Search Parameters

The table below outlines the parameters that can be passed to the query interface:

Parameter Description
author Searches both first name and last name.
title Locate documents containing a word or phrase in the “article title” element.
abstract Locate documents containing a word or phrase in the “abstract” element.
year The value for publication year.
category Allows users to search the by keywords given to an article.
journal Locate documents containing a word or phrase in the “full journal/publication title” element.
records The number of records to fetch.
start Sequence number of first record to fetch.

If a search argument is not available for a given API a message will be displayed.