Suggestions for Footnote.com
It's been a few months since I've actively searched on Footnote.com. They have added new databases, some of which I have been blogging about [note: I only blog about what I actually use--so take a look for yourself to see what they have for your time periods and areas of interest].
I like their search interface, but I do have three suggestions:
I like their search interface, but I do have three suggestions:
- Let us use wildcards--it is a pain in the rear to search for all the variants of Trautvetter--especially those that are "near misses" on the OCR searches.
- Let us use a soundex search.
- Let me "flag" those results I have seen before. This would save me time and help me find new things instead of things I have already found earlier.
Don't get me wrong, I like the site. But these options would give me more flexibility.
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