Help for Articles Search
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Search Tips | Search options | Off campus access | Browsers | Mobile access
Your initial search is limited to scholarly journal articles. To keep this or other limits you choose, select “Keep search refinements” under the search box. To search without any limits, select “New search”.
The language of the search interface may be changed to suit your needs by selecting a language in the upper right.
Results are sorted by relevance. It is easy to sort and filter using the facets on the left.
Relevant result records may be selected by clicking on an icon at the top right of every record. The saved list is at the bottom of the page. These results can be formatted in various styles and emailed, printed or exported to Endnote, RefWorks or BibTeX.
Use quotation marks ( “ “) to search for phrases
| Examples: | "teacher education" |
| "to be or not to be" |
Searching specific fields
o Basic search and advanced “with these terms” search across many fields automatically, including ISBN and ISSN.
o To explicitly search a single field use the syntax: field:(query)
| Examples: | ISSN:(1234-5678) |
| title:(robin hood) |
o Searchable fields are
| Title | Volume | ISBN |
| Subject Terms | Issue | ISSN |
| Author | Language | DOI |
| Publisher | Notes | DEWEY |
| Publication Title |
Boolean operators
o AND, OR and NOT are Boolean operators when entered in ALL CAPS. By default, all terms in a search are combined with AND.
o To expand search results, use the OR operator
| Example: | microcircuits OR nanocircuits |
o To exclude items, use the NOT operator
| Example: | "iron man" NOT downey |
Wildcards
o Articles Search recognizes two wildcard characters - ? and *
o Either character can be used at the end or in the middle of a word, but cannot be used as the first character of a word.
o The question mark (?) will match any single character.
| Example: | wom?n | finds woman or women |
o The asterisk (*) will match any number of characters.
| Example: | artific* | finds artifice, artificial, artificiality, etc. |
Full text articles are available to current students, faculty, and staff from off-campus using either your NetID or VPN access.
When you click on the link of a licensed full text resource, you will be prompted to login with your NetID and password.
Browsers that work with Articles Search
• Internet Explorer 6.0+
• Firefox 3.0+
• Safari 4.0+• Chrome (stable version)
Mobile access to Articles Search
Articles Search detects the device and browser you are using and provides the appropriate interface. No app download is required.
Use UR_Connected or UR_RC_InternalSecure (NOT UR_Guest) to access articles and other online materials you find in Article Search. For help getting connected or more information about these networks, see http://www.rochester.edu/it/wireless/ .
The following phones work with Articles Search
• iPhone 2.0+
• BlackBerry 8500+
• Android 1.0+
