ZfN: Search Form

"Freeform" complex query supporting -/NOT, |/OR, &/AND, field names, and parentheses.

Examples

africa

Search keywords (full text and metadata) for 'africa'

south africa

Search keywords for 'south' AND 'africa'

south & africa

(same)

south AND africa

(same; note 'AND' must be capitalized)

title:south africa

Search title for 'south' AND 'africa'

creator:moodley title:africa

Search creator for 'moodley' AND title for 'africa'

south | africa

Search keywords for 'south' OR 'africa'

south OR africa

(same; note 'OR' must be capitalized)

africa -south

Search keywords for 'africa' not near 'south'

africa NOT south

(same; note 'NOT' must be capitalized)

title:africa -south

Search title for 'africa' not near 'south'

title:africa subject:-politics

Search items with 'africa' in title but not 'politics' in subject. Note '-' must follow ':'

title:-south

Match all items without 'south' in title

-africa

Match all items without 'africa' in keywords

south (africa OR america)

Search keywords for 'south' AND either 'africa' OR 'america'

south africa OR america

(same, due to precedence)