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Search Multiple Items in a Box

Boolean symbols

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& and (limits a search, all conditions must be met)

! not (excludes records from the search results)

Truncation

You can use the truncation symbol * to find words that start with specified characters.

Comparison and Range searches

Greater than, less than, range are typically used with numeric or date information.

= equal to (exact match)

> greater than

< less than

: within a range

Fields

Author (AU)/Corporate Author (CO) to search for records by author’s last name or corporate author

e.g. Find Author

Maxted*

Maxted* & Hawkes*

Maxted n

Maxted, n

e.g. Corporate Author

interamerican council for sustainable agriculture

icsa

Title (TI) to search for a word in a title or publication title

e.g. Find Title

"plant genetic conservation"

plant genetic conservation*

Serial title (SE) to search for journal articles or correct names of journals

e.g Find Serial Title

"economic botany " (in this case you know the name of the journal and you want to know the articles published in it)

economic botany*

anthropo* (in this case you want to know what journals we have with this word in the title)

Descriptors (DE) to search for a specific subject/key word, click the Word Wheel button to browse and select the correct word or words

e.g. Find Descriptor

=sustainable agriculture

Language to search for a specific publication language, click the Word Wheel button to browse and select the correct language code.

e.g. Find LA