Enter one or more author specifications separate by the + sign, or leave blank if no author/editor restriction is to be specified. Examples:
Jefferson, Thomas P.Jackson, Andrew + Jefferson, ThomasWashington + AdamsEach author specification is interpreted as the LEADING part of the
string for a single author name, with surname (family name, "last" name)
first. Case, i.e. small and capital letters, is ignored. Apostrophes may be used,
as in O'Reilly, Mark.
You may search for only editors or only authors by checking and unchecking the appropriate boxes.
If one "word" is typed, it will be treated as the beginning of the name and all names will be matched that match that beginning. A comma at the end terminates the lastname, forcing an exact match on the lastname. Any other character will cause a nonmatch. A lastname with first name or initial should be entered as "lastname, firstname", where firstname can be a partial or whole name and/or initials. Examples follow:
Jeffers |
Surname begins with Jeffers, including "Jeffers", "Jefferson", etc. |
Jeffers, |
Surname is exactly Jeffers |
Jeffers, A |
Includes "Jeffers, A.", but also "Jeffers, Alex" or "Jeffers, A. Fred" |
Jeffers, A. |
Includes "Jeffers, A." and "Jeffers, A. Fred" but not "Jeffers, Alex" |
The same name might appear in several different forms depending on the author's preferences and journal style. On the other hand, different people's names might appear the same, especially if they were published using initial rather than the full form. CIS indexes by the name as it appeared in the publication, and therefore it is up to the user to check different forms and to determine which articles are actually by the same author. The "Partial author match" option (in the second section of the query form) can be used to identify alternative forms of a name.