Searching Bib Items

BibCompanion supplies several search functions. You can access to items you want efficiently by combining those search functions. This section contains the following topics.

back to the Help TOC

Author Search

When you choose an author or authors in the author list (<shift-click> to expand selection, <cmd-click> to append another author), only bib items related to the selected authors are listed in the bib item list as shown below.

AuthorsSelect

If there are many authors in the list, you can limit authors by entering a part of the name in the <Quick Author Search> field. When quick author search is in action, only authors including the search string are listed. Diacritical marks (such as umlaut etc.), upper- and lowercases are ignored on searching. Name format should be as shown in the list, i.e., if you want to search an author “Joe Dimaggio”, you should enter “dimaggio, j”. Number of listed (found) authors are shown in the author status.

AuthorsSearch

If you enter the <return> key in the search field, the string is stored in search history and can be recalled from magnifying glass menu at the left side of the search field. When you click on the (×) button at the right side of the search field, search field becomes empty and all authors are listed.

back to the Help TOC / back to the Top of This Page

Bib Field Search

You can limit the bib item list from field data by entering a part of data string in the <Quick Field Search> field. When quick field search is in action, only bib items including the search string in any field are listed as shown below. You can choose case sensitive or insensitive search by checking/unchecking the [Case Sensitive] checkbox. Number of listed (found) items are shown in the item status.

ItemsSearch

Searching is done for ‘displayed’ field data, that is shown in the detailed information panel when bib item is locked. For example, if the title field is entered as “{Si}(111)7$\times$7”, it will be shown as “Si(111)7×7”, therefore, you should find a string “7×7” but not “7$\times$7”.

You can limit search target fields by choosing the magnifying glass menu at the left side of the search field. In the menu, checked fields are search target. The menu contents may be varied depending on opened databases. As same as the author search, clicking on the (×) button at the right side of the search field makes the search field empty and all items are listed.

back to the Help TOC / back to the Top of This Page

Smart Library

Smart library is the strongest search function of BibCompanion. It automatically collects bib items that matches user defined search conditions. Detail of this function is explained in the next section.

back to the Help TOC / back to the Top of This Page