DATABASES By: Hanna Ben-Or Phone: 08-9489934 Email:<benor@agri.huji.ac.il> October 24, 2005

GENERAL WHY have they been established? WHAT are computerized databases? WHEN do we use them? **Before beginning a new research. researchers. **Acquiring publications lists of other **Complete / verify bibliographic citations. **At the end of a research, before publishing. **Before developing a product (patent search). **Market research. **Practical assistance.

GENERAL **SEARCH TYPES: Subject, Author, Citation… **DATABASES TYPES: Differ by Subjects, by Medium **TEXTUAL SCIENTIFIC DATABASES: Sites, 1) Full-Text: E-journals Publishers Statistical databases, E-books… 2) Bibliographic: Abbreviated Information.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES 1) Show ABBREVIATED INFO. from publications (submitted & stored according to certain rules). 2) REPRESENT & DIRECT to entire publications. 3) Only PARTS of the entire texts, are STORED. (au,ti,ad,py,la,pt,ud,ab,so,de,mesh,kw…) 4) RECORDS: The info. is divided into FIELDS. 5) Need to LOCATE the ENTIRE PUBLICATION, at the search end, after checking search results.

SEARCH BASICS 1) CHOOSE the MOST RELEVANT DATABASE according to your needs. Use the “DATABASES BY SUBJECTS” list, at the Library Homepage: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/subjdata_new.html 2) SEARCH THOROUGHLY (all synonyms, spellings, grammar forms, initials / full phrase, truncation, controlled vocabulary), in order to retrieve all the relevant data. 3) COMBINE terms/subjects by: OR, AND, NOT,(NEAR, SAME).

SEARCH BASICS: COMBINATION

SEARCH BASICS: COMBINATION

SEARCH BASICS 4) CHECK RESULTS & MODIFY the search by: LIMITING or ENHANCING the search query. 5) MARK records (optional: prepares a selected set for saving/printing/e-mailing). 6) Rearrange the set of results using the SORT option. (optional). 7) SAVE QUERY (Search History) for future use. 8) SAVE / PRINT / EMAIL the set of results. 9) LOCATE FULL TEXTS.

SEARCH BASICS search results: full-text or to library catalogs. Locating entire publications, referred to in Bibliographic Databases search results: 1) USE DIRECT LINKS from the bibliographic record to the full-text or to library catalogs. 2) SEARCH the LIB.CAT., or available E-JOURNAL LISTS. 3) ORDER full-texts from other libraries, using the INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICE. 4) CONTACT THE PUBLICATION’S AUTHOR (The address is included in the record).

EXAMPLES OF SEARCH SCREENS

ABBREVIATED SEARCH RESULTS LIST from the Web of Science database

COMPLETE RECORD from the Web of Science database

ENTERING THE LIBRARY RESOURCES NOTE: Entrance is limited to campus computers. 1) FROM the Library Website at: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html (click on the “Databases” button). 2) FROM the internal NOVEL screen (for non-internet databases).

THE LIBRARY WEBSITE Guide at: http://www. agri. huji. ac

RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY SITE Web Catalog: http://aleph500.huji.ac.il/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=huagr&con_lng=eng Guide: Searching the Web Catalog: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/LibWebCat500.doc Databases: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/datalist_new.htm Guide: Databases Search Basics: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/joicelibwebsite.pdf E-Journals: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm Web Resources: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm Guides: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/guides.htm

DATABASES: (Webspirs databases, Internet databases, Local databases) SOME RELEVANT DATABASES: Agricola, ASFA, Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Econlit, Faostat, FSTA, Georef, Lexis, Medline, Merck Index, Web of Science. (In light blue: Webspirs databases) **************** SEARCH DEMONSTRATIONS IN: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html Web of Science, ASFA, Biol. Abs., CAB, Merck, Lexis, Google, Google Scholar.