or Portuguese Terms key) and, without a satisfactory response, continue searching by using Advanced Search keys (i.e. Words or Records keys).

What am I searching when I use the advanced search keys English Words - entry terms, French Words - entry terms, Spanish Words - entry terms or Portuguese Words - entry terms?

These advanced search keys limit the search to one language and to the main entry terms, synonyms, abbreviations, spelling variants and key terms on the record. However, in this case, the system searches for the individual words in the term rather than the full term. The system therefore includes records on which the words in the term being queried are part of the main entry term, synonyms, abbreviations, spelling variants and key terms. Note: on the records retrieved, the words are not necessarily adjacent or in the order entered.

Indexing: For advanced search keys, the system indexes each word in the main entry term.

In the case of the term DRAINAGE PAR EXPANSION DU GAZ LIBRE for example, the system indexes the words DRAINAGE, EXPANSION, GAZ and LIBRE, and finds the record containing this term using one of these search keys and only one of these words, such as LIBRE. However, a very large number of records would be retrieved, because the system will find each record containing the word LIBRE in an entry term. It is therefore strongly recommended that you use the Boolean operators AND, OR and AND NOT to limit the number of records found.

For example, if you choose French Words - entry terms as the advanced search key and enter FOYER+ACCUEIL, the system finds each record containing the words FOYER and ACCUEIL in the French entry terms. However, these two words will not necessarily be adjacent or in the order entered, and could be part of any entry term or key term.

IMPORTANT
One would usually start searching by using a Simple Search key (i.e. the English Terms, French Terms, Spanish Terms or Portuguese Terms key) and, without a satisfactory response, continue searching by using Advanced Search keys (i.e. Words or Records keys).

What am I searching when I use the advanced search keys English Words - textual support, French Words - textual support, Spanish Words - textual support or Portuguese Words - textual support?

These advanced search keys limit the search to one language and the textual support (definitions, contexts, observations and usage examples) on the records. In this case, the system searches only the textual support for the word as you have entered it in the search field.

Indexing: For advanced search keys, the system indexes each word in the main textual support. For example, in the case of the DEFINITION of famille d'accueil ( Famille qui prend charge d'une ou DE plusieurs personnes, enfants ou adultes, qui leur sont confiées par un centre de services sociaux et dont le nombre est fixé par la loi), the system indexes each word and finds the record containing this definition using one of these search keys and only one of these words, such as SERVICES. However, a very large number of records will be retrieved because the system will find all the records containing the word SERVICES in the textual support. It is therefore strongly recommended that you use the Boolean operators AND, OR and AND NOT to limit the number of records found.

Remember to search for the plural form of terms when you use this key. In fact, the words are often in plural form in textual support such as context.

IMPORTANT
One would usually start searching by using a Simple Search key (i.e. the English Terms, French Terms, Spanish Terms or Portuguese Terms key) and, without a satisfactory response, continue searching by using Advanced Search keys (i.e. Words or Records keys).

What am I searching when I use the advanced search keys English Records, French Records, Spanish Records, Portuguese Records or All Records?

These advanced search keys limit the search to one language, but allow you to search in all parts of the record (entry terms and textual support). For example, if you search for the word FOYER using the French Records advanced search key, the search results will include all records containing the word FOYER in the French entry term (main entry term, synonyms, abbreviations, spelling variants and key words) and in the French textual support (definition, contexts, examples, observations and phraseologisms).

The All Records advanced search key allows you to search not only in all parts of the record, but also in the four languages. In other words, the system searches for the term in the English, French, Spanish and Portuguese entry terms and in the English, French, Spanish and Portuguese textual support.

Index: For advanced search keys, each word is indexed. It is therefore strongly recommended that you use the Boolean operators AND, OR and AND NOT to limit the number of records found.

IMPORTANT
One would usually start searching by using a Simple Search key (i.e. the English Terms, French Terms, Spanish Terms or Portuguese Terms key) and, without a satisfactory response, continue searching by using Advanced Search keys (i.e. Words or Records keys).