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Science Research Connection delivers science information to the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) community. Using a variety of search options, patrons can access over 7 million bibliographic records and one million full-text documents spanning more than seven decades of DOE research. Domestic energy R&D performed by DOE and predecessor agencies, as well as foreign energy research obtained by the Department are available.

Science Research Connection includes both unclassified/unlimited and controlled access information, depending on the level of approved access. The product requires either IP authentication and/or registration and access is free of charge.

Special features include search result manipulation, save search capability, alerts, shopping cart, field sorting and downloadable bibliographic data to CSV/Excel, JSON, XML, and EndNote. Basic search is available which utilizes a degree of term-mapping, as well as an advanced or “fielded” search, with numerous metadata fields that may be specifically searched. Science Research Connection also uses Boolean operators, as well as sophisticated search options including wild card and proximity searching.

Science Research Connection is intended for scientists and information specialists as a way to advance science and sustain technological creativity by making R&D findings available and useful to DOE researchers.

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Simply enter your search term(s) in the search box and your search will be conducted on all available fields.

Enter your search criteria into as few or as many fields as desired.

You may choose from among the following fields:

this will search the full-text (see item ii), plus publisher, rights, source, and "description".

searches only the full text of the uploaded or linked full-text file.

searches creator.

searches title.

searches a combination of subject and related subject.

searches a combination of identifier, report number, contract number, and other identifying number.

searches associated information related to the journal, patent, or event.

searches research organization field- suggestions are provided as you type.

searches sponsoring organization field- suggestions are provided as you type.

may be typed free form MM/DD/YYYY or selected on the calendar.

searches the date the record was added to OSTI’s collection; may be typed free form MM/DD/YYYY or selected on the calendar.

searches by a drop-down of possible product types e.g., dataset, journal article, technical report, etc.

searches by a drop-down of possible resource languages.

searches by a drop-down of possible research countries of origin.

You may limit your search results from this screen by checking the box(es) for Matches with Full Text, Accepted Manuscripts, or Published Articles.

Simple Syntax

Single words can be searched with no special syntax required. For example, a search on DOG will return all documents where the word DOG appears.

Multiple words entered as search terms must all appear in the document in order to be returned in the search results, or, in other words, an implicit AND is added between each term. For example, a search on DOG CAT will find documents where both DOG and CAT are present.

Special term prefix syntax used by some search engines such as Alta Vista is not supported. For example, searching on +DOG -CAT will return all documents where both +DOG and -CAT are present (not likely).

Phrases

Phrases can be searched by using double quotes. For example, a search on "BIG EXPLOSION" will return documents where the word BIG is followed immediately by EXPLOSION.

Reserved words (AND, OR, NOT, NEAR), when appearing inside double quotes, will be treated as searches on the word, and will not act as Boolean Operators. For example, a search on "DOG AND CAT" will find documents where the entire phrase, "DOG AND CAT" appears.

Wildcard operators inside a phrase will operate as wildcards. For example, a search on "CIRCUS TRAIN*" will find documents containing any of the following phrases: "CIRCUS TRAIN", "CIRCUS TRAINING", "CIRCUS TRAINERS".

Phrases can be joined together using Boolean Operators. For example, a search on "DOG HOUSE" OR "DOG RESIDENCE" will find documents where either the phrase "DOG HOUSE" or the phrase "DOG RESIDENCE" appear.

Boolean Operators

Searches on DOG AND CAT will return all documents where both DOG and CAT appear. Searches using the Boolean operator AND must have two conditions on which to operate; therefore a search on AND CAT will find documents where both AND and CAT are present.

Searches on DOG OR CAT will return all documents where either DOG or CAT appear. Searches using the Boolean operator OR must have two conditions on which to operate; therefore a search on OR CAT will find documents where both OR and CAT are present.

Searches on DOG NOT CAT will return all documents where DOG appears and CAT does not appear. Searches using the Boolean operator NOT must have two conditions on which to operate; therefore a search on NOT CAT will find documents where both NOT and CAT are present.

Searches on DOG NEAR CAT will return all documents where both DOG and CAT appear, however the relevance is increased for documents where the two terms appear closer together. Searches using the Boolean operator NEAR must have two conditions on which to operate, therefore a search on NEAR CAT will find documents where both NEAR and CAT are present.

Wildcards

The asterisk (*) is used as a multi character wildcard.

