Extended help  ||  Abstract  |  Keyword  |  Title  |  Author  |  Language

When searching for documents in the OICRF document database, you might find these tips useful:

You can search on the fields listed above. Each field has detailed help information.
It is preferable to search on Abstract.

If you want to narrow your search, you can also enter a keyword, the title or part of the title or the name of a specific author.

Extended help  ||  Abstract  |  Keyword  |  Title  |  Author  |  Language

Abstract is a short description of the document. It gives a global insight into the contents of the document. In the OICRF document database, the abstract is the field with the most data. Therefore, in most cases, it is sufficient to search the abstracts.

Extended help  ||  Abstract  |  Keyword  |  Title  |  Author  |  Language

Documents can be linked to one ore more keywords. These are chosen to reflect the document's content. For example, a document on the educational implications of land measuring in Southern Africa can have the following keywords:

• land measuring
• education
• South Africa

Mostly, the keywords are also mentioned in the Abstract and Title.
By searching the keywords you narrow your search.

Extended help  ||  Abstract  |  Keyword  |  Title  |  Author  |  Language

The title of the document as it is registered in the OICRF document database.
You can narrow your search by searching on a specific (part of a) title.

Extended help  ||  Abstract  |  Keyword  |  Title  |  Author  |  Language

The author is registered as listed on the document.
In case of a co-writership, all authors are listed as long as there are no more than three. If there are more then three authors, the first author is listed with the extention "et al." .

Note: an author can be listed on this website on variations of his name, for example:

• "Molen, Paul van der " or "Molen, P. van der"
• "Martins, Paulo & Silva da Gloria, Fernando A." of "Martins, Paulo & others"

So, when searching on author you can best enter the surname: "Molen" or "Martins".

Extended help  ||  Abstract  |  Keyword  |  Title  |  Author  |  Language

In the OICRF document database, the primary language is english. Some documents have a specific language linked to them. This is the language in which the document is written.

So, for example a document on education in Equador by a Dutch author, written in english is listed as "english".