Subject:
Re: [NABOKV-L] abstruse commentaries and different perspectives ( JM to Steven, P. Dale and JF)
From:
Steven <mcquaryq@comcast.net>
Date:
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:05:27 -0500
To:
Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@listserv.ucsb.edu>

Well, let me be frank -- I can't get the hang of looking something up in the archives.  I'm re-reading Pnin at the moment and am curious about the 'unnamed narrator'.  How, in short, easy-to-follow steps, might I get a handle on that in the archives?  Many thanks in advance.


On Nov 20, 2006, at 11:04 AM, jansymello wrote:

 I always get lost in the VN-Archives and often in Zembla.

Steven
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EDNote:

I have found that the most productive way to search the archives is to check the little box called "substring search", and then enter the common root for possible variations on the word/concept I might be seeking.  For example, I just ran a search as "pnin narrat", with "substring" checked, and got 33 matches.  I don't know if any of them would have the desired content, but it is a start. 

In short, I have often found that checking the "substring" box is the difference between finding nothing and getting several hits.

Others are welcome to share their best searching strategies.  If many come in, I'll make a digest of them and post in one lump.
~Stephen Blackwell

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