EH 1 compared with exlibris
ExLibris 2.0 | Encyclopaedia Homeopathica 1 |
| Database | |
|---|---|
70 volumes in English | 393 volumes in English |
39 volumes in German | 91 volumes in German |
15 volumes in French | to be announced |
30 volumes in Spanish | to be announced |
9 volumes in Portuguese | to be announced |
24 volumes in Italian | to be announced |
1 volume in Dutch | to be announced |
| User Interface | |
Limited to the possibilities of the template of Folio | Programmed by Archibel according to the needs of the homeopaths |
Up to nine templates per language to allow all different searches | One universal find window can manage any type of search |
Using the standards of Folio | Professional design with different graphic themes (Bureau, Study and Aqua) |
not available | Basic or advanced toolbar |
| Direct Access to precise information | |
Materia Medica of 1.300 remedies | Materia Medica of 2.393 remedies |
Therapeutics of 1.400 pathologies | Therapeutics of 4.937 pathologies |
not available | Expanded search for pathology with wildcard * |
not available | Cases of 391 remedies |
not available | Cases also can be selected on the basis of pathology (1.142 possibilities) |
| Dictionary and thesaurus | |
not available | The spelling of all documents of ExLibris has been corrected |
not available | Automatic spell check and manual control of all new documents |
Possibility to search using grammatically related words (roots and branches) | Possibility to search using grammatically related words (roots and branches) |
Possibility to search using synonyms | Possibility to search using synonyms |
Synonym list created by Folio | Synonym list created by homeopaths |
Cryptic signs needed to indicate the options above | A menu from which you can choose your option |
| Narrowing down the search | |
Search within a sentence | Search within a sentence |
not available | Search within a paragraph |
not available | Search within the same chapter |
not available | Search within the same remedy in any book |
Search as an expression | Search as an expression (e.g. "high fever") |
Search within 2 to any number of words | Search within 2 to any number of words |
not all possibilities are available | All the above in random order of words or in an ordered way |
Cryptic signs needed to indicate the options above | A menu from which you can choose your option |
Limit the search to one or two books | Limit the search to any selection of books |
not available | Select any text, then search for it in the whole Encyclopaedia with one click |
| Viewing the information | |
Document or Table of Contents view | Document or Table of Contents view |
not available | Weblook for easy navigation |
not available | Summary view with one reply per line |
not available | All windows of any view can be resized to suit your needs |
not available | Decrease or increase the font stepwise |
not available | Graphic representation of result (bars) |
Limited printing possibilities | Expanded printing possibilities (e.g.: print the table of contents as well) |
| Statistical analysis ("repertorizing the MM") | |
not available | Search for up to seven separate symptoms (e.g.: 1. jealous; 2. sneezing morning waking; etc.) |
not available | Give an intensity of interrogation from 1 to 4 to any symptom |
not available | Save and recall search queries |
not available | Shades of color indicate relevance of each symptom for each remedy |
| Analysis by families | |
not available | 950 families divided in 10 main categories are prepared (kingdoms, miasms, bowel nosodes, Teste, Periodic Table, ...) |
not available | Limit search to remedies of any family |
not available | Highlight remedies of the same family in any search result |
not available | Find the dominant family for any search |
| Online Help | |
not available | very well documented |
| Link to Radar / WinChip | |
not available | One click link from any EH screen to Radar or WinChip |
| Free downloads | |
not available | Free downloads of program patches available from the Archibel website |
16-bits application | 32-bits application |