How to Search
Data is organized by group, then by category:
- nss
- compasstape
- nylonhighway
- speleonics
- var
- cov (caves of virginia)
- fyi
- regionrecord
- vpi
- elvisgrotto (elvisgrotto newsletter)
- grapevine
- signout
- sivtac (sivtac newsletters)
- trog
Examples
- Tip: Multiple different searches with simple queries work better than a single complicated query
- Bolt hanger stats
+category:nylonhighway +bolt +hanger +stats (This actually returns no results, but is a good example of being too strict).+category:nylonhighway +hanger +strength +test
- Suunto Repair
+category:compasstape +suunto +repair
- How to use a QAS
+category:nylonhighway +QAS
- Newberry trips Steve Wells went on
+category:signout +wells +newberries+category:signout +wells +newberry's- Before 2000:
+category:signout timestamp:<"2000-01-01" +wells /(newberries|newberry's)/
- Weird spellings of things
/Eric (landgraf|landgraff)/
- Legible Trog articles
+category:trog +readability:>9
Search Operators
- + -- must include
- - -- must not include
- <, >, <=, >= -- must be greater than or less than. Only works with numeric fields. Cannot use both at the same time!
- Regular Expressions are supported
- No operator: should include
Available Fields
- Very useful fields
- group, string -- See above (nss, var, vpi, etc).
- category, string -- See above
- timestamp, number -- Approximate date of article. Based completely on dates in filenames (not very accurate).
- Not quite as useful fields
- season, string -- Approximate date of article. Based completely on season or date in filename (not very accurate).
- file, string -- PDF filename
- pageNum, number -- Article page number in the PDF.
- readability -- Uses the Dale-Chall readability formula
- text, string -- Actual article text