How to Search

At IEDC, our search tools are designed to be user-friendly, catering to both beginners and experts. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you navigate the Invisible East Digital Corpus effectively:

Search Type

  • Type a word or phrase into the search box, in English or the original language.
  • Press "+" to add another search field.
  • Use "or" for terms containing either entry, and "and" for texts containing both (click to toggle between them).
  • RegEx cheat sheet:
    • If you're looking for a word with one missing letter, use a period. Two missing letters, use two periods or {2}. Increase the number in the curly brackets to increase the number of characters, or insert a range with a comma in between, ex. {0,5}
    • If you don't know how many characters are missing, use .*
    • If you know which characters you want, use square brackets to find multiple spellings, ex. [יו] for yud or vav

Includes

There are numerous checkboxes you can check/uncheck to help refine searches, including:

Dates (CE)

You can filter results to show only texts after a chosen century and/or before another chosen century.

Filters

There are numerous filters which can be used to help refine searches and navigate the IEDC's extensive corpus. If you were only interested in documents written in New Persian, for example, you can select 'New Persian (Arabic Script)' from the 'primary language' drop-down menu. The filters are as follows:

Sort By

Choose how to sort your results by: