Instructions for Abstracts / Proceedings Searches
Select a field to search and then insert your term (wildcards may be used.) You may build a multi-filtered search by concatenating rows. Simply ‘Add a Filter’ to add new row to search. For each new row/filter you will select an operator to concatenate additional row. Remember to also select a searchable field for each additional row.
SAVING A SEARCH AS A TAB (DELETING A SAVED TAB)
You may save a search by selecting ‘Save Tab’. You will be prompted to name the tab. Saved tabs will be visible each time you login. To remove a previously saved tab, simply click the ‘x’ in upper right of saved tab.
SEARCHABLE FIELDS (LIMITED TO SHORT ABSTRACTS uploaded PDF files are not searched)
- Title - searches only in the title section from the short abstracts
- Authors - searches only in the author section from short abstract
- Affiliations - searches only in the author affiliations/orgnization section from the short abstracts
- Abstract Body - searches only in the abstract text section of the short abstracts.
- All Fields - searches in all of the above fields from the short abstracts
OPERATORS
AND Use AND to find records containing all terms separated by the operator. | AND Examples Mass AND spectrum(2 rows/filters) finds records containing both terms. Mass AND spectrum AND analyzer(3 rows/filters) finds records containing all three terms. |
OR Use OR to find records containing any of the terms separated by the operator. | OR Examples Mass OR spectrum(2 rows) finds records containing either mass or spectrum (or both). |
NOT Use NOT to exclude records containing certain words from your search. | NOT Examples Mass NOT spectrum(2 rows) finds records containing mass but excludes records containing spectrum. |
WILDCARDS
Wildcards represent unknown characters and may be used in your search terms.
* The asterisk (*) represents any group of characters, including no character. | Asterisk (*) Examples *ealmatches: seal meal deal teal prote*matches: proteomics proteosome proteins protease *ernande*matches: Fernandes Fernandez Hernandes Hernandez |
? The question mark (?) represents any single character. | Question Mark (?) Example ?herematches: there where |
$ The dollar sign ($) represents zero or one character. | Dollar Sign ($) Examples flavo$rmatches: flavor flavour peak$matches: peak peaks |
Using Multiple Wildards | Multi-wildcard Example globali?ation*matches: globalisation globalisations globalization globalizations |
Useful Wildcard Tips
- The dollar sign ($) is useful for finding both the British and American spellings of the same word. For example, colo$r finds color and colour.
- The question mark (?) is useful for searching last names of authors where the last character is uncertain. For example, Cook? finds Cooks and Cooke. It will not find Cook.