Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Caltech) to Journalfire Discussion

I found a bug in search function in j-fire.

For example, when you type
"Adolphs[au] & Tsuchiya[au]" or "adolphs & tsuchiya", it pulls all the papers that I'm not in the author list.
There should be only 2 papers (2nd and 3rd entry).

What kind of search algorithm j-fire is using?

As a request, can we search the paper using 'google scholar' like feature? I like google scholar because it can search not only journal papers but also chapters in edited books or books themselves. The one I particularly wanted to input to j-fire is Nowak & Bullier 1997 Cerebral Cortex (book), which cannot be searched with the current feature.

Thanks

March 1, 2008

I admit the search definitely needs improvement. Currently the AND operator is inserted between each term by default so there is no need for the "&", and in fact it seems like the "&" is causing the bug. Right now other operators such as NOT and OR are not functional.

With regards to searching for books, we are planning on adding support to search additional databases as well as the ability to enter in your own citation information.

Thanks for the comments and suggestion! - John M. Delacruz (Caltech) March 1, 2008 Comment deleted