Losing search capability

When I first purchased my iBook operating with Tiger, and using Spotlight, I was impressed that it could retrieve files no matter how old (even word files transfered from a windows machine). After eight months, however, it cannot find many files. Specifically, if I search for a song using a word in the title, the song does not show up.
I recall that it used to be able to find songs and e-mails. Maybe my recall isn't that good, but I don't think so.
If anyone has any thoughts on what I can do to fix the search capability, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Russell

Spotlight's 'embedded string' matching rules are a bit obscure and it may be that you're bumping up against them. I understand that the rules are a bit looser and more inclusive if you search from a Finder window using the 'name contains' option -- you might try that approach and see if you get a few more hits.
One of the Spotlight's unfortunate shortcomings is that it cannot be relied upon to find all files containing a particular string that may reside on your hard drive - partly because of these 'embedded string' rules, and partly because Spotlight deliberately (and invisibly) excludes certain folders from its index. One fairly airtight solution to this problem, for cases where it's essential to know for sure whether a particular file is on your hard drive, is to download the free search utility "EasyFind".

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