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To launch an advanced search, click on “Search the repository” from the homepage:

Metadata

Before getting started, it is important to know where to find the metadata linked to the entities, as these will be necessary for your advanced searches.

First, click on the title of the publication:

You will then arrive on the publication detail page:

• Click on the three-dot icon.

• Click on “Show all metadata.”

You will then have access to all the metadata of the entity and will be able to use them to choose the fields you are interested in.

Advanced Search

Advanced search can be performed in several ways depending on the metadata you use and with several operators. It can be useful when you want to search with criteria that are not included in the filters available in the basic search.

The syntax field :* allows you to search for all items where the specified field contains any value, meaning it is not empty.

1. To search, for example, for a publication on the topic “Climate Change,” you can write:

2. To search, for example, for a publication containing a PMID, you can write:

3. To search, for example, for a publication containing a DOI, you can write:

4. To apply several criteria at once, you can use the three Boolean operators below:

• AND: For example, to find all items having both a DOI and a PMID, you can proceed as follows:

• OR: For example, to find all items having a DOI or a PMID, you can proceed as follows:

• NOT: For example, to find all items having a DOI and NOT a PMID, you can proceed as follows:

5. To set a publication date range, you can proceed as follows:

   6.  To search for all records that have been accepted, including those accepted in press, you can proceed as follows:
unil.editorialstate:"accepted"

However, if you wish to search only for records that have been accepted but not accepted in press, you should proceed as follows:
unil.editorialstate:"accepted" AND NOT unil.editorialstate:"accepted_in_press"

You can also combine multiple search criteria as follows:

dc.contributor.author : Lucile AND (dc.title : council OR dc.title : climat) AND dc.date.issued : [2020 TO 2024]

This search will return a publication where the author’s name contains “Lucile,” the title contains (“council” OR “climat”), and the publication date is between 2020 and 2024.