Eighth International Congress Of HittitologyWarsaw, 5-9 September 2011

The electronic Chicago Hittite Dictionary:http://ochre.lib.uchicago.edu/eCHD

Navigational tabs

Clickable list of lemmas

Dictionary article for laḫmu-; mimics print layout

The language can be changed to Turkish or multilingual (English/Turkish)

The display of the dictionary article can be modified through this pull down menu

Querying the eCHD

Both simple and complex queries are possible

Basic search categories:

Lemma(s) – searches for particular lemma(s)

General search

Morphological search

Text search – does not search for particular texts within the eCHD, but rather texts as separate objects

All-purpose – allows for a different style of general search Also allows for searches of particular texts within the dictionary

Lemma Query

User generated search criteria

Allows particular parts of the dictionary article to be searched Allows for x amount of

intervening words between the search criteria; also allows the user to search for any combination of the criteria or the order entered

Runs the query

Query results

Categories for morphological search (verbs)

Allows for nested items (subcategories) to be searched. Here, “preterit” is selected

Results of morphological search

Default return is an alphabetized list of transcribed forms (lemma form is in brackets)

Changes result display

Outline layout groups by lemma form

Texts, Summary of references

Creates a “Summary of references” query

Enter or select desired text

All references to the texts in:Morphology,Semantic Analysisand “other” (= notes and discussion);results can be exported to ExcelCitation form; grammatical parse,

transcription, line #, etc.Are returned in tabular form

Summary of References for KBo 17.43“Semantic Analysis”

For longer articles, the path of the references, including the meaning of the subsection in which it appears, is given

Creates a tabular summary of all occurrences of these texts within the eCHD

Multiple queries: allow for searching of multiple categories

Shows the order of the multiple categories being searched

Allows multiple instances of one category to be added/deleted

Search criteria: here tab 1 is for “sheep slaughter,” tab 2 is “bull slaughter,” and tab 3 is “goat slaughter”

The numbers here (“1”, “2”, “4”) represent the number of occurrences of each separate query

These are the overall results for an “OR” search

Contextual Queries: allow for complex queries of multiple search categories

The order of search criteria given as red numbers

The hierarchy of search criteria: here “Texts, by Date and Script” and “Texts, by CTH number” are under “Lemma”

Lemmas are restricted to “P” volume

Limits the Text date to “Old Script”

Limits CTH to Rituals (CTH 390-500)

Contextual query result for: all entries in the P Volume that reference OS Ritual texts

A draft of the general user guide is available at http://ochre.lib.uchicago.edu/eCHD; this will be refined and updated regularly.

For any and all questions/comments please email me at:drcampbe@uchicago.edu