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AD=(Div* of Botany AND Zoology SAME Australian Nat*)

Finds records in which the address names Division of Botany and Zoology appear in the same sentence as the address name Australian National University. For example:

Division of Botany and Zoology,
Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia.

AN=(University of Pennsylvania)

Finds records in which the University of Pennsylvania is the named patent assignee of a patent record.

AU=(Wells AND Dickinson)

Finds records in which the articles are written by these two authors.

CA=14265-44-2

Finds records that contains this CAS Registry Number within the Chemical Data table.

CB=Glycine AND TI=Mutation

Finds records that contain the term mutation in the title and the term glycine within the Chemical Data table.

CC=(Poultry AND Eggs) NOT TS=chick*

Finds records in which the major concepts poultry and eggs appear in the Concept Code field of a record, but records containing chicks, chicken, and chickens are excluded.

CH=(Hemoglobin AND glucose) AND DS=diabetes

Finds records in which the chemical names hemoglobin and glucose appear in the Chemical Data table and the term diabetes (or diabetes mellitus) appears in the Disease Data table.

DE=(Goat Farming)

Finds records which have the term goat farming listed as Miscellaneous Descriptors.

GE=Argentina AND GT=(Early Eocene)

Finds records which have the term Argentina in the Geographic Data table and Early Eocene in the Geologic Time Data table.

GN=(Frizzled Homolog)

Finds records which have the gene name variant Frizzled Homolog listed in the Gene Name Data table.

IC=173*

Finds records which contain any codes beginning with the digits 173, including (but not limited to) ISSN, ISBN, Concept Codes, Patent Class, Patent Number, etc.

MC=Biogeography AND TA=Parrot

Finds records which have Biogeography listed as a Major Concept and the term Parrot listed in the Taxonomic Data table.

MI=(zoological AND Japan AND 2002)

Finds records in which the search terms zoological and Japan appear in the Meeting Information field, along with the year 2002.

Example: Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan, September 24-27, 2002

MQ=(Neon Laser) AND DE=Cancer

Finds records which have Neon Laser listed in the Methods and Equipment Data table and the term Cancer listed in the Disease Data table.

PS=(Organelles AND Digestive System).

Finds records which have the terms Organelles and Digestive System listed Neon Laser listed in the Parts and Structures Data table.

PY=2007 AND SO=Journal of Cell Science

Finds records of articles that appear in the Journal of Cell Science published in 2007.

SO=Journal of Cell Science AND TI=canc*

Finds records of articles that appear in the Journal of Cell Science that contain the words cancer, cancerous, carcinogen, etc.

SQ=DQ456865

Finds records of articles that list the accession number in the Sequence Data table.

TA=Mytilus edulis

Finds records in which the organism name Mytilus edulis (variant name is mussel) appears in the Taxonomic Data table.

TI=(sul*ur AND denitri*)

Finds records containing the search terms sulfur (or sulphur) and denitrification (or denitrify, denitrifying, etc.) in the title of an article.

TS=(sul*ur AND nitra* AND denitri*)

Finds records containing the search terms sulfur (or sulphur) and nitrate (or nitrates) and denitrification (or denitrify, denitrifying, etc.).

TS=(sul*ur AND nitra*) AND #1

Finds records containing the search terms sulfur (or sulphur) and nitrate (or nitrates) that also contain the search terms found in set #1.

TS=biodeterioration AND #1 NOT #3

Finds records containing the search term biodeterioration that also contain the search terms found in set #1, but excludes all records that contain the search terms found in set #3.

Field Tags

  • AD=Address
  • AN=Patent Assignee
  • AU=Author
  • CA=CAS Registry No.
  • CB=Chemical & Biochemical
  • CC=Concept Code
  • CH=Chemical
  • DE=Misc. Descriptors
  • DS=Disease
  • GE=Geographic
  • GN=Gene Name
  • GT=Geological Time
  • IC=Identifying Codes
  • MC=Major Concepts
  • MI=Meeting Information
  • MQ=Methods & Equipment
  • PS=Parts & Structure
  • PY=Year Published
  • SO=Publication Name
  • SQ=Sequence
  • TA=Taxonomic Data
  • TI=Title
  • TS=Topic

Search Query Rules

  • Each search term in the query must be explicitly tagged with a field tag. Different fields must be connected with Boolean operators.

  • All current rules regarding stopwords apply to the Topic and Title fields.

  • Extraneous spaces are ignored by the product. For example, extra spaces around opening and closing parentheses ( ) and equal (=) signs are ignored.

  • For set combinations, enter a number (#) sign before each set number in the query.

  • Do not use the SAME operator with different field tags. For example, TS=cell SAME AU=Wells is not allowed.

  • The total number of search sets that you can run during a session is 200. If you attempt to run a query that exceeds the maximum, the product displays an error message and the search does not run.

Search Tips

  • To search for anonymous authors, enter AU=anonymous.

  • To search on the name AND, OR, NOT, and SAME, enclose the name in quotation marks. Example: "Or"

  • To search for new species, enter TA=new.

Note The term "new" will appear in the Organism Classifier column in the Taxonomic Data table.

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