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The easiest way to search for publications is from the Treesearch Home page. The Google^TM search box allows you to search in the same manner as you would from the popular search engine.

Also from there you can search by author's name, search for a term in the title, or use the Keywords field to search for a term in the title or abstract.

Criterion	Explanation
Keywords	terms or even portions of a word occurring in the publication's title or abstract
Author	all or portions of an author's or editor's name, but not including editors of a broader work like a proceedings that contains the specific publication along with many others
Title	terms or portions of a word occurring in the title of the specific publication
Filter by date	a range of publication years indicated by the appropriate beginning and ending years for the range ("Starting:" and "Through:") and selected by marking the box to the left of the phrase "Filter by date"

Search fields are case insensitive. Search phrases can be enclosed in quotes. If quotes are not used, matches will be sought regardless of the order or proximity of the search terms in the field. For example, searching for the term "land use" without quotations will match "agricultural use and forest land" but with quotations will only find "land use".

Authors are usually entered as last name followed by first name separated by a comma, as in "Doe, John I." First names may be abbreviated to the first letter. Searching only for the author's last name is the most reliable way to include the desired publication in the results.

Fill in any one of the fields, or restrict your search further by filling in multiple fields. Clicking the Search button initiates the search using the criteria you've specified. At least one item must be selected for the search to proceed.

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If you are looking for a particular publication that was published as part of a regular series by a Station, you can use the fields on the right side of the Home page in the box titled "Search for Station Series Publications."

Use the first drop-down box to select a particular series, and the second box to select the publishing Station. Keys to these abbreviations are found further down this page. If you wish to search more than one station or series at a time, you'll need to either choose "Any" to search them all or run separate searches for each.

If you know the issue number, this can be entered in the third box. Treesearch looks for the number you enter anywhere within the issue number. For example, searching for the digit "5" will locate issues 5, 15, and 257, among others. To find only issue 5, enter "005" in the search box.

When you finish setting one or more search criteria, click the Search button to initiate the search. You must select at least one item for the search to proceed.

Abbreviations

Station of Origin
FPL	Forest Products Laboratory
IITF	International Institute of Tropical Forestry
NA	Northeastern Area (State & Private)
NRS	Northern Research Station
PNW	Pacific Northwest Research Station
PSW	Pacific Southwest Station
RMRS	Rocky Mountain Research Station
SRS	Southern Research Station
WO	Washington Office

Publication Station
IITF	International Institute of Tropical Forestry
INT	Intermountain Research Station (Now part of Rocky Mountain Research Station)
NA	Northeastern Area (State and Private)
NC	North Central Research Station (Now part of the Northern Research Station)
NE	Northeastern Research Station (Now part of the Northern Research Station)
PNW	Pacific Northwest Research Station
PSW	Southwest Research Station
RMRS	Rocky Mountain Research Station
SE	Southeastern Forest Experiment Station (Now part of Southern Research Station.)
SRS	Southern Research Station
SO	Southern Forest Experiment Station (Now part of Southern Research Station.)
WO	Washington Office

Publication Types
FIDL	Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet
GTR	General Technical Report
GTR-P	General Technical Report - Proceedings
INF	Information Forestry
OSP	Old Station Paper (Southeastern Forest Experiment Station Publication)
OSN	Old Station Note (Southeastern Forest Experiment Station Publication)
P	Proceeding (Rocky Mountain Research Station Publications)
RB	Resource. Bulletin
RN	Research Note
RP	Research Paper

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Last Modified: February 24, 2009