VDCWebSearch {VDCutil}R Documentation

Launch a search for data through the VDC network

Description

This launches a search for data files contained in the VDC network. The VDC network offers both public and private data, most available in R binary format through the VDC extraction interface.

Usage

        VDCWebSearch(search="",host="vdc.hmdc.harvard.edu") 

Arguments

search terms to search for , see below for examples
host VDC host to search

Value

Opens a web browser with the search results.

Author(s)

Micah Altman thedata-users@lists.sourceforge.net http://thedata.org

See Also

zelig, printZeligSchemaInstance

Examples

## Not run: 
        # search for election data
        VDCWebSearch('elections') 
        # can use booleans, phrases
        VDCWebSearch('elections AND "united states"')
        # can also use fielded searches
        VDCWebSearch('author=Altman OR author=King')
        # search your local host
        VDCWebSearch('author=Colby',host="murraydata.hmdc.harvard.edu")
## End(Not run)

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