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Using NASA's Technical Reports Server?
Quick query to the group. Of those of you who have used the NASA NTRS
system what is the best way to go about doing hierarchical searches? It's difficult knowing a-priori how to enter search terms that present topics in a well structured order or at least lets you get to documents in a fashion amenable to going back-and-forth between deep dives into some papers but being able to come back to the main search listing after perusing an abstract. Has anyone in the group have good experience with this? Recommendations? Dave |
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Using NASA's Technical Reports Server?
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Quick query to the group. Of those of you who have used the NASA NTRS system what is the best way to go about doing hierarchical searches? It's difficult knowing a-priori how to enter search terms that present topics in a well structured order or at least lets you get to documents in a fashion amenable to going back-and-forth between deep dives into some papers but being able to come back to the main search listing after perusing an abstract. Has anyone in the group have good experience with this? Recommendations? Dave Sounds like I've had about as much success as you with their search engine. So, I've sometimes resorted to using Google search with the "site:" keyword in order to better search the site. For example: skylab reuse study site:ntrs.nasa.gov In general, my "Google-fu" is good enough to find what I want that way. Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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Using NASA's Technical Reports Server?
On 11/9/2017 6:24 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article , says... Sounds like I've had about as much success as you with their search engine. So, I've sometimes resorted to using Google search with the "site:" keyword in order to better search the site. For example: skylab reuse study site:ntrs.nasa.gov In general, my "Google-fu" is good enough to find what I want that way. Jeff Thanks Jeff. I've not considered a combined approach like that. I'll give it a try! Was trying their own Search bar with limited success... Dave |
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Using NASA's Technical Reports Server?
David Spain wrote:
On 11/9/2017 6:24 PM, Jeff Findley wrote: In article , says... Sounds like I've had about as much success as you with their search engine. So, I've sometimes resorted to using Google search with the "site:" keyword in order to better search the site. For example: skylab reuse study site:ntrs.nasa.gov In general, my "Google-fu" is good enough to find what I want that way. Thanks Jeff. I've not considered a combined approach like that. I'll give it a try! Was trying their own Search bar with limited success... I've generally found NASA alone to be pretty useless. Everything they want to show you tends to be dumbed down and predigested. The information is in there, but it can be almost impossible to winnow it out. Hey, NASA! More actual information and less self-marketing would be nice. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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Using NASA's Technical Reports Server?
In article , says...
On 11/9/2017 6:24 PM, Jeff Findley wrote: In article , says... Sounds like I've had about as much success as you with their search engine. So, I've sometimes resorted to using Google search with the "site:" keyword in order to better search the site. For example: skylab reuse study site:ntrs.nasa.gov In general, my "Google-fu" is good enough to find what I want that way. Jeff Thanks Jeff. I've not considered a combined approach like that. I'll give it a try! Was trying their own Search bar with limited success... I have found over the years that sites that offer their own search capability rarely seem to use a high quality search engine. Google has been at this for so long, I've gotten used to how to use theirs, so the "site:" keyword helps immensely in these situations. Back in the early days of the "World Wide Web", I preferred AltaVista's search engine, but it's been gone for several years now. Jeff -- All opinions posted by me on Usenet News are mine, and mine alone. These posts do not reflect the opinions of my family, friends, employer, or any organization that I am a member of. |
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Using NASA's Technical Reports Server?
Jeff Findley wrote:
In article , says... On 11/9/2017 6:24 PM, Jeff Findley wrote: In article , says... Sounds like I've had about as much success as you with their search engine. So, I've sometimes resorted to using Google search with the "site:" keyword in order to better search the site. For example: skylab reuse study site:ntrs.nasa.gov In general, my "Google-fu" is good enough to find what I want that way. Jeff Thanks Jeff. I've not considered a combined approach like that. I'll give it a try! Was trying their own Search bar with limited success... I have found over the years that sites that offer their own search capability rarely seem to use a high quality search engine. Google has been at this for so long, I've gotten used to how to use theirs, so the "site:" keyword helps immensely in these situations. Back in the early days of the "World Wide Web", I preferred AltaVista's search engine, but it's been gone for several years now. Back in the very early days I used Gopher. Unlike AltaVista's search engine, Gopher is actually still around in corners here and there. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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