Suppose you want to find journal articles about fuzzy logic and/or set theory using Advanced Search. You might construct a search query that looks similar to this:
Example: (fuzzy logic <or> fuzzy set theory)
IEEE Xplore® would search all fields for occurrences of either fuzzy logic or fuzzy set theory.
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.
Suppose your search query returned a number of articles about inference mechanisms, in which you are not interested. You can use the <not> operator to revise your query and exclude these articles.
Example: (fuzzy logic <or> fuzzy set theory) <not> (inference mechanisms)
See Specifying Multiple Criteria and Logical Operators for more information about using the <not> operator.
You can use the <in> operator to indicate that you want IEEE Xplore® to search for the phrases in a specific field of the citation record, such as the abstract (ab), title (ti), or subject (de) field.
Example: (fuzzy logic <or> fuzzy set theory) <in> ab
See Field Codes and Definitions for more information.
Note: If you do not use the <in> operator, IEEE Xplore® searches all fields.
To focus the search further, deselect the publication types that do not pertain to your search 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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