Quick Search:

A quick search looks at the abstract, title (of the article), author name, and keywords fields of the documents. Enter your keywords(s) in the box provided and click on the Search button.

Following steps will help you to perform a quick search:

Enter your search term(s) in the available text box. Remember, you can enter abstract terms, article titles, keyword entries, and author names within this field.

Note: If you enter multiple terms, Quick Search will use an implied 'AND' connector. If you enter alpha beta gamma, Quick search identifies them internally as "alpha AND beta AND gamma." Boolean AND,OR and NOT are supported for article title, keywords and abstract searches.

In order to search for an exact phrase, you need to enclose the term within quotation ("") marks. For example, if you want to locate occurrences of the phrase "distribution of PDE 3" you would enter "distribution of PDE 3" within the text box.

Click the "Search" button, which is located to the right, to execute the Quick Search. The quick search results list appears.

Move from box to box on the search screen using the tab key, filling in details as appropriate. All search fields are case insensitive. Please be ensure that there must be no space before or after search string.
 
You may find the following abbreviations useful to narrowing your searches.

• Article title
• Author names
• Publication title
• ISBN and/or ISSN
• Volume/issue
• Year Range/Date

Article Title
The search string must be an exact match with the publication title. For example: Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting for Enzymatic Activity . No operators or wildcards are allowed in this field.

Author Names
Search on one author name at a time. For example: Davis.

Exact Publication Title
The search string must be an exact match with the publication title. For example: Current Analytical Chemistry. No operators or wildcards are allowed in this field.
 
ISBN/ISSN
The search string must be an exact match of the ISBM/ISSN number.
 
Month/Year Range
To narrowing the search for limited period of time, please select the required month and year from the combo box.
 
Volume
A number of volume can be used to abbreviate the search string, for example:2.
 
Issue
A number of issue can be used to abbreviate the search string, for example:1.
 
Click "Submit" button to perform the search.
 
Quick Glossary

ISSN/ISBN
A standard international code allowing the identification of any serial publication.
 
Operator
Also known as Boolean operators, there are three key operators, OR, AND and NOT. These add precision and flexibility to searching a database.
 
Search String
In this case, a sequence of words or characters.
 
Session
A period of time spent on an activity.
 
Wildcard
A special character that represents one or more other characters, generally the asterisk (*) is used. For example, search* would mean the word starts with search but could end with anything.