Help with using advanced search
Searching for more than one term - author search
Using truncation - title search
Using search operators - subject search
Searching more than one field
Using a mixture of search operators
Limiting a search by publication date
Saving advanced searches
Searching for more than one term or word
Please note: the inclusion of an additional space at the end of a search term does not effect the results.
This may also be typed as:
author=”beresford peter” and author=”turner michael” Note: truncation is used
or
author=”beresford p*” and author=”turner m*“
Results include:
Author: TURNER Michael; BERESFORD Peter;
Title: Contributing on equal terms: service user involvement and the benefits system
Publication Date: 2005 Format: book;
Using truncation
Example two: Title search about education, to include the words education, educating, educates, educational etc.
This may also be typed as: title=”educat*”
Searching more than one field
title=”what works “ and topic=”young people “
Searching more than one field
Example four: Searching in more than one field
Search for records that contain the phrase 'what works' in the title and that have 'children' as a topic term:
Results include:
Author: PERCY-SMITH Janie;
Title: What works in strategic partnerships for children?
Publication Date: 2005
Format: book;
Topics: children; collaboration; cost effectiveness; social care provision; practice; United Kingdom;
Using a mixture of search operators
Search for bullying in schools:
Note: it is necessary change the search operator from and to or when broadening the search out. It is also important to separate the mixture of search operators using brackets. The search operators and brackets need to be typed in manually.
This may also be typed as:
topic=”bullying” and (topic=”children” or topic=”school children” or topic=”schools”)
Results include:
and
Limiting a search by publication date
This feature means searches can be limited by a given year (2007) or whether a date of publication is after a given date or before given date. References date back from 1986.
publicationdate=2007 References published in 2007
publicationdate>2007 References published in 2008+
publicationdate<2007 References published before 2007
Example six: Search for adoption or fostering references published between 1999 and 2000 
This may also be typed as:
(topic=”adoption” or topic=”foster care”) and (publicationdate>1998 and publicationdate<2000)
Or
(topic=”adoption “or topic=”foster care“) and (publicationdate=1999 or publicationdate=2000)
Results include:
Saving advanced searches
Test the search works before saving it!
When you have formulated your query click on Save button.
You will be prompted to give the search a name.
Your saved search will appear at the bottom of the Advanced search screen.
The search will be saved for your future use. To run the search again click on Add to search and it will be pasted into the Advanced search box.