SAS Consulting, Department of Statistics
For remote users, a non-graphical method using the SAS macro language is available.
Method 1:
At the Unity prompt
add cised98
cis
The command cis adds the SAS software, invokes SAS, and submits a SAS job for the graphical interface.
Method 2:
At the Unity promptReturn to CIS Instructions
add cised98
add sas
sas
Include the file '/ncsu/cised98/cis.sas' into the SAS program editor and submit.
In the interface window, you can click on the beginning and ending years that you wish to search. By default, the beginning and ending years are 1998. The CIS database is very large. The time to process queries can be reduced by limiting the number of years to search.
You can search by the author name, keyword, title, or keyword/title field. The keyword/title field searches for the string to occur in either the keyword OR the title field. Multiple fields (author, keyword, title, keyword/title) may be specified and all field conditions must be met (i.e. a Boolean "and" operator across fields). Boolean operators (&, |, and, or, not) may be used within a field string. Parenthesis to group and clarify your search string are supported. All search strings are automatically capitalized.
Press the "enter" key after the search string has been entered in the appropriate field. The SEARCH push button will appear. After clicking on the SEARCH push button, the hour glass icon will appear while the query is processed. The number of matches found will be displayed at the bottom of the screen upon completion of the query.
Once a query has been performed, a VIEW and a PRINT push button will appear on the right side of the screen. The VIEW push button allows the user to examine the results of the query in the SAS OUTPUT window. If desired, the results may be printed from this window by clicking on FILE-PRINT if in pull-down mode or submitting the PRINT command if in command mode. To return to the CIS query screen, end the SAS OUTPUT window by clicking on FILE-END if in pull-down mode or submitting the END command if in command mode. The PRINT push button on the CIS query screen prints the results of the query directly to the printer.
After a search, the number of matched items can be subset by entering a new string, pressing the "enter" key, and clicking on the SUB-SEARCH push button. The "enter" key must be pressed before the sub-search will execute correctly.
The CLEAR SCREEN push button removes all text from the search fields, removes several of the push buttons from the screen, and prepares the application for a new search. It is not necessary to clear the screen between searches if the user enters the new search string text, presses the "enter" key, and then clicks on the SEARCH push button.
The END CIS push button ends the CIS search application and returns the user to the SAS Program Editor. The EXIT SAS push buttons ends the CIS search application, exits SAS and returns the user to the UNIX prompt.
Return to CIS Instructions
Click on 1994 as the starting year (default is 1998)
Click on 1995 as the ending year (default is 1998)
On the author line, enter BERGER, ROGER
Press the enter key (The enter key must be entered
before the search push button appears.)
Click on the SEARCH push button.
Click on the VIEW push button to examine the results
Return to CIS query window (enter END command)
Click on the PRINT push button to print the results
Click on the EXIT SAS push button to end the application
and return to the UNIX prompt.
Search Strings Examples:
Author berger, roger
(brownie, c) or boos
thorne and not(kempthorne)
Keyword /Title bootstrap
nonlinear regression
missing data & repeated measures
bootstrap or jackknife
Return to CIS InstructionsQuestions or suggestions about the CIS interface should be sent to Sandy Donaghy, donaghy@stat.ncsu.edu , 515-1926