eScholarship@UMassChan Searching Hints

Simple or basic search

  • To search the entire repository, use the search icon in the upper right.
  • To limit your search to a specific community or collection, perform the search and then use the "All of eScholarship" dropdown menu to search for the desired collection
  • The basic search will return results with all words entered in the search, e.g.
    cats dogs will retrieve all items that contain BOTH the words "cats" and "dogs" (this is equivalent to an "AND" Boolean search);

Phrase searching

  • Use quotation marks
  • Examples
    • "The Role of Age-Associated B Cells (ABC) in Combating Influenza Infection"
    • "mental health"

Wildcard searching

  • Use an asterisk (*) after a word stem to get all hits having words starting with that root
  • Example: select* will retrieve selects, selector, selectman, selecting
  • Searching dc.description.abstract:* will return results that include the "dc.description.abstract" metadata field (with any value in it)

Boolean searching

  • The following Boolean operators can be used to combine terms. Note that they must be CAPITALIZED.
  • AND - to limit searches to find items containing all words or phrases combined with this operator, e.g.
    cats AND dogs will retrieve all items that contain BOTH the words "cats" and "dogs"
  • OR - to enlarge searches to find items containing any of the words or phrases surrounding this operator
    cats OR dogs will retrieve all items that contain EITHER the words "cats" or "dogs".
  • NOT - to exclude items containing the word following this operator, e.g.
    training NOT cat will retrieve all items that contain the word "training" EXCEPT those also containing the word "cat".

Searching specific fields

Use the search icon in the upper right to enter these searches.

Author

  • Use this syntax for searching: dc.contributor.author:"LastName, FirstName"
  • Examples
    • dc.contributor.author:"palmer"
    • dc.contributor.author:"palmer, lisa"
    • dc.contributor.author:"palmer, lisa a"
  • To browse alphabetically through the author list, use Discover eScholarship and select "View all" under Authors. Enter the last name or first few letters of the last name in the search box.
  • Hint: If you want to download a spreadsheet of an author’s works in the repository, use search rather than browse. The Export button has a CSV option.

PubMed ID

  • Enter a PubMed ID directly into the search box: 35526225
  • Targeted search: dc.identifier.pmid:31607806

UMass Chan department or group

  • Search for a word or phrase:
    • dc.contributor.department:"radiology"
    • dc.contributor.department:"center for integrated primary care"
  • Use Discover eScholarship and select "View all" under UMass Chan Affiliations. Enter the first few letters of the department, center or program name in the search box.

Title

  • Search for words or a phrase in the title:
    • dc.title:"COVID-19" AND dc.title:"obesity"
    • dc.title:"mental health"
  • Use Discover eScholarship and select "View all" under Titles. Enter the first few words of the title in the search box.

Document Type

  • dc.type:"dataset"
  • dc.type:"doctoral dissertation"
  • dc.type:"poster"
  • dc.type:"preprint"
  • There are many other Document Types. To see a list of valid Document Types, use Discover eScholarship and select "View all" under Document Types.

Recent additions to the repository

  • dc.date.accessioned:"2024" (items added in 2024)
  • dc.date.accessioned:"2024-09" (items added in September 2024)
  • dc.date.accessioned:"2024-10-17" (items added on October 18, 2022)

For more information

More details about searching functionality are available from the DSpace 7.x documentation.