Searching by Title

Note

This system does not identify documents with titles that contain contractions (e.g., isn't, can't, what's and so on) or possessives (e.g., reader's, farmer's and so on). Therefore, please remove the entire word in your query when you search for a title that contains a contraction or possessive.

Sample for Contraction

Title you seek: "Biotechnology isn't science" .
Use these search terms: "Biotechnology science" .

Sample for Possessive

Title you seek: "Are American's food labels Y2K ready" .
Use these search terms: " Are food labels Y2K ready" .

When to search by title

This search field can help you when you know the title of the document and want to learn the document number and full citation for it.

In a limited way, it can also help you identify documents about subject matter of interest to you.  However, you can conduct your most thorough subject-matter search by using the Subject Terms field rather than the Title field.  For details, see the “Helps” section of the Subject Terms field.

Tips for searching by title

When you know the exact title, simply enter it and press the “Search” button.

When you know only part of the title, you may find the document by entering one or more of the title terms that you know.  Example:

extension information

The search system will look for these terms in titles throughout the database, then retrieve titles that contain those terms anywhere in the title.  For example, entering the phrase above may result in titles such as:

“The information needs of extension constituents”
“Making information useful on the world wide web: uses of the web in extension”

However, when you use quotation marks and enter:

“extension information”

the search system will return only those articles containing the exact phrase in the title.  Examples:

“A model of farm-level demand for extension information”
“Identifying extension information delivery methods for environmental issues”