{"id":85,"date":"2017-03-22T11:49:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T11:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ueflibraryscifor.wordpress.com\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T08:10:32","slug":"basic-and-advanced-search","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibraryscienceforestry\/queries\/basic-and-advanced-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic and Advanced Search Queries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEARCH QUERY<\/strong> is a complex of search terms, their chosen form and target, and operators that connect them. With a query you express your information needs in a database in such a way, that system can perform a logic search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUERY FORM<\/strong> means the interface of a search engine. In the form, you place the search terms and choose the operators in order to formulate the query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Names of the search types might vary from database to database. The basic idea is either to search in a quick and rough way: Basic search<\/em>; or to search with more detailed and tailored way: Advanced search.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BASIC SEARCH \u2013type form<\/strong> contains one box where you type the whole query.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The basic search may look like a Google search box, but it is not the same. So don’t use natural language here, but keywords and operators. All operators and parentheses<\/strong>, if needed, must be typed by yourself. For instance, in order to make OR-operation to be executed first (as always should), you must place it in parentheses. Remember also phrases and truncation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Example 1: “chemical structure*”<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Example 2: swan OR cygnus<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Example 3: bioenergy AND “remote sensing”<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Example 4: (pollut* OR contamination) AND “wood preservation” AND chemicals<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Usually, if you don\u2019t type anything between search terms, there will be the AND-operator by default<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Advanced search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    ADVANCED SEARCH \u2013type form<\/strong> allows you to make more sophisticated queries. It also makes the use of operators structured<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    It is easy to make a logic query if you think that one line in query form is equivalent to one search concept.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    All the alternative terms referring to the same concept are written to the same line. Between the alternative terms, you must type the OR-operator by yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The next concept is written to the next line. Lines (concepts) are connected with AND-operator. This is a way to ensure that OR-operations are done first, then AND-operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    With Advanced search, it is also easy to select the fields to be searched for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • willow OR salix <\/em> (in: Title-Abstract-Keywords)
      AND
      “short rotation” OR srf <\/em> (in: Title)
      AND
      production OR cultivation OR crop<\/em>* (in: Title)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      See a video by Oulu University Library<\/em>: ProQuest Advanced search<\/strong> (4:28). This introduces one specific database, but the principle of advanced search is the same in other databases too. However, the title of Advanced search can vary: In Web of Science and Scopus databases you can use advanced search type in Documents-tab.<\/p>\n\n\n

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