Help: Authors Search
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  • Enter your search terms in the Authors search window

  • Your search is executed when you click the Search and Display button

  • Your terms will be searched in the following fields:

    - Authors (Authors, Editors, Compilers)
    - Organisation (Company, Government Department, Institution, University)

  • Personal author names are stored as Surname, Initials (a space exists after the coma and between initials, e. g. Kontak, D J)


Sample Searches

  • Exact Author Search
    - click Authors Browse button to see listing of Authors or Organizations
    - use Go To button to search for your Author or Organisation
    - click Checkbox to select 1 or more Author(s) or Organisation(s)
    - click Add/Back to Search button to add term(s) to Authors search window


  • Multiple Authors Search

    • to find documents with all of your Authors, put an & symbol between the names:

      e. g. kontak, d j&smith, p k finds documents by kontak, d j AND smith, p k
      e. g. white&horne finds documents by authors whose surnames begin with white AND horne

    • to find documents with any of your Authors, put a | symbol between the names:

      e. g. kontak, d j|smith, p k finds documents by kontak, d j OR smith, p k
      e. g. white|horne finds documents by authors whose surnames begin with white OR horne
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