HowTo / Searching

Obviously can you search on artists, performance titles, release titles and labels. But you can also search on:

Artist IPI codes. Try for example searching for "00131821113"
Artist Discogs URLs. Try for example searching for "https://www.discogs.com/artist/229866-Don-McLean" Using these functionalities will speed up your research workflow and decrease the risk of creating duplicates.

"The" is ignored
Song search results include:
- All works that include the text string
- All works that have versions that include the text string
  
  Consequence: Because one of the versions of Jingle Bells is a medley simply titled River , the search results for "River" include the work Jingle Bells .
Search results for works and artists are ordered by the number of links to other database objects.

Example: Searching for "Leonard" will give Leonard Cohen first. The lesser known artist Leonard is second because it is an exact match. Example: Searching for "Both" will Joni Mitchell 's Both Sides Now first.
Ordering of artist search results
- Scoring for artists
  - -10 for each character in the name (incl. spaces)
  - +1 per performance
  - +1 per release
  - +1 per work
  - +1 per tribute
    Example: Searching for "Leonard", artist Leonard Cohen has a score of +217:
    - -130 as their are 13 characters in his common name
    - +112 for his 112 performances
    - +80 for his 80 releases
    - +104 for his 104 works
    - +51 for the 51 tribute albums dedicated to him

Headers
- The following headers are only visible to editors: User, External Link, Text Content, Personal Note
- Header Text Content allows one to search, among others, in the Editor Manual.
Starts with
- Generates result that could be equal
- Consequence for dates:
  - When searching for 2011-04-05, you will find all releases released on 2011-04-05, 2011-04 and 2011.
  - The method to find the releases specifically released on 2011-04-05, is to rank the above results based on release date.
Works
- Has PRO link: Only takes into account the cross-referenced PROs, which are ASCAP, BMI, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC, OSA, SACEM, SESAC and ZAiKS.

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