The database stores web site information based upon a
set of searching categories. This concept is designed to help the
researcher find data in a more organized manner, hopefully eliminating
much of the "clutter" of information found in search engines
today. For instance, if you use a typical search engine to
search for "military aircraft", you will also find non-military
aircraft as well as hobby planes, game strategies, you name it.
This is fine if you aren't sure what you are looking for, but if you
are really interested in a particular fighter plane, say an F-22, you
might have to add plenty of keywords to get to the technical
specifications.
The database categories also include sub-categories...for instance MILITARY > AIRCRAFT > FIGHTER > DATABASE.
You can select MILTARY > AIRCRAFT > FIGHTER and get sites already
categorized in this manner without wading through hundreds of
documents. We've already done the work of eliminating sites that don't
really feature more than a couple of fighter aircraft ... for instance
an F-22 specific site is not going to be listed, whereas MILNET,
GlobalSecurity.com , The USAF Site or other similar sites that have
multiple fighters listed will be found in the database.
Sample Wildcard Searches
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MILITARY
FIGHTER
BOMBER
TANK
ARMOR (ARMORED)
ARTILLERY
MORTAR
GUN
PISTOL
SEMI-AUTOMATIC
RIFLE (ASSAULT RIFLE)
MACHINE GUN
ROCKET
MISSILE
NUCLEAR
CHEMICAL
BIOLOGICAL
WEAPON
BOMB
ANTI- (MISSILE, AIRCRAFT, SHIP, TANK, SUBMARINE, TERRORIST, TERRORISM)
AGM, ASM, AAM, ABM
RADAR (LOCKING SEMI-ACTIVE)
RANK (OFFICERS, ENLISTED)
FORCES (ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, COAST GUARD, SPECIAL FORCES, ELITE, OTHERS
SATELLITES
COMMUNICATION
SPACECRAFT
NEW WEAPONS
COMMUNICATIONS
RADIO
TELEVISION
COMPUTERS
HANDHELD PLAYERS (MP3, VIDEO)
CELL PHONES (WIRELESS AND COMBOS WITH AUDIO/VIDEO)
HOME PHONES (CONNECTED)
VIDEO CAMERAS
AUDIO FIELD RECORDERS
BROAD SPECTRUM INFORMATION
SCIENCE
HOW-TO
HOW THINGS WORK
STATISTICS (GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL, HEALTH, BUDGETS, VOTING)
GEO-POLITICAL (NATIONAL POLICY, GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS/INACTION, OPINIONS, RHETORIC)
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The full list of categories and sub-cateories found in the database is found
here.
© Copyright 2008, Michael G. Crawford