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Searching the Cited Author Field
Use the following guidelines when performing a Cited Author search.
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Enter the name of the first author of a multi-authored article, book, data
study or patent. Cited references from older articles or articles that do not
have matching source records may only include the name of the first author.
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You may enter the name of a secondary author. The name of a secondary author
is preceded by ellipses (...) in the index.
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Enter a last name with a space and at least one initial. Always use
a wildcard (* $ ?) after the intial(s) to find
all variants of an author's name. For example, Lee FN*
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You may enter multiple names separated by a
Boolean operator (AND, OR, NOT).
- Cited authors include corporate authors and inventors.
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Guidelines for Entering Names
Format
Enter up to three initials after the last name. It is advisable to truncate
after the first initial. For example:
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Enter Evans PJ to retrieve references with Evans PJ
as a cited author. This search will find references where the full first name of
the cited author may be abbreviated as PJ, including
- Evans Patrick J.
- Evans Paul J.
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Enter Evans P* to retrieve references with a cited author
whose surname is Evans and whose first initial is P or whose
first name begins with P, including:
- Evans P
- Evans PA
- Evans PG
- Evans PJ
- Evans PP
- Evans Patrick J.
- Evans Paul J.
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Case
Use upper, lower, or mixed case. For example, CRICK,
Crick, or crick finds the same results.
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Wildcards
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Use the asterisk (*) wildcard to represent any number of characters. For
example, Aglitsk* matches Aglitskaya, Aglitski, Aglitskii,
Aglitskiy.
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Use the question mark (?) to represent one character. For example,
Bens?n C* matches Bensen C, Benson C, Bensen CA, Benson CS, and
so on.
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Boolean Search Operators
Separate two or more names by the OR Boolean operator.
If the cited author has a common last name, try combining variations with OR
instead of truncating after the first initial. This way, you will retrieve fewer
irrelevant references. For example:
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Enter Calvin W* OR Brown M* to look up cited references with
either of these authors as the cited author.
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Enter Brown M* OR Brown ME* to look up cited references with
Brown M or Brown ME as the cited author.
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Enter Brown M* to look up cited references that match Brown
M, Brown MA, Brown MB, Brown ME, and so on.
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Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks (") around the words AND, OR, NOT, NEAR, and SAME in any
field when you do not intend these words to serve as search operators.
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Enter "OR" W* to search for cited works authored by William
Or.
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Enter Koechli "OR" to search for works authored by O. R.
Koechli.
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Enter Food "and" Drug Administration or "Food and
Drug Adminstration" to search for cited works authored by this agency.
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Hyphens and Apostrophes
If the surname contains a hyphen, or apostrophe, enter the name both with and
without the punctuation mark. Likewise, enter a surname with embedded spaces
with and without the spaces.
Join the two versions of the name with OR.
- Obrien R* OR O'Brien R*
- Lopez-Gonzalez J* OR Lopezgonzalez J*
- Deville A* OR De Ville A*
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Did You Know ...
The Cited Reference Index may display a
shortened version of the name you entered. Regardless, enter the full last name
of the author. The search engine automatically adjusts for data variations.
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