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Names of authors and editors in Inspec appear surname first, followed
by initials. The names of all authors (up to 400) of a multi-authored
publication may be searched and will appear in a record.
This field also includes the names of patent assignees or organizations
that issued dissertations or reports.
Guidelines for Entering
Author Names
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Guideline
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Example
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Use upper, lower, or mixed case.
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Lee or lee is the same as LEE.
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Truncate after the first initial. Authors may or
may not use a second or third initial.
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Carter G* finds Carter, G.; Carter, G.M.; Carter,
G.W.
Carter GW or Carter G W matches Carter,
G.W.
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Enter a surname followed by a space and an asterisk
to find all authors with that surname.
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Parkins * (note the space between Parkins
and the asterisk) finds Parkins A.; Parkins A.S.; Parkins, E.; Parkins, E.J.;
Parkins, R.N.; and so on.
Parkins alone finds the same names as Parkins
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any initials.
Parkins* finds every name that Parkins *
finds, as well as Parkinson, D.W.; Parkinson, J.; Parkinson, S.; and so on.
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Use the asterisk in the middle of an author's name
to find variant spellings.
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Hof*man*
finds Hofman, Hofmann, Hoffman, and Hoffmann. |
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or more names by the search operators AND, OR,
and NOT. |
Heuer A* AND Vogel M* finds records in which
the names Heuer A. and Vogel, M. both appear.
Heuer A* OR Vogel M* finds records in which
either Heuer, A. or Vogel, M. (or both Heuer, A. and Vogel, M.) appear.
Heuer A* NOT Vogel M* finds records in which
Heuer, A. appears but not Vogel, M.
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Search for surnames containing particles with and
without a space after the particle.
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De Marco A* OR DeMarco A*
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| Surnames containing
an apostrophe should be searched with and without the apostrophe. |
O'Hara M* OR OHara M*
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| Search for
variants of names that contain diacritical marks in the original. Diacritical
marks are not searchable. |
The name Schröder may appear in the database
as Schroder or Schroeder. Search for both variants:
Schroder OR Schroeder
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| Asian names
appear in the database exactly as they do in the source document. The author Zhuang
Jun may appear in the database as Zhuang Jun, Zhang Jun, Jun Zhuang, Jun Zhang,
Zhuang J., Zhang J., or Jun Z. It is advisable to search for all variations on
Asian names. |
Zhuang Jun OR Zhang Jun OR Jun Zhang OR Jun Zhuang
OR Zhuang J or Zhang J OR Jun Z
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The name of an organization may be abbreviated or
spelled out in full.
Also, the name of a corporate or institutional author
may take the place of a list of author names if the number of author names is
very large (that is, over 400).
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OECD OR Organi* Econ* finds OECD, Organisation
Economic Cooperation & Dev., Organization for economic co-operation and development.
Inst* Theor* finds Institute of Theoretical
Astrophysics, Inst. Theoretical Astrophys.
IEEE OR Inst* Elec* finds IEEE, Inst. Electr.
& Electron. Eng.
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Author Index
Click the author index icon to access a list of
author names that you can add to your query. Using the Author Index allows you
to select the correct spelling or variant spellings of a name.
Search Tips
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To search for anonymous authors, enter anon in the Author field.
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To search on the name AND, OR, NOT, and SAME, enclose the name in quotation
marks. Example: "Or"
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