Search-help
Things to consider
All abstracts are written in english, articles can be written in several different languages (e.g. danish, norwegian or swedish).
Try to seach using english first.
If the searchphrase contains one or more spaces put quotation marks around the sentence.
Common words
Some common words are ignored so avoid using them. E.g "and", "five","at".
Key words
You can use key words to enhance your search. Examples :
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Searchphrase |
Searches for |
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hospital |
Search for "hospital". |
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hospital AND oslo |
Search for articles contaning "hospital" and "oslo". |
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hospital OR oslo |
Search for articles containg "hospital" or "oslo". |
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NOT oslo |
Search for articles not containing the work "oslo".
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hospital AND NOT oslo |
Search for articles containing "hospital" and not (but not) "oslo". |
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hospital NEAR oslo |
Search for articles containing the word "hospital" near the word "oslo". |
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"oslo hospital"
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Search for articles containing the exact phrase "oslo hospital". |
AND can be replaced by &
OR can be replaced by |
NOT can be replaced by !
NEAR can be replaced by ~
You can also use wildcard-characters. If you want to search for word starting with "fish" you should enter the searchphrase "fish*".
Nota bene! The word including the wildcard must be surrounded by quoutation marks.
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