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| * **Try using a wildcard search**. If your searches for STE11 are coming up empty, try searching for STE* for a list of all identifiers starting with STE. | * **Try using a wildcard search**. If your searches for STE11 are coming up empty, try searching for STE* for a list of all identifiers starting with STE. | ||
| * **Don't use invalid characters**. For identifier searches, the only valid characters are: english alphabet (A-Z), numbers 0-9, hyphen -, round brackets ( ), period ., underscore _, and star *. | * **Don't use invalid characters**. For identifier searches, the only valid characters are: english alphabet (A-Z), numbers 0-9, hyphen -, round brackets ( ), period ., underscore _, and star *. | ||
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| ==== Publication Search Tips ==== | ==== Publication Search Tips ==== | ||
| - | * **Some words are automatically ignored from searches simply because they are too common**. For a complete listing of the most common words that are blocked, you can visit the **[[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/fulltext-stopwords.html|MySQL Full-Text Stopwords]]** Listing. If you search for just the words "to" and "from", your search will return no results because both words are ignored. If you search for "Protein to Complex" you may get results because protein and complex are both valid while from is simply ignored. | + | * For a comprehensive listing of options and examples of publication searches, visit our **[[advanced_search|advanced search]]** information page. |
| + | * **Some words are automatically ignored from searches simply because they are too common**. For a complete listing of the most common words that are blocked, you can visit the **[[http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/fulltext-stopwords.html|MySQL Full-Text Stopwords]]** Listing. If you search for just the words "to" and "from", your search will return no results because both words are ignored. If you search for "Protein to Complex" you may get results because protein and complex are both valid while "to" is simply ignored. | ||
| * **Try searching for less terms**. For example, if you searched for +BREAST +CANCER and it returned no results, try searching for BREAST or CANCER to see if more results return. Better yet, use do an OR search. For example BREAST CANCER, which will search for papers containing BREAST or CANCER or BREAST CANCER. | * **Try searching for less terms**. For example, if you searched for +BREAST +CANCER and it returned no results, try searching for BREAST or CANCER to see if more results return. Better yet, use do an OR search. For example BREAST CANCER, which will search for papers containing BREAST or CANCER or BREAST CANCER. | ||
| * **Group terms together using quotes " if you are looking for a specific phrase**. For example, if you are interest in papers on protein kinase activators, rather than searching for protein kinase activator which will return papers containing 1 or more of those terms, search for "protein kinase activator" which will instead search for that exact phrase and only return papers that match. | * **Group terms together using quotes " if you are looking for a specific phrase**. For example, if you are interest in papers on protein kinase activators, rather than searching for protein kinase activator which will return papers containing 1 or more of those terms, search for "protein kinase activator" which will instead search for that exact phrase and only return papers that match. | ||