Saturday, June 21, 2008

Footnote Search Engine Update

Footnote.com has updated their search feature and it frankly used to suck. The new search engine, at least the advanced engine, is still in BETA testing, but it is available to the public. I was in on its Alpha testing and found the new, advanced engine to be much better. The old version let you search with only one search box for everything. The new, advanced search allows for separate searches on first and last name, place, year range, keyword and by collection or category. It is much more functional than the old version.

Chris Willis, who works on the website at Footnote, has created a tutorial explaining the features of the new search engine. It is kinda long but you can watch it below, just click on the center of the video for it to start.




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