DB Info Search
The Database Information Search (Fig. 1) enables the user to search for entries with certain database-related properties, such as ICSD collection code or release date.
Figure 1: Database Information Search
ICSD Collection code
You can enter a single value, several values separated by blanks or a range of values.
Examples:
Entry | Result |
<20 | Collection codes 1, 2, 3, …, 18, 19 |
20 34 | Collection codes 20 or 34 |
45 903-1013 | Collection codes 45, 903 up to 1013 |
PDF number
PDF(Powder Diffraction File)-numbers are assigned by the ICDD. The pdf numbers follow a certain scheme n-n-n. You can provide the whole number or a subset (n-n, n). You can enter a single value or several values separated by blanks.
Examples:
Entry | Result |
12-100 | entry with the PDF number 12-100 |
12-462 12-464 | entries with PDF numbers 12-462 and 12-464 |
Release Tag
Regular updates of ICSD are performed twice per year. Those updates are then named according to the following pattern:
ReleaseYear.Release
The 2nd release in the year 2003 is named 2003.2
You can enter a single value, several values separated by blanks or a range of values.
Examples:
Entry | Result |
2000.1 | all entries added in the first release in the year 2000 |
2007.1-2008.2 | all entries added from the first release 2007 up to the second release 2008 |
Recording/Modification Date
Recording/Modification dates are named in the following pattern:
yyyy-mm-dd
where yyyy is the record year, mm the month and dd the day.
Examples:
Entry | Result |
2007-11-01 | all entries recorded/modified on January, 1st, 2007 |
2007-11-01-2008-03-30 | all entries recorded/modified from January, 1st, 2007 until March, 30th, 2008 |
>2007-11-01 | all entries recorded/modified after January, 1st, 2007 |
The checkbox “New Data Only” limits the search to the entries added in the current release.