Search Tips
How to find any value in any field:
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Empty search box returns all records in the database.
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How to find documents in a particular collection:
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Click on a link below the search box to see and select subcollections
such as Preprints or Theses, or select/deselect the tick boxes next to a
particular collection before doing the search.
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If you want documents from a 'collection' not proposed by default,
such as NA60 documents, then enter it as a search term.
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How to search for words/phrases (within titles, abstracts, etc):
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Returns records containing words higgs and boson.
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Returns records containing phrase 'higgs boson' in title.
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Returns records entitled exactly "Higgs boson" but not records such as
"Overview of Higgs boson production".
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How to use truncation:
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Returns records containing words muon, muons, muonic, etc.
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How to use boolean operators:
or:
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Returns records containing both muon and kaon.
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Returns records containing either muon or kaon.
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Returns records containing muon but not kaon.
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How to find documents from a certain period:
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Type 2003 and select the year field.
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Alternatively, type field name colon value.
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You can enter specific year range.
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How to search for authors:
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Some authors have unique names and
their publications can be retrieved by searching for
the surname in any field.
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For better results, type surname comma initial(s) and select the author field.
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Sometimes authors are indexed with their full name.
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Find papers by J.Ellis written from 1990 until 1993, using truncation
to match all first names beginning with J.
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More information:
Special characters, regular expressions, fulltext searching, citation
searching, and other capabilities are fully explained in the complete
Search Guide.