1. Ruth Wolfish IEEE Client Services Manager - US r.wolfish@ieee.org
Tips on IEEE Xplore
Ruth Wolfish
IEEE Client Services Manager - US
Qing Li
IEEE Client Services Manager – China

2. Homepage
Point out that they have IEL + Drafts

3. Basic Search Bar ANDs search terms ie. fiber optics= fiber AND optics
Use quotes (“”) for an exact phrase ie. “fiber optics”
Searching metadata only NOT a Full text search
Automatic stemming
Case insensitive
Type-ahead (also known as auto suggest) functionality

4. Sort Search Results

5. Search Refine/Expand

6. IEEE Online Standards Dictionary Search term suggestions and definitions
Standards Dictionary is used quite a bit by examiners to find additional keywords to use in their searches

7. IEEE Online Standards Dictionary

8. IEEE Online Standards Dictionary

9. Search by Standards/Technology

10. Advanced Search- add search boxes

11. AbstractPlus – Date fields Pre published date & Final published date
Date of publication shows it was an early access paper, Date of Current Version is when it was published in it’s final format

12. Expanded Index Terms

13. Linked References

14. Citations by IEEE & Other Publishers

15. Link to Command Search

16. Command Search 16

17. Command Search Operators17

18. Command Search - Full text

19. Command Search – proximity operator

20. Search History

21. Session Search History

22. Additional IEEE support http://www.ieee.org/training

23. Advanced tip sheet http://www. ieee

24. Questions ?
Ruth Wolfish Client Services Manager - US Qing Li Client Services Manager - China