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Scopus: Searching

User guide for Scopus

Searching for documents

 

  • Scopus opens in Document search mode.
  • Rows can be added using the + sign, as indicated.
  • Enter your search terms in the box provided. It is best practice to use one search row per search concept.
  • Use the OR connector to link similar search terms and their variants e.g. "inflammatory bowel disease" OR IBD
  • Use “quotation marks” for a phrase e.g. “genetic engineering”. The truncation symbol is an asterisk to get variant spellings/plurals e.g. hypertens*
  • Use AND to find where both phases / terms are in the document. In general, an assumed "AND" combination operator is used for spaces
    between terms. Thus a search will match any document that includes all terms.