Help for database PUBLICA

Search for BAM publications and presentations

The database PUBLICA lists those publications and presentations of scientists and other employees of the BAM that have been reported to the Working group "Information; Library" so that they could be registered.

Instructions for the search

A query can be executed with either the help of drop-down menus or by manual input into text fields.

It is recommended to begin the query with an input in one or only a few fields. The number of hits can be limited afterwards by adding further inputs.

Procedure of the query

• Enter at least one search term (words or word components, e. g. "light")
• Using Wildcards (?, *, $, !) is not necessary
• Usage of upper or lower case is not relevant
• Entries into different search fields are automatically connected with "and"
• The query is started with "Search"
• The button "Reset" deletes all input in the search fields

Fields of the search mask

Title / Keyword

• Title of the book or article that was (co-)authored by an employee of the BAM
• Some publications are additionally indexed by keywords

Author

• Internal and external authors who participated in writing the publication
• Selection from a drop-down menu or manual input ("surname" or "surname, abbreviated first name", e. g. "doe, j")

Publication year

• Publication date, not the entry date into the database
• Use only one of the two search fields to start a query for that exact year
• Input into both search fields will result in a query for the whole time period

Type of the publication / presentation

• Drop-down menu with the type of publication (e. g. book, journal article or poster)

Publisher

• Usually an institution, a public authority, a society, a firm, etc. (e. g. organiser of a congress)
• Sometimes a natural person

Organisational unit

• Division of the author at the time when the publication was published (or when it was entered into the database) as well as the current division of the author

Work group

• Current working group of the author, not the working group at the time when the publication was published

Display of the results

• In the display of the results the publications that were found are presented sorted alphabetically by their titles
• By clicking on a title in the list, you can view more detailed information for this publication
• Button "New search": the previous query is deleted
• Button "Modify search": the phrasing of the previous query can be changed

EndNote-Export

Attention!

• An EndNote-Export is only possible for titles that have a check box in front of them
• A single or several titles can be selected by clicking the corresponding check boxes
• "Select all" = selects all available titles
• "Reset choice" = all prior selections are deleted

Procedure of the export

• Perform your query in the PUBLICA database
• Select the titles in the list that you wish to export
• Click the button "EndNote-Export"
• Download window: click "Save"; find suitable location on your computer, possibly change the preassigned filename ("vl_endnote", e. g. to "EndNote1")
• Open the EndNote programme
• Either create a new "EndNote library" ("Create a new EndNote library") or chose an existing one ("Open an existing EndNote library")
• Menu bar: "File" - "Import..." - "Choose file..." (chose the text file, "vl_endnote" or "EndNote1", click "Open")
  Attention: In the pick list "Import Option" the option "EndNote Import" has to be the active one!
• Clicking "Import" starts the input of the data into EndNote

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