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Advanced Search Examples

Search for records by using field tags, set combinations or a combination of both. Search operators and wildcards are allowed.

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AD=Max Planck

Finds records in which Max Planck appears in the Address field

AD=(Max Planck SAME Mainz)

Finds records in which Max Planck appears in the same address as Mainz

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AI=(A-1009-2008 OR 0000-0002-1553-596X)

Finds records in which either the Researcher ID A-1009-2008 or the ORCID identifier 0000-0002-1553-596X appears in the Author Identifiers table

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AU=Zhang Xing

Finds records of articles written by this author.

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AU=Cheng RJ AND AD=SUNY

Finds records in which Cheng, RJ is in the Author field and SUNY is in the Addresses field.

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CI=Philadelphia

Finds records in which this city appears in the Addresses field.

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CU=Canada

Finds records in which this country appears in the Addresses field.

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DIS=space science

Finds records of articles within the Discipline field on the subject of space science.

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ED=Korczyn AD

Finds records of articles that were reviewed by this editor.

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GP=Magic Collaboration

Finds records in which this group author appears in the Group Author(s) field.

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IS=1367-4803

Finds records of publications such as journals and electronic publications that contains this ISSN number in the ISSN field within a record.

The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) searches for periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has both a print ISSN and an electronic ISSN, then both display in the Full Record. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X.

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OG=Beijing Univ*

Finds records in which Beijing Univ or Beijing University appears in an author address.

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PS=NY

Finds records in which this state (New York) appears in the Addresses field.

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PY=2007 AND SO=Well Being

Finds records of articles that appear in Well Being published in 2007.

When searching by publication year, you must combine the PY= field tag with another field tag using the AND or NOT Boolean operator.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=2007

When entering a range of years, restrict your search to five years or less; otherwise, processing slows down and the product returns too many unproductive results.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=(2008-2010)

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SA=Rockville Pike

Finds records in which this street address appears in the Addresses field of a Full Record.

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SG=Dept Biochem

Finds records in which this suborganization appears in the Addresses field of a Full Record.

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SO=Nature AND TS=Amphibian*

Finds records of articles that appear in the journal Nature that contain the term amphibian.

SO=Nature AND TS=Amphibian* AND PY=2001

Finds records of articles published in the journal Nature in 2001  that contain the term amphibian.

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SU=Computer Science

finds records in which this term appears in the Research Areas field of a Full Record. These records may also include other research areas such as:

• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Zoology

For a list of research areas, see Research Areas.

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SU=Mathematical & Computational Biology OR SU=Mathematics

Finds records in which either or both research areas appear within the Research Area field in a Full Record. These records may also include other research areas such as:

• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Zoology
• And more ...

See also Research Areas

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TI=(Sanit* AND (Fruit* OR Vegetable*))

Finds records of articles 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.

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TI=succinic acid

finds records in which the terms succinic and acid appear in the title.

TI="succinic acid"

finds records in which the exact phrase succinic acid appears in the title.

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TS=Monte Carlo simulation

finds records of publications containing the terms Monte, Carlo and simulation in any Topic field. The terms do not have to appear together in the same field.

TS="Monte Carlo simulation"

finds records of articles containing the exact phrase Monte Carlo simulation in a Topic field.

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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.

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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.

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UT=CCC:000294592900001

Finds the record that is associated with this unique accession number.

UT=CCC:0002929129*

Finds all records that begin with this accession number. The use of the asterisk (*) wildcard after the last digit increases the number of results that the product returns. For example:

• CCC:000292912900001
• CCC:000292912900002
• CCC:000292912900036
• And so on ...

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UT=*2935506*

Finds all records that contain these characters in the accession number. Using both left-hand and right-hand truncation (before the first digit and after the last digit) increases the number of results that the product returns.

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Field Tags

• AD=Address / Institution
• AI=Author Identifiers
• AU=Author
• CI=City
• CU=Country/Region
• DIS=Discipline
• ED=Editor
• GP=Group Author
• IS=ISSN/ISBN
• OG=Organization
• PMID=PubMed ID
• PS=Province/State
• PY=Year Published
• SA=Street Address
• SG=Suborganization
• SO=Publication Name
• SU=Research Area
• TI=Title
• TS=Topic
• UT=Accession Number
• ZP=Zip/Postal Code

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Search Query Rules

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

• 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.

• Only use SAME in Address searches. When used in other searches (such as Topic), SAME works exactly like AND.

• The total number of search sets that you can create during a session is 200.

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Search Tip

To search on the words AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR, enclose the word in quotation marks. Example: "Or"