Many websites and application programs (such as word processing software) provide full-text-search capabilities. Full-text-searching techniques became common in online bibliographic databases in the 1990s. In a full-text search, a search engine examines all of the words in every stored document as it tries to match search criteria (for example, text specified by a user). Full-text search is distinguished from searches based on metadata or on parts of the original texts represented in databases (such as titles, abstracts, selected sections, or bibliographical references). In text retrieval, full-text search refers to techniques for searching a single computer-stored document or a collection in a full-text database. JSTOR ( August 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