For example, a search on NUCLE* will return documents containing any of the following terms: NUCLEAR, NUCLEUS, NUCLEOPROTEIN. Term expansion using the multi character wildcard is limited, and will result in a search error if the term is too vague. Vagueness depends on the density of the known portion of the word (NUCLE in this example). If a search results in an expansion error, more characters will be required in order to more uniquely identify the desired terms. For example, a search on N* will likely result in a term expansion error.

An asterisk may also be used inside a string of characters. For example, a search on H*GENEOUS will return documents containing any of the following phrases: HOMOGENEOUS, HETEROGENEOUS.

Asterisks may not be used as the beginning of a term. For example, a search on *ETEROGENOUS will result in a search error.

The question mark (?) is used as a single-letter wildcard.

For example, a search on DO? will return documents containing DO, DOG, DOT, DOE, DOI).

If a search results in an expansion error, more characters will be required in order to more uniquely identify the desired terms. For example, a search on T? will likely result in a term expansion error, since many terms or words start with the letter T.

A question mark may also be used inside a string of characters. For example a search on C?T will return documents containing any of the following phrases: CAT, COT, CPT.

Question marks may not be used as the beginning of a term. For example, a search on ?ETEROGENEOUS will result in a search error.

Order of Operation

The default order of operations (precedence) for all supported Boolean Operators is NEAR, NOT, AND, OR.

Unless overridden by use of parenthesis, the default order of operations will be used. Expressions are evaluated in order from left to right according to the precedence of their operators, or order of operation. Operators with higher precedence are applied first. Operators of equal precedence are applied in order of their appearance in the expression from left to right.

A search on DOG NOT CAT OR MOUSE will return documents where DOG appears and CAT does not appear, or the term MOUSE appears. This can be demonstrated, using the default order of operations, by the mathematical model: (DOG NOT CAT) OR MOUSE. Since NOT has a higher order (precedence), its expression is evaluated first.

A search on DOG NOT (CAT OR MOUSE) will return documents where DOG appears and neither CAT or MOUSE appear. This is an example of overriding the default order of operations by using parenthesis.

Numbers

When using numbers in search criteria (other than full text), best results are obtained by entering the numbers without punctuation or spaces.

Although some numbers are searchable if enclosed in delimiters, full-text searching for numbers is not recommended.

SRC's Custom Syntax Query provides an opportunity to create and modify your own manual search query. Using the Custom Syntax Query, you can search SRC by defining the parameters and terms you would like to search. For help with forming searches, please see:

SRC and Custom Syntax Query Crosswalk Schema (below) to assist formation of Custom Syntax Query searches; and
Solr Query Syntax technical documentation with examples and valid search parameters.

Following is a list of SRC fields with the corresponding Custom Syntax Query (CSQ) field to use in a search. (For further examples and valid search parameters, please refer to the technical documentation found here: Solr Query Syntax )

SRC Field	CSQ Field	Example
"All Fields"	term	[word(s), phrase(s), number(s)]
Authors	creators	smith
Bibliographic	biblio	volcano
Country	country_publication_code	ISO Alpha-2 Country Codes (after clicking the ISO link, select radio button to search Country Codes)
Fulltext	fulltext	[word(s), phrase(s), number(s)]
Identifying Numbers	id_nos	DE-AC05-00OR22725
Journal/Conf/Patent Info	relation	[word(s), phrase(s), number(s)]
Product Type	resource_type	Conference
Publication Date	publication_date	"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"
Research Org	originating_research_org	"Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL"
Sponsor Org	sponsor_org	"USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)"
Subject	subject	"HANFORD PRODUCTION REACTORS"
System Date	entry_date	"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"
Title	title	[word(s), phrase(s), number(s)]

Examples searches:

creators:smith
title:hadron
publication_date:"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"
entry_date:[2019-01-01T00:00:00Z TO 2019-12-31T00:00:00Z]

Example searches using Boolean operators:

creators:smith OR creators:johnson OR creators:yang
term:earthquake AND country_publication_code:MX

Search results include the fields’ size, title, creator(s)/author(s) (and possible research organization information), date and ID number displayed in a spreadsheet-like format. Additionally, from your search results page you may choose to:

Show to display one of 18 additional fields (with an additional column in the results) using the dropdown arrow in the “Make a Selection” box

Sort by Title or Date columns by selecting the small arrows in the right-hand side of the field

Sort by Relevance ranking (default)

Refine your search

Export Query to capture your results (CSV/Excel, XML, JSON, EndNote supported)

Select Previous, Next or the respective number of a results page to navigate between search results pages

See results of interest by checking the box to the left of each result. This will save results on a Summary Page (access by View Checked Items) for future reference. This summary is retained until the Clear Checked Items option is selected or your browser session is ended. This allows you to perform multiple searches using different criteria and have all checked items retained in a single list.

