Finding Authors: Author fields and Search

CABI uses three fields to capture author information

AU: Authors

ED: Document editor

CA: Corporate author

It is possible to search each of these fields individually, using the two letter field abbreviation e.g. au: "David Smith" or ed: "David Smith" .

In addition, there is a combined field "Author:" which enables searching across all three individual fields in one go, e.g. Author: "David Smith" . Note that the combined field "Author" corresponds to Authors/Contributors in the Advanced Search.

Always use quotes around the name terms you wish to find in order to maximise relevant results. When quotes are used around the search terms, the system returns results where all of the name terms appear within a single individual's name entry, even if the terms are only part of the full name.

For example, Author: "Manuel Delgado" may return:

Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

Juan Manuel Vera Delgado

Juan Manuel Carrión-Delgado

Manuel Fernández-Delgado

José Manuel Delgado Blasco

Without quotes around the name terms you wish to find, the search is broader and can return entries where just one of the name terms appears in retrieved records, increasing the likelihood of irrelevant results:

e.g. Searching Author: Manuel Delgado without quotes returns results for Aurelio Serrano-Delgado, Manuel Francisco Aguilar-Jerez which are irrelevant.