Help Advanced Search

The Advanced search function allows a more precise targeting of results:

• by searching on several fields, by combining queries, using boolean operators AND, OR, NOT
• by taking advantage of the structuring of data around various indexes
• by filtering the results of a first research with one or more criteria (facets) appearing on the search results page
• by combining various searches recorded in the search history

By clicking on the “Advanced search” menu indexes can be selected in the query builder, through the drop-down list.

The indexes are the following:

• All fields
• Title
• Title Abstract
• Basic Index
• Conference
• Author
• Affiliation
• Country of Affiliation
• Abstract
• Descriptors
• Descriptor DEI
• Descriptor DEC
• Keyword
• Classification Code
• Publication Type
• Language
• ISSN/ISBN/Coden
• DOI
• Report/Patent Number
• Contract Number
• Reference Number
• Publication Year
• Country of publication
• INIS Volume Year
• INIS Volume Issue
• Journal

The Basic Index allows to query on the record title, the monography title for the books, reports and miscellaneous, on the abstracts, DEI-type descriptors (stemming from manual indexing) or DEC-type descriptors (automatically-generated descriptors) and author keywords.

The Descriptors Index allows to query on the DEI-type descriptors, DEC-type descriptors or keywords.

Enter one or more search terms in the first line of the query builder.
Enter your search terms in the second Find field.
Choose a search operator (AND, OR, or NOT) to combine the terms of the two Find fields.
You can enter other search operator, terms and index in the third Find field.
If you need additional rows, click the “Plus” button.
To delete a row, click the “Minus” button.

Once you have entered all the terms of your query, click on the “See the results” button.
The results page appears.
The results display order is set either by relevance or by year of publication (Option “Sort by”).

On the left appears a list of criteria (the facets), allowing to fine tune the results.

For further information, see : Refining the Results by Means of Facets

Search history – Combinatory search

Each search is stored and an history of your various queries is recorded, for the time of your session. For archiving your queries, you will need to create an account.

You can combine your searches: click on the identifier of each selected query (#n), then choose the search operator.
The numbers of the selected requests will appear in the “Combinatory search” entry field.

Click on the button “Combine”.
The results page appears, and this new search is incorporated into the search history.
It is also possible to delete, a query from the search history by clicking on its identifier, or the overall search history by clicking on the “Clear All” button.

For the formulation of a query in a field, see : Simple Search