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If no field is specified, the search includes the title, body, and meta descriptions of documents. However, you can limit the search to specific fields in the document (like meta tags, links, and alternate text in images). The fields available are listed below:
| Field | Example | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Keywords | keywords:ukioyo-e | limits search to the term ukioy-e found in the <META> "keywords" tag |
| Description | description:"John W. Kluge Center" | limits the search to the phrase "John W. Kluge Center" found in the <META> "description tag |
| tag | Link link:catalog.loc.gov | finds all pages that have a hypertext link to the site catalog.loc.gov |
| Title | title:"Poetry 180" | finds any pages with the phrase Poetry 180 in the HTML title (the information found in the <TITLE> tag) |
| Alt | alt:"Abraham Lincoln" | finds all pages containing images with the alternate text of Abraham Lincoln (the information found inside the image tag in the ALT= attribute) |
| Site | +site:memory.loc.gov +Lincoln | finds all pages about lincoln, but limits the search to the American Memory server (memory.loc.gov) |