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OpenEdition offers users two tools for finding content on its different platforms (Books, Journals, Hypotheses and Calenda):
- The ‘OpenEdition Search’ search engine, found on all four platforms
- A catalogue specific to each platform.
OpenEdition Search lets you carry out a basic or advanced search across all OpenEdition platforms (books, journals, events, blogs) using keyword(s) and by combining different filters in an effective way.
OpenEdition Books, OpenEdition Journals, Calendaand Hypotheses catalogues let you carry out a more targeted search by platform, based on specific sort criteria.
Using OpenEdition Search
You can access the search engine in one of three ways:
- Click on the OpenEdition Search button located top right on all OpenEdition platform pages
2. Open the All OpenEdition dropdown menu on the right-hand side of the top menu bar, scroll down to ‘Our Services’ and click on OpenEdition Search.
3. Enter OpenEdition Search’s URL https://search-dev.labocleo.org/ in your browser’s address bar.
How to find content using Search ? #
Basic search #
You can search for content on our platforms using keywords or expressions.
Advanced search #
You can use the advanced search page to refine your search using one or more specific criteria. You can combine a full-text search (all fields) with a search by specific fields, and add other criteria.
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| If you enter keywords in the all fields and specific fields search bars, the results displayed will take both filters into account (like when using a Boolean AND). |
In the Use multiple terms in specific fields section:
- Click on the + button to combine several keywords using Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT
- Select a field – Title, Author, Abstract, Text – from the drop-down list
- Click on the trash icon to remove one or more of the fields selected, if necessary
Underneath, you can select additional filters to search by:
Language, Publication date, Access type, Platform, Type of document and Author.
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| Some filters only appear when a specific platform is selected. For example, under Types of documents: – If you select OpenEdition Books => only Book or Chapter appear – If you select OpenEdition Journals => only Article, Review, Issue and Editorial appear – If you select Hypotheses => only Post appears – If you select Calenda => only Events appears |
A detailed description of operators and fields is given in the table below.
Table of operators and search filters
| Operator | Purpose | Example |
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| AND | Narrows your search down to obtain results containing both terms | archaeology AND politics: retrieves documents containing both archaeology and politics |
| OR | Narrows your search down to obtain results containing either or both terms | health OR care: retrieves documents containing either health or care, or both |
| NOT | Eliminates a specific term from the search | health NOT care: retrieves documents containing health but not care |
| Truncation symbol | Tells the engine to search for terms containing the truncated word | child*: retrieves documents containing child*, such as children or childhood |
| Expert search | Purpose | Example |
| Using Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT combined with \ (…) and “…” | Lets you encode the terms in the search bar to prioritize search criteria. You do not need to select Expert search in the dropdown menu on the right. The search is automatically recognized as such thanks to the punctuation marks used. | “urban history” AND (Marseille OR Paris): retrieves documents containing both the exact phrase ‘urban history’ (in that exact order with no other words between the two terms) AND the term ‘Marseille’ OR ‘Paris’ |
| \ | [Expert search] Equivalent to the Boolean AND | Fassin \ Rechtman: Retrieves documents containing both Fassin and Rechtman |
| “…“ | [Expert search] Retrieves the terms contained in the phrase in the exact same order | “urban history”: retrieves documents containing urban history in that exact order and with no other words between the two terms |
| ( … ) | [Expert search] Lets you group words together in various combinations to prioritize search results. Compatible with the other Boolean operators and inverted commas | (health OR childhood) AND migration: retrieves documents containing migration as well as either health or childhood or both |
| Filters | Purpose | Example |
| Title | Tells the engine to search for a word or phrase in the title of documents | title: urban -> retrieves documents whose title contains ‘urban’ |
| Author | Tells the engine to search for a specific word or phrase in the author field of documents | Author: Fassin -> retrieves documents whose author’s name contains ‘Fassin’. You can also add a first name, but only in front of the surname. Example: Didier Fassin |
| Abstract | Tells the engine to search for a word or phrase in the abstract of documents | Abstract: child migrants -> retrieves abstracts containing child and migrants |
| Text | Tells the engine to search for a word or phrase in the text field of documents (not in the metadata | Text: social history -> retrieves documents whose text contains social and history |
| Platforms | Tells the engine to search for documents on a specific publishing platform: Hypotheses, OpenEdition Journals, OpenEdition Books or Calenda | Example: OpenEdition Journals -> retrieves documents hosted on the OpenEdition Journals platform |
