Search by author - use variants
Author search is usually [author:Lastname] Sometimes you will need to add a first initial, and if you do you should use quotation marks. Also, you should try variant spellings.
For example: To find works by Antonio Damasio, you should try
[author:damasio],
[author:"a damasio"],
and
[author:"antonio damasio"].
Exclude terms from your search
Put the minus symbol ("-") before 1st letter to exclude a word.
For example, [flowers -author:flowers]
returns papers about flowers, and ignores papers written by people with
the name Flowers
If you would like some more tips on searching in Google Scholar, check out their Search Tips page:
