How-to
Using Advanced Search
Choosing the field to search, adding conditions with AND, OR and NOT, and giving a year range on the Advanced search page of the public site.
The Advanced search page (/en/search) lets you limit the search to one field and add up to three more
conditions.
- From the Search in list, select All fields, Title, Author, Keyword, Abstract or ISBN / ISSN / DOI.
- Enter the words you are looking for in the Search terms field.
- If you need more conditions, open the More conditions and year range section.
- On each extra row, select the operator and the field, then enter the terms.
- If needed, fill in the From year and To year fields.
- Press Search.
Fields
The Author field searches at the start of the words of authors' names. For example, a search for er finds the
authors Erdem Kaya and Kader Er, and does not find Mert Yıldız. If you type the given name and the family name in
quotes, the two are searched next to each other. For theses this field also searches the advisors' names. The Keyword field searches only the keywords of publications.
Author names and identifiers are outside this field.
Operators
The conditions are combined in order:
| Operator | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AND | Requires both conditions. |
| OR | Accepts either of the conditions. |
| NOT | Leaves out the publications that meet that condition. |
For example, select the Title field on the first row and type migration. On an extra row, select the NOT
operator and the Author field and type an author's name. The search finds the publications with migration in the
title, except those of that author.
You can also use filters and sorting on the results page. The rules of word search are in Searching the Public Site.