Here are the instructions on how to search the archives of Lactnet. Use it
if you wish to find other articles by either certain writers, or by topic,
such as goat milk. (for instance). Please print this out or save it for
future reference.  

When you begin and want to post to Lactnet, it is helpful to check the
archives *first*, as we now have 10 years of archives of discussions. Please
also remember that no guarantees about accuracy of answers are made. It is
up to you to check with current research and guidelines in recent texts.



ARCHIVAL SEARCH INSTRUCTIONS
This is a clarification of how to do SEARCH functions on Lactnet..it is
very useful to have this information at your finger tips, and to try it out.
Many times, a topic has been discussed, and you can benefit from finding
past posts on the topic you are interested in.

For info's sake, there are a few different ways to do a search for subject
matter or sender on Lactnet material.  We have  Lactnet posts from 1995 to
now  presently available to you .

The first way is to do the searches by email through the
[log in to unmask] address.  The second way is accessing the
archives from our archive web site at LACTNET Archives:

http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html.

The following
instructions apply to the first method, searching via the listserv.

For instance, if you are interested in finding all the notes that have
Goat's Milk  in the text since  Jan 1 1997, you can send an email message
to
[log in to unmask]  that says

SEARCH goat  in LACTNET since January 1 1997

If you are interested in finding several different words in Lactnet posts,
such as the following, it might seem that the right way to do it is to do
several *different* searches, in separate notes to listserv, like....

  search epilepsy in lactnet

  search tegretol in lactnet

  search carbamazepine in lactnet

  search phenobarbital in lactnet

to the  [log in to unmask] address.  However, this is not an
effective way to utilize the search function, as it taxes the system, and is
ineffective.

We are glad that you all are using the search functions, and here are a few
hints....and suggestions on how best to do SEARCHes on Lactnet.

You can put several commands into a single message, and should do so
when you can (because it's easier for both you and the machine).  Just
put each command onto its own line.  Second, it will be much easier for
you to make sense of the output if you put everything you want from
LACTNET into a single command:

SEARCH EPILEPSY OR TEGRETOL OR CARBAMAZEPINE OR PHENOBARBITAL OR PROZAC  IN
LACTNET

... like that.  Or you can do things like this, too:

SEARCH EPILEPSY AND (TEGRETOL OR CARBAMAZEPINE OR PHENOBARBITAL) IN LACTNET

Rather than having to combine the lists of results that LISTSERV gives
you to from those individual searches, let it do the work for you.

If you were interested in searching for all the posts that I have made, for
instance, on Lactnet, you could do a

SEARCH * in Lactnet where sender contains Bruce
to the [log in to unmask] address.

If I  wanted to see all the posts I've made since Jan 1995, for instance,
I could do a

SEARCH * in Lactnet where sender contains Bruce SINCE Jan 1995

to [log in to unmask]

If you are searching for several words that are together, such as

Cost breastfeeding

You should first know that the Listserv automatically assumes  "NEAR"
between all  the  words, so  they not only have to be in the same article
but also within a few words of each other. In addition, unless you  *have*
to search the entire set of archives, you  should always limit the search
with a date specifier like this:

search cost breastfeeding in LACTNET since Jan 2005

It is important  to specify  the search. Limiting the search and making
requests specific places less stress on the system.   Many articles talking
about the cost of breastfeeding or not breastfeeding would separate  the two
words,  and that  some articles
talking about cost might only say "cost", etc.  Specifying a
search that gets all or most of what you want with a minimum of what you
don't is as much of an art as a science.

For information on searching, write to [log in to unmask]  with
the command

    INFO DATABASE.

When you use the SEARCH function, the computer will send you back a "menu"
of posts, each having a 4 digit number (####).  You can then order the posts
you want with the  command

GETPOST Lactnet #### #### #### ####

to [log in to unmask]

Last but not least, the search function is also available at the WEB SITE
LACTNET Archives http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html

Thanks, from Lactnet administrators-

[log in to unmask]


Kathleen Bruce RN IBCLC, speaking for the other listmothers as well with the
technical hat on today.

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