1. CAB Abstracts, Medline & Zoological Record

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. From the Jotello F Soga Library’s homepage ( expand Veterinary Resources and select Databases

6. Scroll down and select CAB Abstracts

7. Authenticate yourself if working from off campus

8. Starting page of CAB Abstracts. Click on Establish a new session

9. The search can be done across “All Databases” or by using the dropdown arrow individual databases can be selected

10. 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

11. The results of your search

12. Repeat a search with a second search term

13. The results of the second search
To combine the searches click on Search History

14. 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.

15. The results of the combining process
The results of the combining process. Click on the number of results to view the complete list

16. The results of the combined sets are now displayed

17. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and change the number of results / page

18. To view the full bibliographic record, click on the title of the article

19. The full record
Article title
Authors
Journal information
Abstract
Full text access

20. The full record (cont.)
Author information
Language of the article

21. Try the various full text options

22. Full text article

23. 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

26. Click on View full text

27. 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

29. Click on the platform to get the full text article

30. Results can be refined with the help of Research Areas, Document types, Publication years, Source titles, Authors, etc.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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).

35. Selected results can be exported to Endnote

36. Decide on the format

37. Records are sent to EndNote and a .ciw file is downloaded

38. After clicking on the file, the reference is automatically imported into EndNote

39. Click on “Select from index”
Not sure about the author or journal title?
Click on “Select from index”

40. Use this screen to find the Author

41. Scroll though the list until you reach the Author’s name

42. Click on Add next to the Author’s name
and then on OK

43. The Author will be added to the Author field

44. Follow the same steps to find Publication names (Journal/book titles)

45. 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”

46. The Find or Browse function may be used

47. 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

48. To use the Browse function click on Applied Science and Technology

49. 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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