search tips

baidarkabob

I am wondering how to make the best use of the search box above the list of items. For example, if I type an author in this box, what is it that it is supposed to be showing me? Every instance where the author's name is found within indexed text? Any general tips on how to use that search box... like, can I type in an author and year separated by a comma to get more meaningful results?

thanks,
b

Gracile

Every instance where the author's name is found within indexed text?

AFAIK, yes.

=> http://www.zotero.org/support/finding_and_sorting#basic_search

+ "If you know the beginning of the author or title you can just sort by that category in the middle panel and start typing to get to where you want." ( http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/10306/quick-search-not-so-quick-let-us-optionally-search-just-title-author-and-not-fulltext/#Item_22 )

adamsmith

The other tip is that you can stop live search by using quotes - " - in front of the search term. Otherwise I can just say that for the most part, with a large library and indexed articles, the search field is completely worthless :-( - use advanced search or the sort-trick Gracile links to.

baidarkabob

thanks guys. Really appreciate you taking the time to answer a basic question.

b