Journal Search Example (advanced)

Suppose you want to find the article "First-Order Optimal Reduced Delay Sample-Data Holds" by F. Leonard in the July 1999 issue (issue no. 7, volume 44) of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control using Advanced Search. You might construct a search query that looks similar to one of the following:

Example 1: ("First-Order Optimal Reduced Delay Sample-Data Holds" <in> ti) <and> ("IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control" <in> jn) <and> (Leonard F. <in> au)

Example 2: (Sample Data Holds <in> ti) <and> (Automatic Control <in> jn) <and> (Leonard <in> au)

Excluding Word Stem Variations:

You can use quotation marks around your search text to indicate that you want IEEE Xplore® to look for that exact search string with no word stem variations. See Searching for an Exact Word or Phrase for more information. If you want to look for specific variations, see Searching for a Root Word and Words Derived from It.

Searching Specific Fields:

The <in> operator indicates that you want IEEE Xplore® to search for the phrase in a specific field of the citation record, such as the title (ti) journal name (jn), author (au), issue number (is), or volume number (no) field. See Field Codes and Definitions for more information.

Note: If you do not use the <in> operator, IEEE Xplore® searches all fields.

Limiting Records Searched:

To focus this search on just the journals collection, deselect Conference proceedings and Standards under "Select publication types" in the Search Options box. Also, you can narrow the search to a specific date range by using "Select Years to Search". See Using Search Options for more information.

Working with Incomplete Information:

If you are missing information such as the exact journal name, article title, or author, enter what you know and add a keyword.

Example: (Automatic Control <in> jn) <and> (sample-data holds)

See Searching When You Have Limited Information for more about this topic.

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