How does author name searching work?

To search on author name, select the 'Author/Journal' query type and enter the required surname in the box. Optionally authors' initials may also be specified, but each must be followed by a full-stop with no spaces between initials or between initials and surname, e.g. 'F.H.Allen'. When initials are provided, all must match exactly, e.g. 'F.H.Allen' would not match 'F.Allen'.

When searching against author names, the query 'Allen' will match names like 'Allenby' and 'Allenford' unless "Exact surname" is selected, in which case the author name search will only return exact word matches.