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    Simple search

    The simple search forms are available here.

    You can select to search just the ‘Printed works’, ‘Archives’ or ‘Past Fellows’ sections of our collection using the links in the left-hand menu.

    The search will return results which contain the search phrase in any of the database fields.

    Use an asterisk for truncation: gene* will find "genes", "genetics", "genetically" and so on.

    Advanced search

    The advanced search forms are available here:

    Please note that the ‘Word Options’ selection is currently not functioning correctly and all searches will use the ‘Phrase’ setting for this selection.

    Use an asterisk for truncation: gene* will find "genes", "genetics", "genetically" and so on.

    Explanation of the fields:

    Printed works

    AnyText

    Searches for this text in any of the fields associated with the record.

    Author

    Searches for this text in the author field

    Title

    Searches for this text in the title field

    PubYear

    Year in which the printed work was published

    ISBN

    ISBN code for this printed work

    Archives

    AnyText

    Searches for this text in any of the fields associated with the record.

    Title

    Searches for this text in the title field

    RefNo

    Searches for this text in the Reference Number field. Use an asterisk to search for multiple reference numbers.

    Date

    Year in which the archive was created.

    Past Fellows

    AnyText

    Searches for this text in any of the fields associated with the record.

    Surname

    Searches for this text in the surname field

    DatesofExistence

    Year in which the Fellow was alive.

    Nationality

    Nationality of the Fellow

    Gender

    Gender of the Fellow
     

Collections

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