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Searching the CISG database

There are two ways to search this document collection. Both are explained in the guidelines for successful searching:

Simple keyword search
A simple keyword search searches the entire collection for one or more keywords entered. This is suitable for a first impression of whether the keyword one has in mind is contained in the collection, whether it is necessary to use a different keyword, or whether the topic sought is covered by this service. Note that a simple keyword search is not very specific and may return from zero to hundreds of documents.
Specific search with search form
The specific search with search form searches either the whole database, or one can choose a specific subset of documents. One can also select the type of documents that will be included in the search. This search form is recommended.

Simple keyword search

Specific Search

Subject searches may be conducted by use of the CISG thesaurus to this database, or as follows:

1. Enter one more keywords in the field below

You can use :
- word stemming (Example: "legislati*" will find "legislation" as well as "legislative" and other words beginning with "legislati"
- boolean expressions: and, or, not (Example: "legislative and history" will find only documents containing both terms; "legislative or history" will find any document containing one of the given words)

2. Choose the type of document you are looking for
All document types are searched. If you want to limit your search, deselect document types you do not want.

Text of CISG                  Case Law        Commentaries
Bibliographic References      Legislative History

3. Press the OK button

Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University, Jan.1995, [About this project]