Journal Search Example (basic)

Suppose you want to find the article "First-Order Optimal Reduced Delay Sample-Data Holds" by F. Leonard in the July 1999 issue of IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control using Basic Search. You might construct a search query that looks similar to this:

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Searching Specific Fields:

You can tell IEEE Xplore® to search for the phrase in all fields or a specific field of the citation record, such as the article title, journal name, or author field. See Field Codes and Definitions for more information.

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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.

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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.

Working with Incomplete Information:

If you are missing information such as the exact title or author search for keywords in all fields.

For example, if you know the article is about sample-data holds and it appeared in a journal on automatic control, you might construct the following query:

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

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