Free-text search
The databases hosted by the text database system TRIP provide free-text searh, i.e. you can search for all the words within most of the fields of the records. Searching is not case sensitive, but the sequence
of words within a phrase is significant - to search for records containing the phrase
«a short title», the words must be entered in their proper sequence (e.g.
«a short,
«short title» or
«a short title», but NOT
«a title»).
Boolean operators
Search expressions can be combined using the boolean operators AND, OR or
NOT (if necessary with parentheses to avoid ambiguities). Thus you may search for
«a AND title». If you wish to search for phrases containing the words AND, OR
eller NOT, these words (or the whole phrase) must be quoted.
- Examples:
- «(strawinsky OR stravinskij) AND (petrusjka OR petrouchka)»
- «war "and" peace»
Truncation
When uncertain of spelling, you may block one or more characters by truncation symbols. You may truncate at any position within a word (
«stra!insk#»,
«petr#ka»).
In similar way whole words may be truncated within a phrase (
«a ! title»).
# None, one or more characters/words tegn/ord
: At most one character/word
! Exactly one character/word
In some databases non-Norwegian characters (such as ä ö ü) are rendered in NB's proprietary coding. These must be searched literally or by left/right truncation (i.e. not truncated in the middle of a word).
Too many hits?
There is a limit of 10000 hits. If this is exceeded only the first 25 records will be presented, and you are encouraged to narrow your search.
Specific search fields
ISSNISSN is always written in two blocks, each consisting of four numbers parted with a hyphen or
Eks.:
0036-3928
0036 3928
Title
Search for one or several words in the title. Both current, former, and successor titles are searchable. Remember that the sequence of words within a phrase is significant. If the sequence is uncertain, use the logical operators AND, OR, or NOT
Eks.:
American journal of hematology
American AND hematology
Place of publication/Publisher
The search might be limited by searching for the place of publication or the name of publisher. Remember that the sequence of words within a phrase is significant. If the sequence is uncertain, use the logical operators AND, OR, or NOTEks.:
Kristiansand
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo AND historisk
Country of publication
Search for 3-letter country code from the international ISSN-database in Paris. The codes are sorted by country, country codes, and ISSN Centres. Search for country will often result in a large number of hits. It is therefor recommended to combine the search with searches in other fields
Language
Search for a 3-letter language code from the international ISSN-database in Paris. The codes are sorted by language and language codes. Search for language will often result in a large number of hits. It is therefor recommended to combine the search with searches in other fields
Year of publication
Search for start year will often result in a large number of hits. It is therefor recommended to combine the search with searches in other fieldsEks.:
18?
199?
1945
Frenquency
Choose one or several categories from the pull down menu. Search for frequency will often result in a large number of hits. It is therefor recommended to combine the search with searches in other fields
Library code
A search for library code (a letter code) will show the holding statements of a particular library. The library codes are found by searching the base Bibliotek Eks.:
RIKSHOSP
Se H
Source
Choose one or several sources from the scroll down menu.
Search for source will often result in a large number of hits. It is therefor recommended to combine the search with searches in other fields
