buscar
chase ; dig out ; dig up ; find ; hunt ; investigate ; locate ; look for ; look out ; look under ; look up ; probe for ; prowl through ; search (for) ; seek (after) ; seek out ; trace ; track ; trawl ; burrow through ; woo ; root out ; look out for ; go for ; look (a)round ; fish (for) ; track down ; jockey for ; search out ; line up ; check for ; forage ; perform + search ; go after.
Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.
The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
The command function 'FIND' is used to input a search term.
Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.
Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.
This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.
A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.
Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.
In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.
If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.
No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.
A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.
A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.
Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.
The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.
The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.
The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.
This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.
Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.
The article has the title 'Rooting out journals on the Net'.
Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.
In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.
One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.
The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.
In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.
On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.
The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.
This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.
We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.
When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.
Every goal you go after is sabotaged by this unrelenting defeatist inside.
andar buscando
root around (for)
Thieves do not like to root around for valuables, so they typically strike places where they know there are goods to be had.
buscar amparo
seek + shelter
Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
buscar apoyo
line up + support
One way of demonstrating to management the need for an information service is by lining up support within the company.
buscar asesoramiento
ask for + advice
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.
buscar a tientas
grope (for/toward)
The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity.
buscar a través de los índices [Hojear u ojear material bibliográfico]
browse
This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.
buscar ayuda
seek + assistance
seek + help
ask for + assistance
ask for + help
Patrons who are reluctant to seek assistance in using reference books or the card catalog, feel no embarrassment about seeking help in the 'automated' setting.
Patrons who are reluctant to seek assistance in using reference books or the card catalog, feel no embarrassment about seeking help in the 'automated' setting.
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.
Some user may come to the library simply to ask for help 'My daughter died six montsh ago and I just can't get it out of my mind'.
buscar camorra
pick + a fight
go looking for + trouble
Machiavelli advised rulers facing unpopularity at home to consider picking a fight with some other nation, noting that a threat from some foreign power tends to unite people and help them to forget their differences.
The quotation, 'I don't go looking for trouble; trouble usually finds me,' was used by J.K. Rowling in the book, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.
buscar cobijo
seek + shelter
Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
buscar con ahínco
look + hard
One has to look hard to find mention of Brief, let alone her ideas.
buscar consejo
ask for + advice
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.
buscar detenidamente
look + hard
One has to look hard to find mention of Brief, let alone her ideas.
buscar el apoyo de
woo
Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.
buscar el beneficio propio
push + Posesivo + (personal) agenda
She interrupted other speakers to push her agenda, and failed to keep her answers relevant to the questions.
buscar el camino
wind + Posesivo + way
Polaris has long been an important star to sailors of old winding their way over the oceans by night.
buscar el modo de
explore + ways in which
explore + ways and means of
Ways are explored in which public library children's librarians can help sighted children increase their understanding of persons with visual impairment.
The author challenges librarians to explore ways and means of extending library facilities to the disadvantaged - physically handicapped, blind, and deaf and dumb.
buscar el origen de
trace + the origin of
Dr Judy Batt set the political scene and traced the origin of changes in Eastern Europe including the Soviet Union.
buscar el origen de la relación entre
trace + the relationship between
In 'Religion and the rise of capitalism' Tawney traces the relationship between modern ideas of commerce in a materialistic society and the absolute standards set by Christianity.
buscar el peligro
court + danger
flirt with + danger
Always where the action is, he courts danger with a smile, but his charm can sometimes be a lethal weapon.
Just by being in the proximity of a motocross race or snowboarding competition can help you start flirting with danger.
buscar empleo
seek + employment
Career counselors should reevaluate some personal attitudes toward gay individuals and consider the role of advocate for young homophiles seeking employment.
buscar en
sift through
search through
If the language consists primarily of relatively general terms, the searcher may have to sift through long lists of document citations.
Users of the Web database will be able to search through this collection of American slave narratives by first and last name of narrator, county and state of servitude, year of birth, and name of master = Los usuarios de la base de datos web podrán consultar esta colección de relatos de esclavos americanos por nombre y apellido del narrador, país y condición de servidumbre, año de nacimiento y nombre del amo.
buscar en Google
google
He googled her and went ballistic when up popped a credit for a porno flick.
buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla
rock-pool
The only real hazard in rock-pooling is a bad fall off a slimy rock, so make sure you wear suitable footwear.
buscar en otro sitio
go + elsewhere
Why would authors choose to go elsewhere than to the highly prestigious and internationally recognized sources for publication?.
buscar entre la basura
scavenge
These include watching out for people scavenging through discarded materials and making sure that deleted files on floppy disks are truly erased.
buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez
search across + Nombre
These preliminary results show the importance of the abstract for subject searching and the continued necessity for online searching across multiple databases.
buscar información
mine + information
seek + information
This article explores the appropriateness of the search paradigm as a framework for harvesting and mining information needed to make legal arguments.