The default number of results per page is 10. You may change this number with selections up to 100.

The data for the returned records will include the following in a table format in this default order:

Selectable check box

The size of the file and a Full Text PDF icon, if the full text is available electronically and you have permission to view the full text. Document size will also be included.

Optional column, if an additional field was requested of data not displayed in this table by default.

Title of the work

Author(s), including in-line affiliations

Date of publication

Identifying Numbers (will show report number, DOE contract number, other identifying numbers)

Date and Author column headers are hyperlinked so that when selected, the existing search is rerun with the returned results sorted by the selected column.

Each title displayed is hyperlinked to the Bibliographic Citation Screen for that record.

Each author (identified by separation of a semicolon) in the authors data element is hyperlinked so that when selected, a search is performed on the selected author only. The format of the author search is the same as if you had performed a phrased searched on Author from the Fielded Search Screen. For example, if you select the Smith, John hyperlink, it will refresh the current Search Results Screen with the same data as when you perform a User-Defined Search on author for "Smith, John".

Items selected via the selectable check box will be retained in your browser session and can be seen by selecting View Checked Items near the top left of the results page. The checked items will persist until you select to clear all previously selected items. This will allow you to perform multiple searches using different criteria and have all selected items retained in a single list.

Once selected, you may opt to Clear [all] Checked items.

You may opt to remove single items from their list by deselecting the Check Box.

You may opt to view your list of selected results on the Search Results Screen, titled View Checked Items, so that only selected items are shown. Once you select this option, the Refine Search and View Selected Items options will no longer be available until a new search is performed.

You may opt to download the bibliographic data for all your selected items in CSV/Excel, XML, JSON, or EndNote library format. Selecting this option (presented as an Export Cart link) will present you with the option to save the file directly to your own storage space. All the selected records will be included in the downloadable file.

Go to the Bibliographic Citation page by selecting the title of the document on the Search Results page. From this page you can:

View all metadata associated with a document.

View the full text by selecting the pdf icon (when the full text is available).

Find additional articles by the author by selecting the linked Creator/Author(s).

Export the metadata in CSV/Excel, XML, JSON, or EndNote format.

The Science Research Connection contains bibliographic citations with electronic full text when available.

When full text is available, a full-text indicator is provided. The full text may be accessed via a link to the resource/document and/or to the originating source.

When full text is not available, requests for paper copies of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agency reports may be directed to the DOE Technical Information Service by: email - reports@osti.gov, phone - (865) 576-8401, or fax - (865) 576-5728.

For software that does not include a full text link, a contact email is provided in the Availability field on the record page. See DOE CODE FAQs for more information regarding DOE-funded software announcements and submissions.

In general, when full text is not available electronically, availability information may be found on the Bibliographic Citation page in the Availability, Publisher, Author, Research Organization, and/or Resource Relation fields. This information may be helpful in obtaining a copy of the document.

For information about abbreviations and acronyms appearing in the Availability field, see Availability Field Codes and Meanings.

Journal article information may be found in the Resource Relation field. Articles may be obtained from the publisher and/or may be available through a public or university library.

The Publisher's Version of Record from multiple publishers is available via links at the top of the bibliographic citation pages. These are made available in collaboration with the publisher consortium CHORUS, or Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States.

Regional Federal Depository Libraries maintain and make available DOE research literature, providing access to non-electronic full text prior to 1995 and electronic access to more recent documents.

Full-text microfiche or paper copy of DOE's research literature is available for sale from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).

Prior to utilizing the Science Research Connection's EndNote download service, you should already have the EndNote software downloaded and installed, with a Library already created. (In EndNote, access the File Menu, select New).

To obtain citations from any search in Science Research Connection, simply mark the check box(es) on the left side of the search results on the Search Results screen of any query. Once all desired selections are marked, choose to "Show only Checked Items". Choose "Export Cart" to download these items to your local computer. You may also choose "Export Query" to download the first 2,000 citations of your search results.

