SearchPlus provides searching across multiple databases, cited reference searching, and many features to facilitate use of search results and to keep up with the literature.

SearchPlus Features:

• login to set personal settings for your preferred ways of interacting with the database
• search results are de-duped when a record is retrieved from more than one database
• view bibliographies (article references) with one click from the results list, and the bibliographies have been enhanced with fuller citations where available
• access full-text and other resources through the LinkSeeker icon
• mark records on the results list to print, e-mail or download records in several formats
• do automatic downloading into bibliographic management software such as EndNote, ProCite and RefWorks
• browse cited authors and search cited references in a completely re-designed interface
• set up alerts to stay current with the literature
• use the author lookup list to find author names as recorded in the databases
• refine a search by using the "Revise this search" link on the results page
• view your search history
• easily do multiple searches for a given period, because date ranges you set are kept for the session ("sticky dates")

Future plans include adding more content, such as ISI SciSearch early years, and other interface improvements based on research and customer feedback.

Access to SearchPlus is limited to staff of LANL and other subscribing institutions.

• Retired Septmeber 23, 2008, replaced by OPPIE.

• Version 2.4: released November 2005 with Inspec® Backfiles added
The pre-Inspec years of Science Abstracts (1898-1968) have been added for subscribing institutions. The backfiles include over 873,000 records. Inspec now covers 1898 - present, with over 9.5 million records.

• Version 2.3: released December 2004 with Engineering Index® added.
Now includes the Engineering Index® database for subscribing institutions. Engineering Index is the most comprehensive database for engineering, including chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, civil, mechanical and materials engineering. EI covers 1884 - present, with over 7 million records.

• Version 2.2: released August 9, 2004 with BIOSIS® added.

• Version 2.0: released March 2, 2004, as SearchPlus with Inspec® and a revised interface.

• Version 1.4: released Sept. 18, 2003 with duplicate records removed, improved Times cited sorting, and changes to login and automatic stemming.

• Version 1.3: released Aug. 5, 2003 with ISI Proceedings® added, and RIS output.

• Version 1.2: released June 30, 2003 with Refworks as an output option, and various bug fixes.

• Version 1.1: released June 5, 2003 with new features such as an author lookup list, hotlinks on authors and subjects in full record displays, and improved cited browsing.

• Version 1.0: released February 18, 2003 as SciSearch Plus, incorporating SciSearch® at LANL, with backfiles to 1945, and Social SciSearch® at LANL. This allows SciSearch and Social SciSearch to be searched together, getting a single combined results list. Together they index over 7600 journals.

• Beta v. 1.0: released December 17, 2002