Bar Ilan Software Support - Searching Existing Search Results

Sometimes in your Bar Ilan Responsa Project you may want to search within existing search results.For example, if you searched forבני ישראל

in the Bible database, you might want to search for verses where the ex pression משה ואהרן appears in relatively close proximity to the words בני ישראל. To do so:

1.    Perform the first search (say, for בני ישראל).

2.    Click View, and then click Search Within Results.

3.    Type the second ex pression for which you want to search (say, משה ואהרן).

4.    Click Enter.

•    When using this option, Responsa Project Software locates all occurrences of the ex pressions you specified which appear in the same document — for example, in the same chapter of the Bible or Talmud.
Therefore, the distance between the ex pressions you specified might sometimes be much greater than anticipated. For example, performing the search described above will display Ex. 5:1, ואחר באו משה ואהרן, even though the ex pression בני ישראל does not appear in this verse, but only much later in that chapter (verse 9), and there the ex pression בני ישראל does not appear in connection with משה ואהרן.
•    This option within the Bar Ilan Responsa Project is generally most suitable when searching for multiple phrases, but not when searching for individual words; then it is usually better to specify precise distances between the search components. Likewise, this option is generally not suitable when searching the Talmud Bavli or the Talmud Yerushalmi, since the “documents” in these works are very large — entire chapters

Backing Up Former Queries and Searches

    To back up your former queries and saved searches, make a copy of all the files in RESPONSADATA. (See further below, p. 111, for additional discussion of backup options.)
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