Bibliography of the Neuroptera -- Search Tips

Search Tips

Searches are insensitive to case and common diacritical marks
To find a specfic reference number, type an equals sign (=) then the number in r# field (e.g., searching for "= 9597" [without the quotes] in the r#field will return only reference number 9597)
Search text can be entered in any or all of the search fields
If text is entered in multiple fields, the search fields are "and-ed" together, resulting in a narrower search
"Or" searches between the different search fields are not currently available on the Bibliography of the Neuropterida site
The default search is a "begins with" search, which finds the specified search text at the beginning of any word in the underlying field (e.g., searching for "west" [without the quotes] in the Title field, would find titles containing the words west and western, but not northwest)
To find "exact, whole word" search string matchs, precede the search string with an equals sign (=) (e.g., searching for "=west" [without the quotes] in the Title field, would find titles containing the word west, but not western or northwest)
To search for multiple "exact" words in a search, precede each word with an equals sign (=) (e.g., using the search string "=key =species" [without the quotes] in the Title field, would find titles that contain both of the words key and species in any order or position in the title)
Several example search strings are shown in the table below, together with information on the patterns that they do and do not find

Search String	Finds	Does Not Find
=west	west	western, northwest, northwestern
west (or west*)	west, western	northwest, northwestern
*west	west, northwest	western, northwestern
west	west, western, northwest, northwestern	---
=west =east	west & east (in the same field in any order)	western, northwest, northwestern, eastern, northeast, northeastern

=23	23	235, 523, 5235
23 (or 23*)	23, 235	523, 5235
*23	23, 523	235, 5235
23	23, 235, 523, 5235	---