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Instructions

   
 

The catalogues operate under the program Micro CDS/ISIS. It will be possible to be carried out searches by: Author, Title and Topic

Author

Type the author's last name, separated by " comma ", of author's first name. If you do not know the first name, type only the author's last name followed by sign $.

Examples:
Alfaro Murillo, M. A.
Cornelius, J.
Kass$

Title

Type the complete title in the original language of the publication. If it is a very extensive title or if you only remember  the beginning, you can use the sign $.

Examples:
El Origen de los Suelos
The Gene Hunters$

Topic

In order to carry out simple searches only type the term to look for .

Examples:  Agroforestería, Cultivo de Tejidos

Combined searches
Please use the Boolean operators:

INTERSECTION: Represented by the asterisk (*) or the word AND, it is used to combine  two or more keywords.

Examples:: 
Cultivo de Tejidos * Frutas Tropicales
Cultivo de Tejidos AND Frutas Tropicales
Biodiversidad * Costa Rica

UNION: Represented by the sign (+),  or the word OR, it is used to group terms. Please use parenthesis for a correct interpretation of the search.

Examples:
Bosque Secundario + Bosque Nublado + Bosque Lluvioso
Bosque Secundario OR Bosque Nublado OR Bosque Lluvioso
(Tomate + Lycopersicon esculentum) * (Enfermedades Fungosas + Virosis)

SUBSTRACT: Represented by the sign (^) or the words AND NOT, it excludes those records  on topics that do not interest.

Examples:
Control de Plagas ^ Control Biológico
Control de Plagas AND NOT Control Biológico

TRUNCATION OF TERMS: Represented by the sign ($), it allows to carry out searches on terms that contain a common root

Example:
Ave$ It covers records on ave, avena, aves, avestrúz, etc.
 
   

 

               
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

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