# Searching by Publication and Article Titles

### **Searching for Publication Titles (e.g. a journal or book)**

You can search for a full publication title in two ways:

1. **Using the "Publication Title" field** in **Advanced Search**
   * Just enter the full title (e.g. *Journal of Dairy Science*).
   * No need for quotation marks – the system treats it as an exact phrase automatically.
2. **Using the field abbreviation `DO:` (Document Origin)**
   * Use this in a standard search (outside Advanced Search).
   * You **must** enclose the title in **quotation marks** or **parentheses** to search as a phrase.
     * ✅ `do: "Journal of Dairy Science"`
     * ✅ `do: (Journal of Dairy Science)`
     * ❌ `do: Dairy Science` → *This will not return correct results.*

> 🔔 **Important**: Only **complete publication titles** are indexed in this field.\
> Partial titles or individual words (e.g. `do: "Dairy Science"`) will **not** return results for *Journal of Dairy Science*.

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### **Searching for Article Titles**

To search for individual article titles, you can use:

1. **The "Title" field** in **Advanced Search**
2. **The field abbreviation `Title:`** in a keyword search
   * Example: `Title: (zoonotic outbreak)`
   * This will return articles with both words in the title, such as:\
     \&#xNAN;*"A One Health Zoonotic Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Family Outbreak Investigation"*

✅ **Good to know**:

* All words in article titles are indexed **separately**. You can search for **single words** or **phrases**.
* The **"Title" field** is a combined field that searches across three different metadata fields:

| Field                      | Description                                                                                                                                    |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **ET:** *Article Title*    | Original title of the article (in English or another language). If not in English, both the original and the English translation are included. |
| **AT:** *Additional Title* | Includes titles of special journal issues or series statements for books.                                                                      |
| **CT:** *Conference Title* | Title of the conference (often in original language), along with date and location.                                                            |

You can search each of these fields separately using their abbreviations:

* `et: "agrifood systems"`
* `at: "agrifood systems"`
* `ct: "agrifood systems"`

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