1. Basic Searching Database Structure Keywords and Profile Creation Creating and Combining Sets

2. The Database RecordsIndexes FREE-TEXT Index Title Index Author Index Source Index Language Index Descriptors Index ……..

3. 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

6. Keywords and Selection Understand the question Select all the important concepts Add synonyms, singulars and plurals Use the indexes and Thesaurus

7. 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

8. A Simple Search #3south east Asia 20072 #2rice27332 #1irrigation 20972

9. Combining Sets Boolean Operators: AND OR NOT

10. The Finished Search The Combine Operation: #1 AND #2 AND #3 The Final Search: #4#1 and #2 and #3 197 #3south east asia 20072 #2rice 27332 #1irrigation 20972

11. After the Search Display the records Check the relevance Look for additional search terms Modify the search if required