Search options in advance search
Search options when searching in abstracts, titles and comments
The abstract, title and comment fields all have the same set of search options, which are:
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The relevant search option is chosen in the drop down menu under the field name and as default is this field empty.
Quick access to edit search parameters
When viewing the results of a search in list view the search parameters are easily accessible from the link in the top right corner “edit search parameters”.
Search by reference (publication) number
When searching by a reference number the following options are available:
| option | description |
|---|---|
| exact | The reference number should match exactly as specified. See reference number format for details. You can omit kind code though, in this case the search will be performed by country code and document number. |
| contains | You can specify any part of reference number. For example "1234" will find all references where document number contains "1234" |
| starts with | You can specify the first part of reference number. For example "EP1234" will find all references with country code "EP" and document number staring with "1234" |
| ends with | You can specify the last part of reference number. For example "1234.B1" will find all references where document number ends with "1234" and kind code equals to "B1" |
| does not contain | Inverse version of the "contains" rule, |
Sample search by abstracts, titles and comments
When searching in abstract titles and comments you can use the following constructions:
| example | description |
|---|---|
| bicycle gold | Will search for text with both bicycle and gold. |
| bicycle and gold | Equal to the previous search string |
| bicycle or gold | Will search for text with either bicycle or gold. |
| gold | Will search for all forms of the word. For example gold, golden. |
| "gold bicycle" | In case of quoted text the search will be performed for the precise phrase. |
| "gold bicycle" and rubber | Will search for a text where both "gold bicycle" phrase and rubber are present. Only rubber will be searched in all known word forms |
| not bicycle | Will search for all references where the "bicycle" word is not present |
| bicyc* | Will search for text with words starting with "bicyc" |
| "bicyc*" | Will search for text with words "bicyc*" (including the final asterisk) |
moreover you can specify the following search options:
| option | description |
|---|---|
| contains | will perform an ordinary search as described above |
| not present | will search for references where the field is empty |
| present | will search for references the field has a non-empty value |
| doesn't contain | inverse "contains" |
Highlight of search terms
When searching in a IPSurvey database <Left menu><Search>, the search terms are highlighted in list view, to clarify why the reference(s) was found by the search.
