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Full Search Page

Full Search offers the full range of General Search and Cited Reference Search options and returns a site-configured maximum number of results. (The default number of results is 500 if sorted by "Latest date" or "Relevance," and 300 if sorted by "Times Cited," "First author," or "Source Title.") If you want to find more than the maximum number of results, try searching the data in segments. One way to do this is searching only one year of data at a time.

  1. Select the database(s) you want to search by clicking the checkbox next to the databases. If you don't select a database, the default is all available databases. (Note: Not all databases are available to all institutions; you probably will not see all six databases listed here.)
  2. Select the time period you want to search by clicking the radio button next to:
    • This week's update - Searches the mostly recently loaded single week of data.
    • Latest 2 Weeks - Searches the most recent two weeks of data.
    • Latest 4 Weeks - Searches the most recent four weeks of data.
    • All years - Searches the entire range of years that appears beside the names of the database(s) you have selected.
    • Year selection - Searches only the years you have checked (using the checkboxes). See the year range beside the database name to see what years are available for each database.
      Note: The database year refers to the year that an article's information was entered into the ISI database and not to when the article was published (the two are not necessarily the same).

  3. Select the type of search by clicking:
    • General Search - Searches for articles by subject, author, journal, or author address. Returns a site-configured number of results.
    • Cited Ref Search - Searches for articles that have cited (included in their reference list) a known work. Returns a site-configured number of results.
    • Using Saved Query - Accesses directions for how to select and run a query you have previously saved.


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This help page last modified 10/6/2000

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