In Advanced Search, field tags, set combinations, or a combination of both may be used in a search query. Booleans and wildcards are permitted.
AD=(McGill Univ SAME Quebec SAME Canada)
Finds records in which McGill University appears in the Addresses field along with Quebec and Canada.
AU=Kermasha S*
Finds records of articles written by this author.
CF=Annual Meeting of the Teratology-Society
Finds records in which this conference is in the Conference Information field. For example:
43rd Annual Meeting of the Teratology-Society, JUN 19-23, 2003 BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART A-CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR TERATOLOGY 70 (7): 476-482 JUL 2004
CI=Philadelphia
Finds records in which this city is in the Addresses field.
CU=Canada
Finds records in which this country is in the Addresses field.
GP=Magic Collaboration
Finds records in which this group author is in the Group Author(s) field.
OG=Johns Hopkins Univ
Finds records in which this institution is in the Addresses field.
PS=NY
Finds records in which this state (New York) is in the Addresses field.
For U.S. states, use the official state abbreviations.
PY=2007 AND SO=Well Being
Finds records of articles that appear in Well Being published in 2007.
SA=Rockville Pike
Finds records in which this street address is in the Addresses field.
SG=Dept Biochem
Finds records in which this suborganization is in the Addresses field.
SO=Well Being AND TS=child*
Finds records of articles that appear in this journal that also contains the Topic term child (or children).
TI=(sanit* AND (fruit* OR vegetable*))
Finds records containing the terms sanitary, sanitize, or sanitizing and either the terms fruit (or fruits) and/or vegetable (or vegetables) in the title of an article.
TS=(fish AND batter* AND chip*)
Finds records containing the terms fish and batter (or batters and battered) and chip (or chips) in the Abstract, Title, and/or Keywords fields of a record.
TS=(sul*ur AND nitra*) AND #1
Finds records containing the terms sulfur (or sulphur) and nitrate (or nitrates) that also contain the search terms found in set #1.
TS=(quark* AND lepton*) AND #1 NOT #3
Finds records containing the terms quark (or quarks) and lepton (or leptons and leptonic) that also contain the search terms found in set #1, but excludes all records that contain the search terms found in set #3.
ZP=19104
Finds records in which this zip code is in the Addresses field.
Field Tags
- AD=Address
- AU=Author
- CF=Conference
- CI=City
- CU=Country
- GP=Group Author
- OG=Organization
- PS=Province/State
- PY=Year Published
- SA=Street Address
- SG=Suborganization
- SO=Publication Name
- TI=Title
- TS=Topic
- ZP=Zip/Postal Code
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Each search term in the query must be explicitly tagged with a field tag. Different fields must be connected with Boolean operators.
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All current rules regarding stopwords apply to the Topic and Title fields.
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For set combinations, enter a number (#) sign before each set number in the query.
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Do not use the SAME operator with different field tags. For example, TS=cell SAME AU=Wells is not allowed.
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The total number of search sets that you can run during a session is 100. If you attempt to run a query that exceeds the maximum, the product displays an error message and the search does not run.
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