The Coriell Catalog uses a very powerful search engine (Solr) which permits the use of special search operators to perform advanced searching.
| Search Operator | Example | Name | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| " | "CANCER" | Exact Search | Use quotation marks around the search term to find documents containing the exact string searched for inside the quotation marks. |
| AND | CANCER AND BREAST |
Boolean Search |
Search for documents that contain both CANCER AND BREAST. |
| OR |
ALS OR DOWNS |
Boolean Search |
Search for documents that contain either ALS OR DOWNS. If you type multiple words separated by spaces. the search will treat each space as an OR operator. |
| NOT | CANCER NOT BREAST |
Boolean Search | Search for documents that contain CANCER but NOT BREAST. |
| FieldName:"SearchTerm" | CatalogID:"GM12345" | Field Exact Search | Specify the field first followed by a colon and then the value that you are searching for within quotation marks. The example is searching for a sample with a CatalogID of GM12345. Click here for a list of fields you can search. |
| ? | TE?T | Wildcard Search | Searches for a single character. TE?T would find TEST and TEXT, etc. |
| * | CYP2* | Wildcard Search | Searches for 0 or more characters. For example CYP2* would find CYP2C19, CYP2D6, etc. |
| ~ | CANCER~ | Fuzzy Search | Searches for terms similar to CANCER |
| (SearchTerm OR SearchTerm) AND SearchTerm | (NINDS OR NIGMS) AND ALS | Group Search | Use parentheses to group search terms. (NINDS OR NIGMS) AND ALS would find documents with NINDS OR NIGMS AND then with ALS. |
Search operators can be chained together to form even more advanced queries.
Coriell Catalog Fields (for searching)
| Field Name | Description |
| CatalogID | Coriell Catalog ID for a sample. |
| Description | Description of the sample including the diagnoses. |
| AffectedStatus | Affected status of the subject that submitted a sample (Yes, No, Unknown) |
| Product | Product type of the sample (e.g. DNA, LCL, etc.) |
| Source | Source of the sample (e.g. Whole Blood, B-Lymphocyte, etc.) |
| GeneName | Genes associated with the sample (e.g. BRCA2, etc.) |
| Mutations | Mutations associated with the sample (e.g. 2-BP DEL, 6503TT) |
| Sex | Sex of the subject who submitted the sample (Male, Female) |
| Age | Age of the subject at sampling (e.g. 76 YR) |
| Race | Race of the subject who submitted the sample (e.g. Caucasian, Black, etc.) |
| Ethnicity | Ethnicity of the subject who submitted the sample (e.g. Ashkenazi) |
| FamilyNumber | Coriell family number of the subject who submitted the sample (e.g. 1685) |
