Reference Advanced Search Examples

Example 1

This query is processed as: (Viscosity OR Humidity) AND Permeability

This means each reference must have Permeability AND Viscosity OR Humidity.

This query could return documents that have:

• Permeability and Viscosity
• Permeability and Humidity
• Permeability, Viscosity, and Humidity

Example 2

This query is processed as: Viscosity NOT (Humidity AND Permeability)

This means each reference must have Viscosity but does NOT have both Humidity AND Permeability.

This query could return documents that have Viscosity and Humidity.

Example 3

 This query is processed as:

(herbicidal OR ((cacodylic acid AND herbicide) NOT (Polyoxyalkylenes OR 7440-38-2))) AND

This means each reference must have a relationship to the structure searched

AND

Each reference must have herbicidal OR have the Abstract/Keywords cacodylic acid AND herbicide, but NOT the Concept of Polyoxyalkylenes OR the CAS Registry Number of 7440-38-2.

This query could return documents that have:

• herbicidal and structure

• cacodylic acid, herbicide, and structure

• herbicidal, cacodylic acid, herbicide, and structure