Search Tips - CERN Document Server (original) (raw)
How to find any value in any field:
| | Empty search box returns all records in the database. | | -------------------------------------------------------- |
How to find documents in a particular collection:
| | Click on a link below the search box to see and select subcollections such as Preprints or Theses, or select/deselect the tick boxes next to a particular collection before doing the search. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | If you want documents from a 'collection' not proposed by default, such as NA60 documents, then enter it as a search term. |
How to search for words/phrases (within titles, abstracts, etc):
| | Return records containing words higgs and_boson_. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Return records containing phrase 'higgs boson' in title. | | | Return records entitled exactly "Higgs boson" but not records such as "Overview of Higgs boson production".(Note: For some indexes such as any field, title, or abstract, there is no distinction between searching for double quoted and single quoted expressions. Both behave the same usual way.) |
How to use truncation:
| | Return records containing words muon, muons,muonic, etc. | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
How to use boolean operators:
| or: | Return records containing both muon and kaon. |
|---|---|
| Return records containing either muon or kaon. | |
| Return records containing muon but not kaon. |
How to use parentheses:
| | Return records containing either gravity or supergravity, and ellis or perelstein. Nested parentheses are supported. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
How to find documents from a certain period:
| | Type 2003 and select the year field. | | ------------------------------------------------- | | | Alternatively, type 'year:' followed by value. | | | You can enter specific year range. |
How to search inside citation network:
| | Return papers that are cited between 3 and 30 times. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Return all papers that cite any of the papers written by ellis. Useful for citation alerts. | | | Return all papers that are cited by any of the papers written by ellis. |
How to search for authors:
| | Some authors have unique names and their publications can be retrieved by searching for the surname in theany field field. | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | For better results, type surname comma initial(s) and select the author field. | | | Sometimes authors are indexed with their full name. | | | Find papers by J.Ellis written from 1990 until 1993, using truncation to match all first names beginning with J. |
More information:
Special characters, regular expressions, fulltext searching, citation searching, and other capabilities are fully explained in the complete Search Guide.