Find Option

1. Enter a word or phrase in the text box. Booleans (AND, OR, NOT, SAME) and wildcards (* ?) are permitted.

2. Click the Find button to go to a list of terms that contain the characters that you entered.

3. Click the Add button to add a term to the text box at the bottom of the page.

4. Click OK to transfer the selected term(s) to the search page.

Browse Inspec Thesaurus Hierarchy Option

• Click the View in Hierarchy icon to view the term in the context of the thesaurus hierarchy.

• Click the View Thesaurus Details icon to view details about the thesaurus term. These details include references to broader terms, narrower terms, and related terms.

• Click the Expand Term icon to display narrower thesaurus terms.

Examples

• capacitor*
• superlattice* OR quantum well*
• computer* AND imag*

Editing Search Terms

You cannot edit or remove a selected term from the text box at the bottom of the page. You can, however, edit or remove a term when you return to the search page.

Related Topic

Inspec Thesaurus Details and Hierarchy