The simplified database searching commands introduced in Listserv version
1.8c prompted many subscribers of OPERA-L to try their hand.  One
subscriber, a programmer familiar with writing manuals, has assembled a
nice and illustrative primer for novices.  I invite you all to visit his
manual:

http://www.mindspring.com/~jaredmarkw/search.htm

Of particular interest is at the end of this page, where he has laid out
templates for what is presumed to be the most frequently-used search
strategies.

Bob Kosovsky
Student, PhD Program in Music                   Librarian
Graduate Center                                 Music Division
City University of New York                     The New York Public Library
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