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DATABASES

DATABASES. By: Hanna Ben-Or Phone: 08-9489934 Email:<benor@agri.huji.ac.il> October 24, 2005. GENERAL. WHY have they been established? WHAT are computerized databases? WHEN do we use them? ** Before beginning a new research. researchers. **Acquiring publications lists of other

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DATABASES

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  1. DATABASES By: Hanna Ben-Or Phone: 08-9489934 Email:<benor@agri.huji.ac.il> October 24, 2005

  2. GENERAL WHY have they been established? WHATare computerized databases? WHENdo we use them? **Before beginning a new research. researchers. **Acquiring publications lists of other **Complete / verify bibliographic citations. **At the end of a research, before publishing. **Before developing a product (patent search). **Market research. **Practical assistance.

  3. GENERAL **SEARCH TYPES: Subject, Author, Citation… **DATABASES TYPES: Differ by Subjects, by Medium **TEXTUAL SCIENTIFIC DATABASES: Sites,1) Full-Text: E-journals Publishers Statistical databases, E-books… 2) Bibliographic: Abbreviated Information.

  4. BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES 1) Show ABBREVIATED INFO. from publications (submitted & stored according to certain rules). 2) REPRESENT & DIRECT to entire publications. 3) Only PARTS of the entire texts, are STORED. (au,ti,ad,py,la,pt,ud,ab,so,de,mesh,kw…) 4) RECORDS: The info. is divided into FIELDS. 5) Need to LOCATE the ENTIRE PUBLICATION, at the search end, after checking search results.

  5. SEARCH BASICS 1) CHOOSEtheMOST RELEVANT DATABASEaccording to your needs.Use the “DATABASES BY SUBJECTS” list, at theLibrary Homepage: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/subjdata_new.html 2) SEARCH THOROUGHLY(all synonyms, spellings, grammar forms, initials / full phrase, truncation, controlled vocabulary), in order to retrieve all the relevant data. 3) COMBINEterms/subjects by:OR, AND, NOT,(NEAR, SAME).

  6. SEARCH BASICS: COMBINATION

  7. SEARCH BASICS: COMBINATION

  8. SEARCH BASICS 4)CHECK RESULTS & MODIFY the search by: LIMITINGorENHANCINGthe search query. 5) MARK records (optional: prepares a selected set for saving/printing/e-mailing). 6) Rearrange the set of results using the SORT option. (optional). 7) SAVE QUERY (Search History) for future use. 8) SAVE / PRINT / EMAIL the set of results. 9) LOCATEFULL TEXTS.

  9. SEARCH BASICS Locating entire publications, referred to in Bibliographic Databases search results: 1)USE DIRECT LINKSfrom the bibliographic record to the full-text or to library catalogs. 2)SEARCH the LIB.CAT., or availableE-JOURNAL LISTS. 3)ORDER full-texts from other libraries, using the INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICE. 4)CONTACT THE PUBLICATION’S AUTHOR(The address is included in the record).

  10. EXAMPLES OF SEARCH SCREENS

  11. ABBREVIATED SEARCH RESULTS LISTfrom the Web of Science database

  12. COMPLETE RECORDfrom the Web of Science database

  13. ENTERING THE LIBRARY RESOURCES NOTE:Entrance is limited to campus computers. 1) FROM the Library Website at:http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html (click on the “Databases” button). 2) FROM the internal NOVEL screen (for non-internet databases).

  14. THE LIBRARY WEBSITEGuide at: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/LibWebCat500.doc

  15. RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY SITE Web Catalog: http://aleph500.huji.ac.il/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=huagr&con_lng=eng Guide: Searching the Web Catalog: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/LibWebCat500.doc Databases:http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/datalist_new.htm Guide: Databases Search Basics: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/joicelibwebsite.pdf E-Journals:http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/e_journals.htm Web Resources:http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/new_resources.htm Guides:http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/guides.htm

  16. DATABASES: (Webspirs databases, Internet databases, Local databases) SOME RELEVANT DATABASES: Agricola, ASFA, Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Econlit, Faostat, FSTA, Georef, Lexis, Medline, Merck Index, Web of Science. (In light blue: Webspirs databases) **************** SEARCH DEMONSTRATIONS IN: http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/library/menu.html Web of Science, ASFA, Biol. Abs., CAB, Merck, Lexis, Google, Google Scholar.

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