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, New York, on 11th September 2001, the main World Wide Web based news Web sites were jammed by users seeking information.
buscar interiormente
probe + Reflexivo + for
He began to probe himself again for answers to the Amanda Dellaquila matter.
buscar la controversia
court + controversy
Panizzi had a reputation for courting controversy at the British Museum and a knack for making enemies.
buscar la fama
grab at + a headline
Jeanneney speaks for himself, in what he says about the Google digital library, but he is no crusading journalist merely grabbing at a headline.
buscar la forma de
look for + ways to
The librarians must look for ways to help since needs are often unexpressed.
buscar la forma de + Infinitivo
develop + way of + Gerundio
They are developing ways of increasing access to information for a significant group of handicapped and elderly persons who have difficulty in accessing the printed word.
buscar la identidad de uno
trace + Posesivo + identity
A work that we got lately - maybe you know it, 'Jody' is its title - is really all about a woman, an adopted child, trying to trace her identity.
buscar la manera de
explore + ways in which
explore + ways and means of
Ways are explored in which public library children's librarians can help sighted children increase their understanding of persons with visual impairment.
The author challenges librarians to explore ways and means of extending library facilities to the disadvantaged - physically handicapped, blind, and deaf and dumb.
buscar la noticia
grab at + a headline
Jeanneney speaks for himself, in what he says about the Google digital library, but he is no crusading journalist merely grabbing at a headline.
buscar la oportunidad
make + an opportunity
He said that if he is put back into power he will make an opportunity for dialogue with other political forces in the country.
buscar la protección de
burrow back into
An emotional crisis at home may send a child burrowing back into the security of well-loved books remembered from happier days.
buscarle cinco pies al gato
split + hairs
This volume is too long, contains too many lengthy theoretical arguments that often split hairs, and is written in a tedious prose style.
buscarle los tres pies al gato
nitpick
Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
buscarle tres pies al gato
split + hairs
This volume is too long, contains too many lengthy theoretical arguments that often split hairs, and is written in a tedious prose style.
buscar los servicios de
engage
Some questions to consider before engaging a consultant are: are the consultant's services needed?, could existing staff do the job?, can you afford aconsultant?.
buscar material
pursue + material
Working back from the most recent issues may reveal reviews, rebuttals, and revisions before time is squandered pursuing outdated or refuted materials.
buscar oro [Utilizando un plato grande de metal para lavar la tierra]
pan for + gold
They didn't go there because life was good, but because there, in the back of beyond, you could pan for gold without the threat of being robbed.
buscar pelea
pick + a fight
go looking for + trouble
Machiavelli advised rulers facing unpopularity at home to consider picking a fight with some other nation, noting that a threat from some foreign power tends to unite people and help them to forget their differences.
The quotation, 'I don't go looking for trouble; trouble usually finds me,' was used by J.K. Rowling in the book, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.
buscar placer
seek + pleasure
Come to reading willingly, seeking many pleasures from books, and you soon find enjoyment.
buscar por autor y título
search by + name-title key
For example, the Library already has access to nearly 600,000 monographic records online so that they can be searched by title key and name-title key as well as by LC card number.
buscar por título
search by + title key
For example, the Library already has access to nearly 600,000 monographic records online so that they can be searched by title key and name-title key as well as by LC card number.
buscar por todas partes
scour + Nombre + for
search + high and low
hunt + high and low
look + high and low
move + heaven and earth
leave + no stone unturned
search + high and wide
It employs a 'dynamic Web database' using agent technology or 'newsbots' to scour any Web-based source for content.
After searching high and low I found a company with one of the cheapest prices.
They hunted high and low, even examining the waste-paper baskets, but to no avail.
They went backstage and looked high and low for Andre, but he was gone.
I say in the interests of the club and its supporters, Phil Gartside should swallow his pride and move heaven and earth to get Sam back here.
In out search for Mom's wedding ring, we left no stone unturned.
I've been searching high and wide for this without any luck.
buscar por todo el mundo
search + the world (over)
Unless beauty is in your heart, you can search the world over and find it not.
buscar por todo + Nombre
search across + Nombre
It will also be able to search across the Internet and make that huge wealth of data much more available than it currently is.
buscar problemas
ask for + trouble
court + disaster
make + trouble
Systematically throwing in other resources that don't behave like documents and are not used as such is asking for trouble.
Are you going to run risks and court disasters by opposing the existing social order in the name of those imaginary notions of yours which you call your convictions?.
As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
buscar razones que expliquen Algo
ascribe + reasons to
They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
buscar refugio
seek + shelter
seek + refuge
Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
Thousands of Syrians, many of them children, seek refuge in the Zata'ari camp in Jordan to escape conflict.
buscar satisfacción
seek + satisfaction
But his mind, stimulated by the emotions of the encounter with the principal, ranged beyond his present world and sought satisfaction in the possibility of fleeing from her clutches.
buscarse la vida
make + a living
earn + a living
manage on + Posesivo + own
fend for + Reflexivo
get by on + Posesivo + own
stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet
stand on + Posesivo + own (two) legs
earn + a livelihood
Before leaving the problems of making a living from bookselling it is interesting to take note of one last set of figures in the surveys which give some details of the sales made by bookshops.
Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.
Unfortunately, the arthritis was worsening to the point that she had trouble managing on her own at home.