You may choose to have the EndNote Import File access your EndNote software directly, in which case EndNote will prompt you for your Library file, then a dialog box to select an import format will appear. Select "EndNote Import Format" and select OK. Your selected citations will be previewed and added into your EndNote library.

If you choose to save the downloaded citations file (default file name is "citations.enw"), you may open the EndNote software, open your Library, then select the "Import" icon to add the selected citations to your Library.

Code	Description
AECL	https://www.aecl.ca/contact-us Library Requests Chalk River (613) 584-3311, ext. 3900 Sheridan Park (905) 823-9040, ext. 5002 Email: communications@aecl.ca
AP	American Institute of Physics 335 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017
AT	Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor applied technology is available to domestic requesters within the United States from: DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Phone: 865-576-8401 Fax: 865-576-5728 Email: reports@osti.gov https://www.osti.gov/contact Information regarding subscription purchase will be sent on request. Foreign requesters should address inquiries to the above address.
CC	Office of Scientific and Technical Information P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN
CFSTI	Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, VA (US) Probably a predecessor to NTIS (see NTIS)
CM	Computer media, software packages. Office of Scientific and Technical Information P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN
CS	Computer media, abstract only at NTIS. For complete software package, see CM.
DTIE	Division of Technical Information Extension. A predecessor of OSTI.
EM	Inquiries regarding the availability of blueline prints of DOE engineering drawings which were formerly available for sale by NTIS should be addressed to: DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Phone: 865-576-8401 Fax: 865-576-5728 Email: reports@osti.gov https://www.osti.gov/contact
EP	EPRI Research Reports Center P.O. Box 50490 Palo Alto, CA 94303
EU	CEC from EUR: Office for Official Publications of the European communities 2, rue Mercier L-2985 Luxembourg
EUR	For sale by Centrale de vente des publications des Communautes Europeenes 37, rue Glesener-Luxembourg
FD	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 8th and C Streets, N.W. Mail Stop 1111, Arlington Square Bldg. Washington, DC 20240
FW	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NASA-Slidell Computer Complex 1010 Gause Blvd. Slidell, LA 70458
GJO	Available from: DOE Office of Legacy Management 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 https://www.energy.gov/lm/grand-junction-colorado-site
GP	U.S. Government Printing Office DOE Office of Legacy Management 732 N. Capitol Street, NW Washington, DC 20401 https://www.gpo.gov
GPO	For sale by the Superintendent of Documents https://bookstore.gpo.gov U.S. Government Printing Office 732 North Capitol St. NW Washington, DC 20401 (202) 512-0000
GR	Gas Research Institute 8600 West Bryn Mawr Ave. Chicago, IL 60631
IAEA	Available from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, and from its agencies in various countries throughout the world. A list of these agencies is found in each STI/DOC and STI/PUB publication.
IN	International Nuclear Information System of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) P.O. Box 100 Wagramer Strasse 5 A 1400 Vienna, Austria https://www.iaea.org/inis
INIS	Available on microfiche at $1.00 per document from: INIS Section International Atomic Energy Agency P.O. Box 590 A-1011, Vienna, Austria
LMEC	Available only to requesters in the United States from: Energy Technology Engineering Center (formerly the liquid Metal Engineering Center) P.O. Box 1449 Canoga Park, CA 91304
NM	New Mexico Research and Development Institute (NMRDI) Communications Office Suite M, 457 Washington, S.E Albuquerque, NM 87108
NT	National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 https://www.ntis.gov
NTIS	National Technical Information Service U.S. Department of Commerce Springfield, VA 22161
NU	NTIS, US Sales only (see NT)
NUREG	Address inquiries to: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Information Division Washington, D.C. 20555
NY	NYSEDA New York State Energy Development Authority Two Rockefeller Plaza Albany, NY 12223
OECD	O.E.C.D. Publications 2 rue Andre-Pascal 75 Paris 16e, France and from its sales agencies in various countries throughout the world. A list of these agencies is found in each OECD publication.
OF	OSTI (Free of Charge) (see OS)
OS	Office of Scientific and Technical Information P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN
OTS	Office of Technology Services - predecessor to NTIS (see NTIS)
RSO	Available only to requesters within the United States from the Nuclear Standards Program Information Center (formerly the Reactor Standards Office) Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831
TIC	Available only to requesters within the United States from the Nuclear Standards Program Information Center (formerly the Reactor Standards Office) DOE Technical Information Center P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN 37831