CITATION BROWSING
If you know the citation (volume and page number), go to the Back issues page. This is currently available for the Pharmaceutical Journal
ONE MINUTE GUIDE TO SEARCHING
— type one or more words into the search box, to find words anywhere
— search for a phrase by surrounding words with double quotes
example "nhs plan"
— Capitalise initial letter of word(s) to do exact search
example "nhs Plan"
example National Health Plan
or use CAPITALS, example NATIONAL HEALTH PLAN
— do a Boolean search by separating individual words with AND OR NOT and grouping with ( )
example (nhs and Plan) not 2000
example (NATIONAL AND HEALTH AND PLAN) NOT 2000
You do not need to click the Boolean check box. Just enter a boolean search phrase and press return (or click the GO button)
If the Boolean search box is checked, and you want a normal search, just enter it. A Boolean search will only be done if the words are separated by AND OR NOT
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SEARCH FAQ
How do I search?
Enter a few words into a search box and press return (or click the GO button). Use lower case letters.
I want to search for a phrase
Surround the phrase with double quotes such as "nhs plan"
Can I search for a phrase plus other words?
You can but it is not advisable. You can find dozens or even hundreds of matches. Instead do a Boolean search, for example nhs and plan and 2001
Why are there so many results?
Each word you type is examined for variations. For example, tablet will also find tabulate and tabernacle. You can look for a specific word by capitalising the first letter: Tablet — this will also find tablets.
You can use initial capital letters with one or more words, including those in phrases, for example, "nhs Plan"
How do I search for a page number?
To search for an article that begins with a known page number enter, eg, p576. There is no space between the p and the page number. Narrow the search by including words, phrases or volume number, such as p576 266
There are still too many results!
Entering a single word will return numerous results. Try entering a phrase or additional words to narrow the search. Boolean searches are useful.
Can I search for future events?
There is a notice-board section on PJ Online (see the top of the home page) with branch meetings, future events and conferences.
Does the search include PDF files?
The search automatically includes every PDF file. For more on PDF files click here
I can’t find an article
PJ Online contains the contents of The Pharmaceutical Journal from August, 1999, onwards. It also contains the Hospital Pharmacist from January, 2000, every issue of Primary Care Pharmacy plus Medicines Management, Pharmacy Assistant and Tomorrows Pharmacist. For articles before these dates the Society’s library operates a photocopy service.
telephone +44 (0)20 7572 2300
e-mail library@rpsgb.org.uk.
For more details on the Photocopy and Reprint services, please refer to the Site map for their links.
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BOOLEAN SEARCH
What is a Boolean search?
Boolean searching is an alternative way of searching and provides means of finding specific combinations of individual words.
You can use the following operators between words in a Boolean query: AND, OR, NOT
NOT is used before each word you wish to specifically exclude. A NOT can only be used as part of a Boolean query; it cannot be used on its own.
Round brackets can be inserted around parts of the query to control the order in which the operators are evaluated.
Here are some examples. Note the initial capital letters to ensure those words only are searched for.
(Homer or Marge) and Simpson
This will return documents containing Homer and Simpson as well as documents containing Marge and Simpson.
Homer or (Marge and Simpson)
will return documents containing just Homer as well as documents containing Marge and Simpson.
(Homer Simpson) or (Marge Simpson)
will return documents containing Homer and Simpson as well as documents containing Marge and Simpson.
(Homer or Marge) and Simpson not Bart
will return documents containing Homer and Simpson as well as documents containing Marge and Simpson, but it will exclude documents containing Bart.
Note
—Boolean syntax does not support phrase searching
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PDF FILES
Whatever kind of search you do — boolean or otherwise — the contents of PDF files will also be searched. On the search results page, PDF files are indicated with a logo similar to this
When you click on the PDF’s link and open it with Acrobat Reader, the word(s) you searched for will not be highlighted. Instead you can use Acrobat Reader’s own search facility to look for words or phrases in the PDF file.
Ways to search a PDF using Acrobat Reader include
• clicking the binocular icon
• pressing CTRL-F (PC)
• pressing command-F (Apple Mac)
Regular users of PJ Online’s search facilities may notice fewer results (matched files). Previously individual PDF files would appear more than once if words/phrases being looked for were on more than one page. This has been changed so that a PDF will be listed only once.
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