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CAB Abstracts, Medline & Zoological Record
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Searching CAB Abstracts, Medline & Zoological Record
Agriculture, Animal and crop husbandry Animal and plant breeding Veterinary medicine Medline Human medicine and health care Zoological Record Extensive zoological research information
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How to construct a search
Plan your search strategy before you start your search Keep your search simple. Remember your Boolean operators (and, or, not). Boolean operators are not case sensitive Truncation can be used to indicate variants of a word e.g. enzym* matches: enzyme, enzymes, enzymatic, enzymic Two (or more) terms that are always used together, in the same order, can be used as a term. (e.g. “babesia canis” and treatment)
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Boolean operators AND Use AND to retrieve records containing both search terms: all terms must be included in the record. Use AND to narrow your search and retrieve fewer records. Example: elephants AND lions retrieve records containing both the keywords. OR Use OR to retrieve records containing either or both search terms. Use OR to broaden your search and retrieve a greater number of records. Use OR for synonyms or spelling variations. Remember always to put your terms in brackets when using "or" e.g. (dog or dogs or canine) Example 1: milk OR dairy retrieves records containing either milk or dairy, or both the keywords. Example 2: behavior OR behaviour (American/ English spelling) NOT Use NOT to exclude certain items from your search. Caution: It is easy to exclude relevant terms; use the NOT operator with care! Example 1: “dog” not “tick” (will retrieve all articles containing the word dog, but will exclude all articles containing the word tick)
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From the Jotello F Soga Library’s homepage ( expand Veterinary Resources and select Databases
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Scroll down and select CAB Abstracts
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Authenticate yourself if working from off campus
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Starting page of CAB Abstracts. Click on Establish a new session
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The search can be done across “All Databases” or by using the dropdown arrow individual databases can be selected
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Select a field to search.
Type your search terms in the displayed window/s – remember about Boolean search operators Select a field to search. More search windows may be added Customise the publication years
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The results of your search
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Repeat a search with a second search term
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The results of the second search
To combine the searches click on Search History
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Select the sets you wish to combine and choose and / or
Combining Sets The search sets are listed in the Search History table in reverse numerical order - the most recently created set is at the top of the table. To combine two or more sets: Click the AND or OR option under the Combine Sets column. Select the check box under the Combine Sets column of each set that you want to combine. Click the Combine button. Click the link in the Results column to view the results of your search.
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The results of the combining process
The results of the combining process. Click on the number of results to view the complete list
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The results of the combined sets are now displayed
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Scroll down to the bottom of the page and change the number of results / page
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To view the full bibliographic record, click on the title of the article
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The full record Article title Authors Journal information Abstract Full text access
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The full record (cont.) Author information Language of the article
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Try the various full text options
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Full text article
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If full text is not available via the Web of Science links…
Copy and paste the title of the article and search it in the catalogue
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Click on View full text
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If full text is not available via the Web of Science links…
Copy and paste the title of the journal and search it in the alphabetical e-journals list
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Click on the platform to get the full text article
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Results can be refined with the help of Research Areas, Document types, Publication years, Source titles, Authors, etc.
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Selected results can be e-mailed, printed or exported to EndNote.
Selecting Records and Data 1. Select the record(s) to include in the output: Selected records on page - Select the check box of each record. All records on page - Select a value in the Show 10, 25, or 50 per page list. Records - Select a range of records. 2. Select the data to include in each record: Bibliographic Fields: Includes author, title, and source information. Bibliographic plus Abstract: Includes bibliographic fields and author abstract. Full Record: Includes all the data on the Full Record page.
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Decide on the output format
Selecting Records and Data 1. Select the record(s) to include in the output: Selected records on page - Select the check box of each record. All records on page - Select a value in the Show 10, 25, or 50 per page list. Records - Select a range of records. 2. Select the data to include in each record: Bibliographic Fields: Includes author, title, and source information. Bibliographic plus Abstract: Includes bibliographic fields and author abstract. Full Record: Includes all the data on the Full Record page.
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Click “Print” to print the selected results or “Copy and Paste” it to a Word document
Select the record(s) to include in the output. Select the data to include in each record from the Output Records section (step 2) that appears at the bottom of the page. Click the Printer icon to print the selected record(s). From the Web of Knowledge page, click Print this Page.
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Complete this page to send results by e-mail
Select the record(s) to include in the output. Select the data to include in each record from the Output Records section (step 2) that appears at the bottom of the page. Click the icon to the selected records. In the records to field, enter the address of the person to whom you want to deliver the record(s). Use a semicolon (;) and a space to separate multiple addresses. In the Return (optional) field, enter a valid address. This address will appear in the From box in the recipient's . In the Notes (optional) field, enter a note to add to the top of the message (up to 250 characters). Select an style: Plain Text or HTML. Records in both formats include two-character field tags. Click Send to deliver the records to the specified address(s). Did You Know ... For Citation Reports, select HTML or Comma Delimited (CSV).
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Selected results can be exported to Endnote
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Decide on the format
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Records are sent to EndNote and a .ciw file is downloaded
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After clicking on the file, the reference is automatically imported into EndNote
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Click on “Select from index”
Not sure about the author or journal title? Click on “Select from index”
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Use this screen to find the Author
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Scroll though the list until you reach the Author’s name
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Click on Add next to the Author’s name
and then on OK
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The Author will be added to the Author field
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Follow the same steps to find Publication names (Journal/book titles)
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Select the Descriptors field and click on “Select from Thesaurus”
Looking for more search terms ? Click on Select a Database and select CABI. Make sure that you see CABI:…. Select the Descriptors field and click on “Select from Thesaurus”
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The Find or Browse function may be used
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To find more terms type a keyword and click on Find
Click on Add to transfer the keyword to your search page or click on T to see more detail
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To use the Browse function click on Applied Science and Technology
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To add a term click on Add
Depending on your topic expand some of the sub-topics. If there is a + you can continue expanding for more specific terms. To add a term click on Add
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