Search instructions

Search Julkari by browsing or entering search terms into the search box. You can combine terms with Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) and/or target your search to a specific collection.

Search results are displayed in order of relevance, but you can also sort results by title, issue date, or submit date. Click the  symbol to change display 


Search examples:

“child poverty”
author:taipale, v AND dc.date.issued:2005
author:taipale, v AND dc.date.issued:[2005 TO 2018]
dc.relation.ispartofseries:(bmj OR lancet OR nature OR cell)
author:hämeen-anttila, k AND dc.type.okm:A1 (A1=original article in scientific journal)


Basic search

Enter one or several search terms into the search box. Multiple terms are automatically combined with the Boolean operator AND, i.e. all the results will contain all the search terms.

school health” finland*

For more complex searches with related search terms and synonyms etc., combine terms with Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT. See Boolean Search.

(“school health” OR “student health”) AND finland*

The basic search searches all fields (i.e. title, subject, publisher, full text etc.) by default. If the search result is too big or imprecise, click 'Show advanced filters' to refine your search query, or use Field search described below.

Truncating search terms or replacing characters 

Search terms can be truncated from the end of a word, or replaced in the middle of a word with a wildcard character. Use the asterisk (*) to leave out one or several characters in a word. 

depress* (searches for depressed, depression…)
Jons*on (search results include Jonson, Jonsson, Jonston…)
disabilit* (
searches for disability, disabilities)

Search by Publication year(s)

dc.date.issued:2017 
dc.date.issued:[2015 TO 2018]
author:suvisaari and dc.date.issued:[2015 TO 2018]

Phrase search 

Use quotation marks when you want the search results to contain terms next to each other in a specific order.

welfare state”

Boolean search (combining search terms)

Combine search terms with Boolean operators; ANDORNOT. Note; capital letters!


AND limits and focuses. When you want the search results to contain all of the included search terms, combine them with the AND operator.
refugee AND finland* (refugee finland* gives the same result)
refugee AND finland* AND health*
(refugee finland* depress* gives the same result)

OR broadens. Use the OR operator to broaden the search with synonyms, related, or alternative terms. The search results will contain any of the alternative search terms.
finland* OR swed* OR norw* OR denmark* OR iceland*

NOT excludes. The NOT operator excludes a search term or terms from the search results. Use NOT with caution so you don’t miss out on anything important.
stress* NOT burnout 

Combining OR and AND operators in a search query

(refugee OR immigrant OR “asylum seeker”) AND (health OR wellbeing OR depression OR anxiety) 

Field search - search for title, author, publisher, subjects, etc.

You can target your search to a specific metadata field, such as the title, author, or subject field. Combining several field searches in one search is also possible. Note! Metadata field names are written with lower case letters.

title:(refugee OR immigrant OR “asylum seeker”) AND author:skogberg  

Author search

author:taipale, vappu
author:taipale,v

Often in scientific journal articles, only the first letter of the author’s first name is used. To include both options in the search, search like this:
author:taipale, vappu OR author:taipale, v

Title search

title:"mental health"
title:"mental health" AND title:(Finland* OR finn* OR europ*)

Subject search

subject:(obesity OR overweight)

The subject search searches from the publications’ subject field. The subject terms describe the central content of the publication. Not all publications in Julkari have subject terms, but nevertheless, it’s a good search option för a more precise search, alongside the title search. You can browse Julkari’s subject terms on the main page, in the right hand column.  

Serials/journal title search
dc.relation.ispartofseries:(Nature)
dc.relation.ispartofseries:(Nature OR BMJ OR Lancet)

Publisher search 
dc.publisher:WHO

Publication type search 
dc.type.okm:A1 
dc.type.okm:(A1 OR A2 OR A3 OR A4) 

(A1 Original article in a scientic journal, A2 Review article in a scientific journal, etc.)
Ministry of Education and Culture’s publication type list: https://confluence.csc.fi/display/tutki/OKM%3An+julkaisutyyppiluokitus

Other search fields

dc.department:
dc.unit:
dc.contributor: (other author)
dc.projectid:
dc.rights.accesslevel: (e.g. openAccess)
dc.format.content:fulltext: (limits search to fulltext publications)

Proximity search

Use the proximity search when you want search terms to appear close to each other in the search result. The number after the tilde (~) character determines the maximum number of words allowed between your search terms. Note! Terms cannot be truncated in the proximity search.

"refugee health"~5

Exporting and sharing references

To export a reference, open the search result and click on the RefWorks icon (red circle with a document icon). References can be exported one at a time. References can also be tweeted and shared via Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter.

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