Post on 05-Jan-2016
CAB AbstractsCAB Abstracts
How can I access CAB How can I access CAB AbstractsAbstractsCAB Abstracts can be accessed
from the Jotello F Soga Library’s ◦“The Virtual Library in your office” (
http://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/virtlib)
◦The complete list of databases of the University of Pretoria (http://www.library.up.ac.za/eresources/eresourcesaz.htm)
Start from Jotello F Soga Library
website:www.library.up.ac.za
/vet
Click on Veterinary databases
Scroll down on the displayed list and
click on CAB Abstracts
Supply your student/personnel number and PIN
Starting page of CAB Abstracts.
Click on Establish a new session
How to construct a searchHow to construct a search Plan your search strategy before you start your search
◦ Formulate your information need e.g. Stress factors in dairy cattle in South Africa
◦ Select the important keywords from this sentence e.g. stress, dairy, cattle , South Africa
◦ Always think of all the synonyms of words or terms e.g. (dairy or milk), (cattle or bovine or cow or cows)
◦ Combine your terms with and e.g. (dairy or milk) and (cattle or bovine or cow or cows) and “south africa”
Keep your search simple.
Remember your Boolean operators (and, or, not).
Keep in mind the different American and English spelling.
Two (or more) terms that are always used together, in
the same order, can be use as a term. (e.g. “babesia canis” and treatment)
Boolean operatorsBoolean 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 dog or canine)
Example 1: milk OR dairy retrieves records containing either milk or dairy, or both the keywords.Example 3: behavior OR behaviour
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)
Type your search terms in the
displayed window – remember about Boolean search
operators
Select a field to search
The results of your search
Repeat a search with a second search
term
The results of the second search
To combine the searches click on Search History
Select the sets you wish to
combine and choose and/or
The results of the combining process. Click on the number of results to view the
complete list
The results of the combined sets
The number of results / page
can be changed
To view the full record click on the title of the article
The full record
Full text access
Author’s e-mail address
Article title
Authors
Journal informationAbstract
The Full text article
Results can be refined with the help of Subject
areas, Document types, Publication
years, Source titles etc.
Selected results can be e-mailed
and /or printed.
Click “Print this page” to print the selected
results
Complete this page to send results by e-
Selected results can be exported to Refworks
Should you ever come across this
page click on “Continue to this
website”
Login to Refworks to export your
results into your Refworks folders
Please take note of this message
If you wish you can register yourself on CAB Abstracts. Click
on “Search History/Create alerts”
Why Register?Why Register? As a registered user, you can:
◦ Save searches to our server that you can later open when you resume your research.
◦ Set up search history alerts. The alert automatically searches the latest update to the database, and then sends the results to you by e-mail.
◦ Set up citation alerts whereby you are notified by e-mail whenever an article on your Citation Alerts list has been cited by a new article. This feature requires a subscription to Web of Science.
◦ Create and maintain custom journal lists that you frequently read. This feature requires a subscription to Current Contents Connect.
Click on Register
Supply your e-mail address as
requested and click on “Continue” .
Complete the next page as well
From now on you will be able to Save searches and Create
Alerts
A saved search
CAB Abstracts can be accessed from
your mobile device
The mobile site
Supply keywords(remember Boolean
operators).Click on “Search”
The results page. Selected references can be exported to Refworks
or e-mailed.
Results can be refined
Results can be refined
Please feel free to contact the library if you have any suggestions or questions