On Jul 11, 2007, at 14:09, Rajarshi Guha wrote:

>
> On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>
>>  Also, it only searches by topic right now, since I don't have
>> time to add UI for anything else.  Suggestions welcome.
>
> Going by the current way I can search PubMed by specifying a query
> string, wouldn't is be possible simply to take the WoS query string
> and send it to the web service?
>
> That is, in the text entry box, one could write:
>
> TS=(QSAR) AND AU=(Stanton)

Yes, Christiaan's change allows this.

> and the above string would simply be passed in as the query field. So
> you're not restricted to just search on topic (TS) but can include
> title (TI), author (AU), publication year (PY) etc.
>
> Obviously a UI for individual fields is nice, but if you're familiar
> with WoS you can simply type in the query as you would in the WoS web
> page interface (faster for expert use)

Well, I'm not an expert, and I'm not likely to remember those query  
keys :).  This is finally a search feature I find useful, so I'm  
inclined to add a UI for it.  Either allowing single-field  
specification, as we do with database searching (buttons for  each  
search type), or a token field.

-- 
Adam

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