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How can I directly write a research equation?

The implicit Boolean operator between different words in a search is AND. The available Boolean operators are OR, NOT and AND.

Truncation can be used with the star * character. If this is added at the end of a word or after the first letters of a word, it enables a search to be run on works “which begin with…” or “which finish with…” It can be particularly useful for searching for the singular and plural forms of words.

Example: Book* searches for book, books, etc.

To write a search equation select the ALL field then in the search bar, please enter your desired syntax: {field}: {word to search for}

  • TX: search in the whole bibliographic record
  • AU: search one or more words in the Author field
  • TI: search one or more words in the article TI
  • AB: search in the abstract
  • ISSN ISBN: search in whole bibliographic record while deleting hyphens
  • LA: search in the language field
  • SU: search one or more words in the keyword field
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