Search Operators: let you connect multiple words together into a single search statement.
Field-Restricted Searches: help you search for articles using specific infromation.
Field Names List: for using with Field-Restriced Searches and sample use.
Following is a list of Search Operators and brief descriptions of how they will help you build a search.
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| Operator | Sample Use | Find articles containing ... |
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| AND | internet AND programming | internet and programming in the same article. |
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| OR | internet OR programming | internet or programming, or both, anywhere in the entire article. |
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| NOT | internet AND NOT programming | internet but not programming. |
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| NEAR | internet NEAR/3 programming | internet occurs within 3 words near programming. |
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| ADJ | internet ADJ programming | programming appears immediately after internet. |
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| W/n | internet W/3 programming | programming occurs within 3 words after internet. |
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| ? | int??net | matches internet, intranet... |
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| * | inter* | matches inter, internet, international... |
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| + | program+ | matches program, programmed, programming, programmer... |
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| # | program# | matches program, but not programmed, programming, programmer... |
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Note:
ADJ is a default Query Operator.
For example: internet programming would be the same as internet ADJ programming
Query-Time Stemming is turned off. Use + to force a search for all variants of a query term.
For example: program would be the same as program#.
- :field
- Field restriction operator for a single word in the query; specifiesthat the word before the colon is to be searched only against field.
Example: smith:author specifies that the author field is to be searched for the query word smith.
- /F:
- field1, field2...Field restriction operator for the entire query; specifies that the entire query is to be searched against fields.
Example: kirk douglas/F:text, author, title specifies that kirk and/or douglas need to be in either the text, author, or the title field for the record to be retrieved.
- field=num
- Numeric match operator; specifies that field must exactly match num, where num is a non-negative number.
Example: year=1982 requires
the contents of the year field to contain 1982.
Fields help you search for articles using specific information, such as an author or a company name. The list below highlights the most frequency used fields.
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| These are the fields and what they can help you find. | Sample Use |
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| FILENAME | Digital Object File | (Prakeaw_Temple.gif):FILENAME |
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| MAINT | Article Title | (Unseen):TITLE |
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| TITLE_ALTER | Title Alternative
| (Prakeaw Temple):TITLE_ALTER |
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| CREATOR | Creator
| (K.Tongake):CREATOR |
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| SUBJECT | Subject
| (Prakeaw Temple):SUBJECT |
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| SUBJECT_CLASSIFICATION | Subject Classification | (Building):SUBJECT_CLASSIFICATION |
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| DESCRIPTION | Description
| (Emerald buddha):DESCRIPTION |
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| CONTRIBUTOR | Contributor | (K.Laddawan):CONTRIBUTOR |
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| PUBLISHER | Publisher Name | (Magaret P.Roger):PUBLISHER |
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| DATE_CREATED | Date Created of Documents | (20010421):DATE_CREATED |
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| DATE_ISSUED | Date Issued of Documents | (20010421):DATE_ISSUED |
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| DATE_MODIFIED | Date Modified of Documents | (20010421):DATE_MODIFIED |
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| TYPE | Type | (Image):TYPE |
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| FORMAT | Format | (GIF):FORMAT |
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| IDENTIFIER | Identifier | (http://www.geocity.com):IDENTIFIER |
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| SOURCE | Source | (History Book):SOURCE |
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| LANGUAGE | Language | (tha):LANGUAGE |
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| RELATION | Relation | (Fortunesiam Webmaster):RELATION |
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| COVERAGE | Converge | (Bangkok Thailand.):COVERAGE |
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| RIGHTS | Copy Rights | (Copy Right by web master.):RIGHTS |
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| ANNOTATION | Annotation | (Dr. Aung No):ANNOTATION |
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| THESIS_DNAME | Degree Name | (Sciences):THESIS_DNAME |
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| THESIS_LEVEL | Degree Level | (Bachelor Degree):THESIS_LEVEL |
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| THESIS_DESC | Degree Discipline | (Mathematics):THESIS_DESC |
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| THESIS_GRANT | Degree Grantor | (Bangkok University):THESIS_GRANT |
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| CONTENT | Full Text | (Temple):CONTENT |
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