Simple Search

Attention: You must use the boolean operators in English, AND, OR, NOT.

The default boolean operator is OR.
 
Enter one or more words, then click on the arrow at the extremity of the data entry ribbon to start your search.
The search is performed by entering words or characters, and applies at the same time on all the following metadata fields (indexes), namely :

• Author
• Title (document, book, journal, conference, exhibition or collection)
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Document Type
• Year of publication
• Keywords
• Year of publication
• Language
• Identifier (ISSN, ISBN, nnt, lccn, numéro de vente, reference number of the four original corpus of bibliographic records)
• Publisher
• Country of Publication

A results page appears. A click on a record from the results page opens up the detailed record.

It is possible to modify the display order of the records resulting from a query. The drop-down list associated to the “Sort by” button offers three possibilities: by relevancy and by publication year.

Results can be refined by selecting one or more criteria in the facets list, on the left side of the results: With abstract, record origin, publication year, document type, language and country of publication,.

To go further, see : Refining the Results by Means of Facets

It is possible to rebounce and launch a new search on the data which appear underlined when the mouse cursor passes over it, in the detailed record. Just click on a value shown in red (Author, Journal Title, Keywords…).

Boolean operators
If you enter several terms in your query without specifying one boolean operator, the default operator is “OR”.
Example: A search with the terms sculpture exhibition painting museum will allow the visualization of all records concerning sculpture or exhibition or painting or museum.

To refine your queries you can use the current operators, AND, OR and NOT and put brackets around terms.
Example : (sculpture OR painting) AND exhibition will allow to find the records related to sculpture or painting exhibitions.

You can also use the following operators:+ (this term must be present) and - (this term must not be present). In this type of query, if these operators lack, terms are optional.
For example the query:
painting sculpture +gallery -museum
states that:

• gallery must be present;
• museum must not be present;
• painting and sculpture are optional; their presence increases the relevance.

For more sophisticated queries, see : Advanced Search or Expert Search