Finding quotations by a specified author

Aim: to search for quotations by Benjamin Franklin

1. Open the Full Text search panel by clicking .

2. Type franklin into the input box.

3. Click on the list box (marked full text by default) and choose quotation author as your text area. This confines your search to author names in quotation text.

4. Click to start the search.

5. The results list is displayed.

   This list contains a number of authors with the name Franklin. To narrow down the list of results, repeat your search using the search string B. Franklin. Most authors in the OED are represented by their surname, or by their surname plus initial(s), but some have other shortened forms of their name (e.g. Shakes. for Shakespeare). The use of wildcards can help when you are uncertain what to enter and to ensure that you find variant citation styles.

6. To go to the top of any entry, click its name (in the left-hand column). To go to the first match in any entry, click the matching term (in the right-hand column).