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    You can search an entire document, or limit your search to author names, journal and book titles, volume, issue, or page number fields using Quick Search. Searchable content includes all available journals , book series , handbooks , books, and reference works .

    To run a more precise search or search other fields, use the Advanced or Expert search forms.

    Tip: Click the Advanced Search link on the Quick Search form to go to the Advanced search form.


    Searching Multiple Fields

    When you enter search terms in multiple fields an 'AND' connector is automatically included in your search query.

    For example   If you enter Author: smith and Volume: 4, your search will be for articles that have "Smith" in their author field and that have "4" in their volume field.

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    Searching All Fields

    To find documents that contain your terms in any field, use the All fields field.

    Multiple Terms

    If you enter multiple terms in the All fields field, Quick Search will include an 'AND' connector in your search query.

    Example   If you enter heart attack oxygen, your search will be for articles having occurrences of "heart AND attack AND oxygen".

    Exact Phrases

    To search for a matching or exact phrase, enclose the term in brackets ({}). See Searching for Phrases for more information.

    Example   To locate occurrences of the phrase "heart attack", enter {heart attack}.

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    Author Field

    Searches for documents written by an author. Quick Search will find results where both search terms are present in the document even if they are in separate author fields.

    Tip: An author search format example appears in a tooltip when your pointer is on the Author field.

    Example   Searching for J Smith using Quick Search would find results such as: T. Smith, J. Rolf.

    To find authors where all your search terms are in the same field, use the Specific Author field on the Advanced search form or the Specific-Author field on the Expert search form. See Searching for Names for more information.

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    Volume

    Searches for documents in a specific volume of a journal or book.

    Example   Entering Volume: 34 will return documents with a volume number of "34".

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    Issue

    Searches for documents in a specific issue of a journal or book.

    Example   Entering Issue: 4 will return documents with an issue identifier of "4".

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    Page

    Searches for documents with specific page numbers.

    Example  

    Entering Page: 9 will return documents with page numbers, such as:

    • 1-9

    • 9

    • 9-16

    Entering Page: v will return documents with page numbers, such as:

    • v

    • v-xii

    • v-vi

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    Journal/Book Title Field

    Searches for a specific journal or book title. This field returns either articles or journal and book titles depending on which Quick Search fields are populated.

    As you type your journal or book title, a list of titles that match your entry will display. The beginning of each word in the title will be searched for a match, so ‘info’ would return Information and Computation and Journal of Biomedical Informatics. To choose one of the titles, select the title from the list.

    Note: You must have JavaScript™ enabled in your browser for a list of matching titles to display.

    • Articles: If search terms are entered in the other Quick Search fields (including the Journal/book title field), the search will return articles.

      Example   Entering All fields: dopamine and Journal/book title: neuro will return articles with occurrences of "dopamine" and also with "neuro" in the journal or book title.
    • Journal and book titles: If search terms are available only in the Journal/book title field, the search will return journal/book titles.

      Example  

      Entering only neuro in the Journal/book title field will return journals and books with "neuro" in the journal or book title, including:

      • Neurobiology of Aging

      • Neurocomputing

      • Paediatric Neurology

      You do not have to enter the entire title. For example, entering neuro bio will return all titles that include all those letters.

    • Searching a specific journal or book: When the text --This Journal/Book-- appears in the Journal/book title search field and you are on a journal or book home page, entering search terms in the other Quick Search fields will search only articles in that journal or book.

      Note: If you enter only spaces in the other fields, the spaces will be ignored.

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    Choosing Quick Search Terms

    You can use many of the Boolean syntax rules when building a Quick Search.

    Note: Numeric data are searchable only as text.

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    Constructing a Journal/Book Title Search

    • Titles returned in the search results match all terms in a multiple-term search string.

      Example  

      If you enter chemical engineering in the search box, the search results may include the following titles:

      • Biochemical Engineering Journal

      • Chemical Engineering and Processing

      • Chemical Engineering Journal

      • The Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal

      • Chemical Engineering Science

      • Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

      • Computers & Chemical Engineering

      • Advances in Chemical Engineering

    • Terms in a multiple-term search string must be entered in the order in which they appear in titles.

      Example   In the chemical engineering search example, a journal titled, "The Engineering and Chemical Processing Journal," would not be retrieved because the terms in the title do not appear in the same order as the terms in the search string.
    • Do not use Boolean syntax or Boolean connectors such as "AND," "OR," or "AND NOT" in your search string. If included, these terms must be part of the title to avoid making the search invalid.

    • Do not use wildcard characters.

    • Partial terms (without wildcards) may be entered, but these partial terms must be entered in the same order as they appear in the title.

    • The search is not case-sensitive.

     

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