1 sur 6 23/11/2005 14:50 Basic Search Advanced Search Search Preferences Search Tips General Search Tips General Search Tips Basic Search Tips Advanced Search Tips Results Page Tips Frequently Asked Questions Subscribe to Scirus News Updates To perform a search with Scirus, enter your keyword(s) in the box provided and click on the Search button. You may find it helpful to narrow your search by placing special characters in front of your keywords: +keyword(s) - all of your search results will contain this word -keyword(s) - none of your search results will contain this word "keyword(s)" - all of your search results will contain this phrase Be aware not to use a space after the + or the -. If you narrow your search using abbreviation, make sure to put the + or the - before the abbreviations. So -au:smith should give you no authors with the name smith in the author field. Scirus also recognises Boolean terminology: OR AND NOT AND - your search results will contain all of your keywords. For example, a search on women AND health will return results that contain the words women and health in the text. OR - your search results will contain at least one of your keywords. For example, a search on algebra OR trigonometry will return results that either contain the word algebra or the word trigonometry in the text. ANDNOT - your search results will contain one of your keywords but not the other. For example, a search on gas ANDNOT helium will return results that contain the word gas in the text but not the word helium. You can narrow your searches using abbreviations. You may find the following abbreviations useful: au:author ti:title jo:journal title ke:keywords url:url dom:domain name af:author affiliation(s) You can also easily search narrow your search via the dropdown menu on the Advanced Search Page When you use the search syntax, please make sure you put colons (:) between the abbreviation and your search query. So au:smith, when you are searching for the author Smith. Be aware not to use spaces between the abbreviation, the colon and the keyword. If you are using + or - in combination with abbreviations, make sure to put the
2 sur 6 23/11/2005 14:50 + or the - before the abbreviation. So -au:smiths should give you no authors with the name smith in the author field. You can also easily search narrow your search via the dropdown menu on the Advanced Search Page. Basic Search Tips To perform a search with Scirus, enter your keyword(s) in the box provided and click on the Search button. You can narrow your search by selecting one of the following options from the pull-down box: All of the words - your search results will contain every word you have entered in the search box. Any of the words - your search results will contain one or more of the words you have entered in the search box. Exact phrase - your search results will contain this exact phrase. Show Results From When you are conducting a search, you can choose to see results from two different sources: Web sources and journal sources. What Are Web Sources? When you ask to see results from Web sources, Scirus looks for information drawn from Internet sites and Web pages. This includes: university Web sites society homepages news pages conference information patent information e-prints/preprints company homepages product information This information is usually freely accessible to anyone via the Worldwide Web. If you do not wish to view results from Web sources when conducting a search, de-select the tick box next to Web sources on the Basic Search page. What are Journal Sources? When you ask to see results from journal sources, Scirus looks for information that is journal based and generally peer-reviewed. For an overview of our journal sources, go to the Advanced Search page. More information on our information sources can be found here. You may need a subscription or online registration to access this information. If you do not wish to view results from journal sources when conducting a search, de-select the tick box next to Web sources on the Basic Search page. Show Results Per Page You can choose the number of results you would like to see per page, by selecting 10, 25, 50 or 100 from the pull-down menu on the Basic Search page. Save and Edit Settings You can save your search preferences for future use - simply click on the Search Preferences link, choose your options and click on Save Preferences. These preferences will then be available to you each time you visit Scirus. You
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