We who run libraries are equally for this kind of emancipation, so that we feel that leaving readers to fend for themselves is to sterilise the idea of libraries.
Sickened by this parasitic femininity, she resolved to get by on her own and to see life for herself.
The article is entitled 'Map cataloging can stand on its own feet'.
The main objective is to be able to help these children stand on their own two legs and take control of their lives through good education.
She then lived in the town of Nantes, where she was joined by her mother and earned her livelihood as a hotel maid under a false name.
buscárselo
have it + coming
it + serve + Nombre + right
The feeling is that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.
When he came to Mary told him it was she who had thrown the stool and that it served him right and that in future he should learn to mind his own business.
buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios
cross-search [cross search]
Internet offers the possibility for end-users to cross-search all these collections simultaneously.
buscar trabajo
seek + employment
Career counselors should reevaluate some personal attitudes toward gay individuals and consider the role of advocate for young homophiles seeking employment.
buscar trabajo en la calle
work + the streets
Study finds four-fifths of prostitutes don't work the streets.
buscar una forma de hacer (Algo)
develop + way + to make + Nombre
Squeezed between the upper and nether millstones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
buscar una forma de hacer Algo
develop + way + to make + Nombre
Squeezed between the upper and nether millstones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
buscar una oportunidad
look for + an opportunity
And all of them are looking for an opportunity to betray their spouses.
buscar una respuesta
pursue + answer
In order to do that, our schools and professional institutions must allow our students, the faculty and the information professionals to pursue the answers we all will need sooner than we think.
buscar una solución
contrive + a solution
seek + a solution
It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
To reinvigorate libraries for the future, librarians must focus on mission not method; they must seek solutions that are new and creative; and they must have faith in themselves.
buscar venganza
seek + revenge
As a bigoted radio personality incites whites to seek revenge, tensions mount and Smith fights to slake the anger that engulfs him.
buscar y encontrar
match
The notation must be easy for users to remember, write, type and match.
correr buscando cobijo
scramble for + safety
run for + cover
scramble for + cover
run for + safety
With ominous clouds looming overhead, a huge clap of thunder sent all players scrambling for safety during Sunday night's game.
Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.
Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, shots rang out inside Allsups convenience store sending customers and clerks scrambling for cover.
Photo of policemen run for safety as protesters chase them away with stones and sticks near the site of a collapsed footbridge.
correr buscando protección
scramble for + safety
run for + cover
scramble for + cover
run for + safety
With ominous clouds looming overhead, a huge clap of thunder sent all players scrambling for safety during Sunday night's game.
Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.
Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, shots rang out inside Allsups convenience store sending customers and clerks scrambling for cover.
Photo of policemen run for safety as protesters chase them away with stones and sticks near the site of a collapsed footbridge.
correr buscando resguardo
scramble for + safety
run for + cover
scramble for + cover
run for + safety
With ominous clouds looming overhead, a huge clap of thunder sent all players scrambling for safety during Sunday night's game.
Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.
Around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, shots rang out inside Allsups convenience store sending customers and clerks scrambling for cover.
Photo of policemen run for safety as protesters chase them away with stones and sticks near the site of a collapsed footbridge.
en busca de
after
in search of
The notation is made easier to remember by inserting a decimal point after the first three numbers.
He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.
en busca de quimeras
in pursuit of + windmills
The article 'In pursuit of windmills: librarians and the determination to instruct' is a contribution to an issue devoted to current trends in information research and theory.
encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos
truant officer
Even though we were asked to by the truant officer we don't even report school age children who are in the library during school hours.
en el que se puede buscar
searchable
The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
hallar lo buscado
achieve + match
To achieve a successful match is the central objective of information retrieval.
mandar a buscar
send for
The Committee has the normal powers of select committees to send for persons, papers and records, and to appoint sub-committees.
no buscarle las pulgas al perro
let + sleeping dogs lie
She feels torn between her love of the truth and the desire to let sleeping dogs lie.
no poderse buscar
be unsearchable
Starred fields, if any, are unsearchable.
peinar en busca de
scour + Nombre + for
It employs a 'dynamic Web database' using agent technology or 'newsbots' to scour any Web-based source for content.
que busca acaparar la atención
attention-seeking
Actress Megan Fox has claimed that to avoid the attention, she does not wear attention-seeking clothes when she goes out.
que busca el beneficio propio
self-serving
At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.
que busca el placer
pleasure-seeking
But problems arise when pleasure-seeking behaviors take over a person's life, as in drug addiction or obesity.
que busca llamar la atención
attention-seeking
Actress Megan Fox has claimed that to avoid the attention, she does not wear attention-seeking clothes when she goes out.
que se puede buscar
searchable
The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
respuesta + buscar
answer + lie
Again, there is no instant solution; the answer must lie in a lengthy process of trying to change the public's image of the library.
revolver buscando
scrabble
Shrouded bodies lined the streets as dazed survivors scrabbled in the debris for loved ones.
saber buscar con inteligencia
be search-savvy
To be search-savvy, you need to know which search-engines are best.
sin buscarlo
without asking for it
chances that you will get what you need without asking for it are pretty slim.
