This guide covers the usage and the features of the SONAR application. Professionals and power-users will find more info about the full capabilities of SONAR in the avanced section.
Basic help
A single search field combines all search terms and provides a list of results sorted by relevance. These can then be filtered using facets.
For more advanced search examples, see Search documents
Search tips
| Symbol | Description | Example | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
* |
Truncation | uni* |
will search for resources containing "university", "universal", "unilateral" etc. |
+ |
Boolean operator AND | mountain + biology |
will search for resources containing "mountain" and also "biology" |
| |
Boolean operator OR | study | analysis |
will search for resources containing either "study", or "analysis" |
- |
Boolean operator NOT | confederation -swiss |
will search for resources containing "confederation" but not "swiss" |
() |
Brackets, to combine operators | physics + (study | analysis) |
will search for resources containing "physics" and either "study", or "analysis" |
"" |
Exact expression | "human resources" |
will search for resources containing the exact expression "human resources" |
Filter your search
Facets allow you to filter the results according to different criteria such as: document type, affiliation, author, subject, etc. With one click, facets can filter out thousands of irrelevant results.
Facets can be combined: selecting multiple facets will refine your query and filter the list of results.
The “Search in full-text” button allows you to search not only in the metadata of documents, but also in their textual content, when they are available in digital format.
Detailed view of a document
To view detailed information about a document, click on its title in the search results.
- This page displays the document metadata: title, type, authors, abstracts, identifiers, etc.
- You can view () or download () the files attached to a document.
Advanced help
First steps
Managing deposits-documents
- Deposit a document
- Submission and validation process
- Manage documents
- List of document fields (metadata)
- File management