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Home   •   Support and Training  •  SciFinder  •  How To Guides  •  Explore by Author Name
How to... Explore by Author Name
  

SciFinder enables you to find sci-tech information by entering the name of a scientist or researcher, regardless of whether you know the exact name under which the research was published.


1. Enter an authors name. Click OK.

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Tips

  • Enter as much of the name as you know.
  • Enter spaces, hyphens, and apostrophes as you would if you were handwriting the name.
  • Replace special characters with equivalent character(s), for example, use either a or ae for .
  • Select Look for alternative spellings of the last name to account for name variations and typographical differences.
  • For complicated names, try multiple searches and determine which give the best results.

2. Select candidate names. Click Get References.

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3. Review your answers.

 

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Tips

To limit the answer set to references with a particular co-author:

  1. Click Analyze/Refine.
  2. Click Refine.
  3. Click Author Name.
  4. Enter the name of the co-author.

3. Working with references...

Click...

 

When you want to...


Microscope icon

 

See details about a document.


Full-text icon

 

View full-text options.


Analyze/Refine button

 

Analyze or Refine your answers.


Get Related button

 

Retrieve citations, substances,* or reactions.*


Get Related button

 

Eliminate duplicate records from your answers.       


* SciFinder Scholar and SciFinder subscription users only.
Updated: 4/14/2009 12:52:45 PM
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