Demonstration SmartCat Instruction International Relations september 2014

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Finding an article in SmartCat Find the article of the author Richard Sakwa, titled The cold peace Reduce the number of hits by using the qualifiers at the left side of the screen

Boolean operators AND finds records that contain both search terms in the same record Example: you need publications about the economy of the Netherlands. OR finds records that contain either search term Example: you want publication on the Netherlands, and use Netherlands OR Dutch "foreign policy" OR "foreign relations" NOT finds records that contain the first term but not the second term Example: Germany NOT GDR

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Find an ebook in SmartCat Find the ebook Adrian Kay (editor) Global health governance

SmartCat Weaknesses Noise, many hits that are NOT relevant presentation of different editions is misleading Not suitable for searching with standardized terminology For volumes of print journals information about their location is insufficient Strength More complete for ebooks than old catalogue Extra information from electronic full text