How to Use the Advanced Search:
(1)
Choose template whose fields you will search on:
For example,
- select
Publication_vX.X.xml to search publications,
- select
Dataset_vX.X.xml to search datasets.
Records based only on the selected template will be returned (irrespective of version number).
For instance, Dataset-based records will not be returned for searches conducted with the Publication template--only Publication-based records, and
vice versa, Publications will not be returned for searches using the Dataset template, only Datasets, and so on.
(2)
Enter search terms into the fields you want matched:
Searches are
not case sensitive
("north america" is equivalent to "North America")
- Enter
is null to find records where field has no value
- Enter
is not null to find records where field contains a value
- Enter other search terms:
For example:
beaver -"snow depth" muskrat "water quality" +"North America".
This specifies that for the matched result, this field:
- may contain beaver, muskrat, or "water quality",
- must contain "North America",
- must
not contain "snow depth".
Note: If
Find is pressed with no values entered into any of the fields, then
all records
created under that template will be returned.
(3)
Select either
- Match All Fields - records must match in all fields filled in, or
- Match Any Fields - record must match at least one of the fields filled in,
and then press
Find.
(4 - optional)
Select
Change Output
- to change output to a
downloadable tab-separated value output for import into
Excel, or
- to
select custom fields to display in the search result output,
- or both
After the Change Output dialog is closed, remember to press
Find when you are ready to start the search.