Search Tips – How to get the most out of searching in Tarius

In Tarius databases you can choose between simple search and advanced search. Simple search is used for broad searches and is usually followed by sorting the search result. Advanced search is used when you wish to make a more precise search, i.e. for a particular document or within a particular period of time.

The following describes general principles for searching in Tarius databases. The principles, which are similar to those used in other search engines such as Google, apply to both simple and advanced search.

Principle Explanation Example
word Key in a single word followed by Enter or clicking on the search button. toxic This will find all the documents which contain the word toxic.
space When searching for more than one word, separate them with a space. toxic substance This will find all the documents that contain at least one of these words. Documents containing both words will be listed at the top of the search result, followed by documents containing one of the words.
"…" Search for a phrase using quotation marks. "toxic substance" This will find all the documents containing the phrase toxic substance.
* Truncating a word. substance* This will find documents that contain the words substance or substances.
Please note that you cannot truncate a phrase surrounded by quotation marks.
- Excluding a word. toxic substance –hazardous This will find documents containing the words toxic or substance, but not those containing the word hazardous.
+ Including a word. toxic substance +hazardous This will only find documents containing the word hazardous. The other two words, toxic and substance, are used to rank documents in the search result. If the documents also contain toxic or substance, they are listed higher up in the search result.
title: The word must be contained in the document title. title:toxic This will only find documents which contain the word toxic in the title.
tarcountry: The word must be a country tarcountry:Denmark This will only find documents published in Denmark
publicid: The word must be the entire Tarius filename. publicid:tar-d20060086 This will find the exact document with the Tarius Document ID number, in this case the EU Directive 2006/86/EC.
publicidp2: The word is without the prefix in the Tarius filename. Must be used when the entire filename is unknown. publicidp2:d2006* This will find every document with d2006 in the filename. In this case the search will show all EU directives published in 2006.
tarinn: The word must be an International Nonproprietary Name tarinn:efavirenz This will find all documents (EPARS) with Efavirenz as the International Nonproprietary Name
tarmaholder: The word must be a Marketing Authorisation Holder tarmaholder:pfizer This will only find documents (EPARS) with Pfizer as the Marketing Authorisation Holder.
tarmaholder:"bristol myers" will find documents (EPARS) with Bristol Myers as the Marketing Authorisation Holder.
body: The word must be in the text of the document. body:toxic This will find documents which contain the word toxic in the document text.
combinations Combination of search expressions. +title:toxic +substance –hazardous This will find documents that contain the word toxic in the title, the word substance anywhere in the document and that do not contain the word hazardous.

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