KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE CABI product training CAB eBooks Tom Corser
CAB eBooks Agenda ● Product overview ● Live product demo including ● Interface navigation ● Search functionality ● Faceted limiting ● Topic page ● Features of MyCABeBooks ● MARC records ● Questions and answers
CAB eBooks Key features ● full range of academic literature Academic Monographs, textbooks ● subject coverage fullly complementary to CAB Abstracts ● hosted on CAB Direct complementary access to CAB Direct platform ● full books and chapters indexing individual chapter downloads available ● compatible platform for usage statistics supports the latest Counter4 statistics package ● dynamic front file new published titles included during the subscription period ● eBooks displayed as a PDF no DRM software restrictions
CAB eBooks Key features – platform ● Simple interface for easy searching – accessible for all user levels ● Faceted searching – refine searches further by field type ● Specific topic pages – search by subject area ● & RSS alerts – updates of new pertinent content ● Saving features – save content and searches for future reference
Agricultural Science Animal Husbandry Applied Agriculture & Farming Aquaculture & Fish Science Botany & Plant Science Conservation & Biodiversity Dietetics & Nutrition Ecology & Climate Change Entomology Forestry Horticulture Irrigation Microbiology & Parasitology Pest Control Plant pathology Plant Reproduction Public Health Rural Development Soil Sciences Tourism & Hospitality Veterinary Science CAB eBooks Subject Coverage
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Boolean searching AND e.g. Forests AND pests Retrieves only records that contain all the terms chosen OR e.g. ash OR Fraxinus Retrieves only records that contain any of the terms chosen NOT e.g. ash NOT fire Retrieves only records that include keyword terms and exclude certain terms
MARC records Produced using RDA cataloguing standards Include authorized L of C subject headings & Dewey Decimal classification numbers
CAB eBooks Exporting MARC records ● Complete eBooks sc:gb AND it:(book NOT “book chapter”) sc:gb AND it:(“book chapter”) ● CAB eBooks sc:ga AND it:(book NOT “book chapter”) sc:ga AND it:(“book chapter”) ● CAB eBooks sc:gc AND it:(book NOT “book chapter”) sc:gc AND it:(“book chapter”) ● CAB eBooks sc:gd AND it:(book NOT “book chapter”) sc:gd AND it:(“book chapter”) ● CAB eBooks 2011-present sc:gf AND it:(book NOT “book chapter”) sc:gf AND it:(“book chapter”)
CAB eBooks We have covered… ● Homepage navigation and features ● Simple site searches across the free-text index ● Sorting results and viewing individual records ● Adv. searching on CAB Direct and manual searching on Umbraco ● MyCABeBooks combining & saving searches, records and creating alerts
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