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Academic Information Service
African Healthline opening Academic Information Service
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What you need to start On campus: Off campus:
Library registration (at library counter) Network registration (at library counter) Ask for training sessions if you still feel uncomfortable searching African Healthline Off campus: Library registration
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Background The premier collection of bibliographic databases on African health issues Unique collection of sources including many from Africa and covering all aspects of African health issues. Covering years since 1966 Quarterly updates More than records
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Down to search basics Boolean operators Truncation symbols
Searching words next to each other
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BOOLEAN LOGIC AND / OR / NOT
AIDS Education Programmes BOOELIAN LOGIC or
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BOOLEAN LOGIC AND Education Programmes AIDS AND AND
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BOOLEAN LOGIC NOT Not Eductation Programmes AIDS NOT
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Truncation symbols Use the * after the ROOT of the word to pick up different forms of the word Eg: Program* To include: Programmer Programming Programs
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Searching words next to each other
Adjacent (adj) Eg: AIDS adj education* adj program*
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How do I access African Healthline
Go to the Health Science Library Click on Health Databases
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Click on African Healthline
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Select database
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Searching Title Field: words in article title
Keyword Field: broader search Index Field: words as printed in article – can be very specific and limiting NB: We recommend to start searching words/phrases in the title field
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Searching words in title
Example demo search: (AIDS or Acquired adj Immunodeficiency adj Syndrome) and (Education* adj Program*) Click on “search” Type in search terms using Boolean logic and truncation
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Total no of records retrieved
Search results Total no of records retrieved Back to Search Page
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Select output for e-mail, save or print
Use dropdown menu to select output Mark records individually or click button before or printing
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Display format for browsing references
Use dropdown menu to select format
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Narrow search down to “South Africa”
The phrase “south africa” must be searched in the “INDEX FIELD” The “index field” is then automatically combined with the words/phrases searched in the “Title or Keyword Fields” The different fields are automatically combined with the AND operator – invisible to the user
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Title and Index fields combined
By adding “South Africa” in Index Field : 10 references retrieved Click here to see references
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Search using “Keyword Field” (Broader search)
42 refs now retrieved instead of 10 Keywords combined with Index
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Type in search term and click on “index”
Search an index Type in search term and click on “index”
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terms and click on search
View index Mark relevant terms and click on search
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Adjust blue bar to view results below
Fewer references : NB Not yet narrowed down to “South Africa” Adjust blue bar to view results below
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Select display/output format
Mapping term Use dropdown menu to select and display
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Mark your preferences for display and output format
Mark records before printing or or click on mark all at bottom of page
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LOGOUT As we only have 5 simultaneous licences
Therefore on completion of search please click on LOGOUT Click here to Logout
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FEEL WELCOME TO ASK FOR HELP
Good luck! Created by Myleen Oosthuizen and Anneline Viljoen September 2006
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