Browse Index

   

About Browsing Indices

   
  In addition to the other search methods, you can also browse the indices for a search term.

Browsing Indices

   
  You can browse indices from the Field Information page for the datafield type (e.g., Description, SeqLength) that interests you. See section 3.7.3 "Getting to the Field Information Page" for more details of how to get to this page.

 
Figure 3.25 Field Information page for the Description field index for the SWISS-PROT databank.

  1. On the Field Information page for the appropriate databank and datafield, enter your search term, using wildcards as appropriate.
Note:In contrast to other query methods, implicit wildcards are not appended automatically to the search term when browsing indices, and must be specified explicitly.

  1. Click the button. This will take you to the Browse Index page.

 
Figure 3.26 Browsing the Description field index on the Browse Index page.

  1. Tick the check boxes beside the resultant terms that best match your needs and click the button. This returns entries that match the selected terms.

Getting to the Field Information Page

   
  There are a number of routes you can use to get to the Field Information page. The common routes are detailed here.

From the Query Forms

On the Standard Query Form there is an icon beside each field box. Choose the field of interest from the drop-down list, and click on the icon.

 
Figure 3.27 Standard Query Form showing use of the icon to access the Field Information page.

On the Extended Query Form each of the datafields is a hyperlink to the Field Information page. Simply click on the hyperlink for the field of interest.

Figure 3.28 Extended Query Form showing hyperlinks for datafields.

From the List Of Databanks Page

The Information tab takes you to the List of Databanks page. Here you will see a list of the available databanks. Clicking on the hyperlink for a databank will take you to its Databank Information page. This contains a section listing the datafields for the relevant databank.

 
Figure 3.29 Part of the Databank Information page for the SWISSPROTRELEASE databank showing datafield hyperlinks.

Click on one of the datafield hyperlinks (e.g., Description) to go to its Field Information page (see Figure 3.25 ).

Note:SWISSPROT is a virtual databank. This means it is made up from other databanks, e.g. SWISSPROT (Release) and SWISSPROT (Updates). If you look at the Databank Information page for SWISSPROT you will not see all the information that is shown in Figure 3.29 , if you want all the detail, you need to look at the individual component databanks.