Basic Searching Database Structure Keywords and Profile Creation Creating and Combining Sets
The Database RecordsIndexes FREE-TEXT Index Title Index Author Index Source Index Language Index Descriptors Index ……..
The FREE-TEXT Index CATTINI-C12, 35,57 CATTINI-PA8, 11 CATTLE1,2,5,7,8,11,14,17,21 CATTLE-BREEDING2,5,8,17 CATTLE-BREEDS2,5,11,20 CATTLE-DISEASES1,5,14,21 CATTLE-FARMERS7,12 CATTLE-FARMING7,11 CATTLE-FARMS7,14,20 CATTLE-FEEDING11,14,21 CORN6,9,13 CORN-FLOUR6,9 DESAI-VG22 DESALINATION4,16 FLOUR6,9 TermRecord Number
Keywords and Selection Understand the question Select all the important concepts Add synonyms, singulars and plurals Use the indexes and Thesaurus
Building the Profile Search Example: “I need 50 recent records on the irrigation of rice in South East Asia” Keywords: Irrigation Rice South East Asia
A Simple Search #3south east Asia #2rice27332 #1irrigation 20972
Combining Sets Boolean Operators: AND OR NOT
The Finished Search The Combine Operation: #1 AND #2 AND #3 The Final Search: #4#1 and #2 and #3 197 #3south east asia #2rice #1irrigation 20972
After the Search Display the records Check the relevance Look for additional search terms Modify the search if required