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Approach
Full names of authors are often indexed under different entries
The indexing of author names with prefixes is often inconsistent in English databases
Use the author index to find all entries
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van den hoofdakker, r
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hoofdakker, r
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Summary
Find the different entries for the full name Search for surnames with prefixes in English
databases: try both with and without the prefixes
Be aware that there may be typing errors and/or incomplete initials or first names