Advanced Search
The Advanced search function allows a more precise targeting of results:
- by searching on several fields, by combining queries, using boolean operators AND, OR, NOT
- by taking advantage of the structuring of data around various indexes;
- by filtering the results of a first research with one or more criteria (facets) appearing on the search results page;
- by combining various searches recorded in the search history.
By clicking on the “Advanced search” menu, indexes can be selected in the query builder, through the drop-down list.
The indexes are the following:
- All fields
- Author : personal or corporate
- Title : document, book, conference, exhibition or collection title
- Conference : conference title
- Exhibition : exhibition title
- Journal : journal title
- Abstract : all, whatever the language
- Keywords : all types (geographic (country and city), subject and temporal) relating to documents and auction affiliations
- Document type : Article, Auction Catalog, Book, Book Chapter, Conference Proceedings, Dissertation, Exhibition Catalog, Journal, Report, Review, Serial Issue, Thesis et Undefined
- Publication Year
- Language
- ISBN/ISSN
- Identifier : nnt, lccn, sale number and unique identifiers of the 4 original corpus (BHA GRI, RAA INHA, RAA Inist-CNRS et RILA GRI)
- Publisher
- Publication Country
Enter one or more search terms in the first line of the query builder.
Enter your search terms in the second Find field.
Choose a search operator (AND, OR, or NOT) to combine the terms of the two Find fields.
You can enter other search operator, terms and index in the third Find field.
If you need additional rows, click the “Plus” button.
To delete a row, click the “Minus” button.
Once you have entered all the terms of your query, click on the “Search” button.
The results page appears.
The results display order is set either by relevance or by year of publication (Option “Sort by”).
On the left appears a list of criteria (the facets), allowing to fine tune the results.
For further information, see : Refining the Results by Means of Facets
Search history – Combinatory search
Each search is stored and an history of your various queries is recorded, for the time of your session.
You can combine your searches: click on the identifier of each selected query (#n), then choose the search operator.
The numbers of the selected requests will appear in the “Combinatory search” entry field.
Click on the button “Combine”.
The results page appears, and this new search is incorporated into the search history.
It is also possible to delete, a query from the search history by clicking on its identifier, or the overall search history by clicking on the “Clear All” button.
For the formulation of a query in a field, see : Simple Search
