## 3.2 : Greeni Global Search

Search box Greeni Global Search on homepage

Greeni Global Search is Greeni's search engine. One search in a Google-like way searches multiple files at once:

- The entire Greeni collection (books, journal titles, etc.) which also can be found in the catalogue;
- The entire contents of the databases marked with a blue G in the alphabetical list;
- Selected open access resources that are freely available on the internet..

You use Greeni Global Search for an exploratory search for (scientific) information. Refining a search result is possible in a simple and fast way.

However, Greeni Global Search does not have the same specific search options as some specialized databases. Also, not all databases are covered by Greeni Global Search for different reasons. So if you have a specific question, you can miss information if you limit yourself to Greeni Global Search. In that case we recommend you to search the databases themselves. An overview can be found in the menu bar of Greeni under Information sources-databases.

#### 3.2.1 : Simple search on topic

- Type one or more keywords in the search box.
- If you are searching with Dutch terms, you'll get publications only in Dutch.
  Search with English terms for an international result and more likely to scientific publications.

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#### 3.2.2 : Tips and Tricks

- Refine your search by using the options in the left column: Full text online, Content type, Language or Discipline. When you want to select multiple filters, click on the 'pencil', select the filters you want to, and then click apply.
- If you want to search for a specific period, you can indicate it at the option Publication date.
- Save a result clicking on the icon right of a title.
  Don't forget to email or print the saved items folder right at the top of the screen before you quit Greeni Global Search!
- You can choose to display saved items from various formats of literature references, for example APA (see module 5.3).
- Boolean operators help narrow or broaden a search by using them between search terms (see module 2.2.1). The default operator is AND. Other options: OR, NOT, +, -
- If you want to find the exact phrase you will have to put double quotes around it: “population analysis”.
- Instead of typing all relevant search terms in a search box, you can save time by using wildcards. Wildcards can be used for words with the same root or for words that differ by one letter (see module 2.2.2). The question mark (?) replaces zero or one character: organi?ational finds organizational en organisational. The asterisk (*) replaces more characters within a word or at the end of a word: ch*ter finds charter, character, chapter etc. Wildcards cannot be used as the first character of a search.
- You can explicitly search a field using the syntax: “field:(query)”. For example, the search ISSN:(1234-5678) finds records that contain that value in the ISSN field.
  Searchable fields: Title, SubjectTerms, Author, Publisher, Publication Title, Volume, Issue, Language, Notes, ISBN, ISSN en DOI.
- Broaden your search using "Add results beyond your library's collection".
  Use this function to search further when you find very little. These publications are not available in the Greeni collections.

#### 3.2.3 : Advanced search

- Use the Advanced Search option to search commonly-used fields e.g. author, title, ISBN, combine search terms using Boolean operators.
- Use the filter options to refine your search.