| ADVANCED SEARCH DESCRIPTIONS & EXAMPLES |
| Descriptions |
Valid Syntax |
Examples |
| Searchable Zones: |
Note: spaces are required around all "<" and ">" symbols. |
Note: placing a word or phrase inside double quotes finds exact matches only, excluding stemmed variations such as plurals, -ed, -ing, etc. |
Abstract/Title/Keywords
(of article) |
term <IN> abstract <OR> term <IN> title <OR> term <IN> keywords |
dynamics <IN> abstract <OR> dynamics <IN> title <OR> dynamics <IN> keywords |
| Author (of article) |
term <IN> author
(shortcut: au) |
jones <IN> author
jones <IN> au |
Affiliation
(of author; generally location) |
term <IN> affiliation
(shortcut: af) |
"max planck" <IN> affiliation
"max planck" <IN> af |
| Abstract |
term <IN> abstract |
gluon <IN> abstract |
| Title |
term <IN> title |
Physics <IN> title |
| Keywords |
term <IN> keywords |
gluon <IN> keywords |
| Section Head |
term <IN> sec1 (major heading) <OR> term <IN> sec2 (minor heading) |
optics <IN> sec1 <OR> optics <IN> sec2 |
| Country (of primary author) |
term <IN> country |
"united states" <IN> country |
| Subject (text of primary PACS code) |
term <IN> subject
(shortcut: su) |
lattice dynamics <IN> subject
lattice dynamics <IN> su |
| Journal (name of journal) |
term <IN> journal
(shortcut: jo) |
chaos <IN> journal
chaos <IN> jo |
| Coden (coden of journal) |
term <IN> coden |
APPLAB <IN> coden |
| Volume (of journal) |
term <IN> volume |
105 <IN> volume
Usage:
(jcpsa6 <IN> coden) <AND> (105 <IN> volume) |
| Issue (of volume) |
term <IN> issue |
24 <IN> issue
Usage:
(jcpsa6 <IN> coden) <AND> (105 <IN> volume) <AND> (24 <IN> issue) |
| Issue Date |
term <IN> issuedate |
December 22, 1996 <IN> issuedate
Usage:
(jcpsa6 <IN> coden) <AND> (December 22, 1996 <IN> issuedate) |
| Page (first page of abstract) |
term <IN> fpage |
2471 <IN> fpage
Usage:
(jcpsa6 <IN> coden) <AND> (105 <IN> volume) <AND> (2471 <IN> fpage) |
| PACS Codes (numerical entries) |
term <IN> pacs |
42.55.Gp <IN> pacs |
| PACS Text (text entries) |
term <IN> pacstext |
"excimer lasers" <IN> pacstext |
| PACS Year |
term <IN> pacsyr |
1996 <IN> pacsyr |
| Document Type or Kind |
term <IN> type |
experimental <IN> type
(Valid types are: abstract, apparatus,
brief report, book review, comments, communications, computing, data,
experimental, letter, method, note, patent, popular, review, special,
theoretical, unspecified journal) |
| Boolean and Proximity Operators: |
Note: all operators except AND, OR, and NOT must be surrounded by "<" and ">" symbols. |
|
| Find both terms |
term1 <AND> term2 |
proton <AND> electron |
| Find one or both terms |
term1 <OR> term2 |
smith <OR> jones |
| Find one or both terms (both scores higher) |
term1 <ACCRUE> term2 |
smith <ACCRUE> jones |
| Find documents excluding a term |
term1 <NOT> term2
<NOT> term
|
"lasers" <NOT> "excimer"
<NOT> superconductivity |
| Find terms in close proximity |
term1 <NEAR> term2 |
air <NEAR> pollution |
| Find terms separated by x words |
term1 <NEAR/x> term2 (where x = # of words separating terms) |
optical <NEAR/3> systems |
| Find nearby terms in a given order |
<ORDER> <NEAR> (term1 term2) |
<ORDER> <NEAR> ("thin film") |
| Wildcard Characters: |
|
|
| Specify one and only one character |
? |
p?oton (finds proton, photon) |
| Specify zero or more characters |
* |
neutr* (finds neutron, neutrino, ...) |
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