| Access types (unauthenticated user) | Tells the engine to search among documents according to access type: all, open, restricted access (books only), under embargo (journals only) | All: displays all documents, regardless of access type Open access: displays documents whose full text is available, regardless of the type of publication. It includes open access all format, Freemium open access and post-embargo documents Restricted access: displays books/chapters whose full text (HTML, PDF, ePUB formats) are only available to libraries having acquired them Under embargo: displays articles published in journals covered by an embargo period and only available to subscribing institutions |
| Access types (authenticated user) | Tells the engine to search among documents according to access type: available via SHORT NAME, restricted access (books only), under embargo (journals only) | All: displays all documents, regardless of access type Available via LIBRARY SHORT NAME: this filter replaces the ‘open access’ filter for authenticated users. It lets users view all the content available (at minimum in HTML format) in their institution, regardless of the publication. It includes acquired books, open access all format, Freemium open access, post-embargo documents Restricted access: displays books/chapters whose full text (HTML, PDF, ePUB formats) are only available to libraries having acquired them Under embargo: displays articles published in journals still covered by an embargo period and not yet available |
| Languages | Tells the engine to search for documents (or events, in Calenda) published in a language from the list | Language: Slovenščina -> the engine searches through documents published in Slovenian |
| Types of documents | Tells the engine to search according to specific types of documents: posts, articles, chapters, reviews, events, issues, books, editorials, etc. | Type of document: articles -> the engine searches through documents classed as ‘articles‘ |
| Publication date | Tells the engine to search according to documents published within a given period or year (publication date of paper version, if there is one) | Publication date: using the cursor, select a publication period or year. Example: 2024-2025 |
| Publishers / Journals / Blogs / Types of events | When you select a platform (OpenEdition Books, OpenEdition Journals, Hypotheses or Calenda) and submit a search query, the ‘Publishers’, ‘Journals’, ‘Blogs’ or ‘Types of events’ criterion appears on the results page. Important! This will not work if you select several platforms. | Publisher: Vrin -> the engine searches through documents published by the publishing house called Vrin |
Exporting search results #
Once the search results appear on your screen, you can export them in CSV (comma-separated values) format, by results page.
To do this, click on the Export CSV button on the right-hand side, next to the RSS Feed button.
You can download up to 120 results per active page, by selecting the number of results displayed per page.
Please note that you can only choose to display between 30, 60 and 120 results per page.
Once you have downloaded your results, you can open the CSV file using a variety of tools, including OpenOffice, Excel, etc.
Why can’t I find what I’m looking for with Search? #
To find a specific bibliographical reference in Search, your search needs to meet certain criteria:
- The document needs to be present on at least one of OpenEdition’s platforms.
- Your search terms need to be found in the full text’s metadata (some documents do not have an abstract or chapters, for example).
- To find an author, his/her name needs to be listed in the sources or mentioned in the data of the sources.
OpenEdition platform catalogues #
You can access these catalogues in one of two ways:
- On OpenEdition’s home page, click on one of the tabs indicating the number of books, journals, blogs, or events in the navigation bar.
- On one of the platforms, click on the tab indicating the number of books, journals, blogs or events in the navigation bar.
OpenEdition catalogues are a practical way of browsing through the publications available on OpenEdition Books, OpenEdition Journals, Calenda and Hypotheses, as they offer several sort criteria: subject categories, access policy, publisher, language, country, etc.
- The OpenEdition Books catalogue: https://books.openedition.org/catalogue
You can search through books (but not by chapter).
- OpenEdition Journals catalogue: https://www.openedition.org/catalogue-journals
You can search through journals
- The Calenda catalogue: https://calenda.org/search
You can search through events
- The Hypotheses catalogue: https://www.openedition.org/catalogue-notebooks
You can search through blogs
For journals and research blogs, notices provide detailed bibliographical and publishing information and you can also subscribe to their RSS Feeds to receive the latest updates on publications.
Receive updates on the latest publications in relation to your search #
You can subscribe to the RSS Feed related to your search. This keeps you informed of any new publications related to the search you carried out.
Click on the RSS Feed button on the right-hand side, next to the Export CSV button.
The data sent by the RSS feed:
- Is limited to 100 results
- Is sorted by date updated or created
- Contains the publication’s metadata
You need to use an external application (e.g. Zotero, https://www.zotero.org) to manage RSS Feeds.
