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CABI database training. CAB Abstracts. Introductory demonstration. Today’s schedule. 11:00 - 12:15 CAB Direct platform (Basic and Advanced) 12:15 – 12.35 Refreshments break 12.35 – 13.00 eBooks 13.00 – 14.00 CABI compendium. CAB Abstracts Updates. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of CABI database training
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CABI database trainingCAB Abstracts
Introductory demonstration
Today’s schedule
● 11:00 - 12:15 CAB Direct platform (Basic and Advanced)
● 12:15 – 12.35 Refreshments break
● 12.35 – 13.00 eBooks
● 13.00 – 14.00 CABI compendium
CAB AbstractsUpdates
● Key resource for applied life sciences – agriculture, forestry, animal and vet sciences, soil science, AND nutrition, environment and leisure and tourism
● Over 7.3 million records
● 363k records added in 2012 (vs 353k in 2011)
● 8,124 serials indexed, from 119 countries in over 50 languages, including 486 new serials in 2012
● Over 188,000 Full Text Records (43k added in 2012) from over 680 journals plus conferences – over 70% non-open access
• Agricultural engineering• Applied economics and sociology• Animal production• Animal health• Animal nutrition• Aquaculture• Biofuels• Biosafety and Bioterrorism• Biotechnology• Breeding• Chemistry• Climate change• Crop science and grasslands• Ecotourism• Entomology• Environmental science• Food science and technology• Forestry• Genetics• Helminthology
• Horticultural science• Human nutrition• Invasive species• Leisure and tourism• Medicinal plants and pharmacology• Microbiology• Mycology• Natural resources, land/water
management• Nematology• Organic and sustainable agriculture• Parasitology• Plant pathology• Plant protection• Postharvest• Protozoology• Soil science• Veterinary medicine• Virology• Waste management
CAB AbstractsSubject Coverage
CAB AbstractsGeographic Coverage from 119 countries
Europe46%
North America20%
Indian Sub Continent9%
Far East Asia8%
Central and South America6%
Middle East3%
Africa3%
Australasia3% South East Asia
2%
CAB AbstractsFull Text – headline Facts
● Full Text for over 188,000 records
● 62% Journal articles, 36% Conference papers
● Small, but growing number of reports
● 77% English
● Over 680 current journals from 81 countries
● Over 700 total FT journals in database
Training agenda
● Simple searching and navigating the interface
● Refining results through facets
● MyCABDirect features
● Q&A
What is a bibliographic database?A bibliographic database can be compared to a printed journal
It contains:• Record articles with bibliographic data• Indexes
Boolean searching
ANDe.g. “Silver fir” AND Czech
Retrieves only records that contain all the terms chosen
ORe.g. “silver fir”OR “Abies alba”
Retrieves only records that contain any of the terms chosen
NOTe.g. “silver fir”NOT Germany
Retrieves only records that include keyword terms and exclude certain terms
We have covered….
● Conducting simple site searches and navigate your way through the site
● Refine searches using facets
● Creating email and RSS alerts for new content
● Permanently save searches and records
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Advanced features
Training agenda
● Advanced searching
● Manual field searching using field tags
● CAB Thesaurus
● Q&A
Advanced searching
• Independent field searching for search terms• Language, document and full text filters• Date refining options
Manual field searching
Description Field Tag
Additional Authors adAuthor Affiliation aaCAS Registry Numbers ryConference Dates cdConference Title ctCorporate Author caCountry of Publication cpDescriptors deDigital Object Identifier oiDocument Editors edDocument Title doEmail emEnglish Item Title etNon English Item Title ftGeographic Location glIdentifiers id
Description Field Tag
ISBN bnISSN snItem Type itLanguage(s) of Summary lsLanguage(s) of Text laLocation of Publisher lpMain Abstract abOrganism Descriptors odPan Number paPersonal Author auPersonal Author Variants avPublisher pbCABI Product Code scUp-posted Descriptors upWeb URL urYear of Publication yr
Super indexes
Super index name Super index field tag Fields searched Example
Title title: English titleForeign title
Author author:
Personal authorAuthor variant
Additional authorDocument editorCorporate author
Subject subject:
Geographic locationOrganism descriptor
DescriptorIdentifier
CABThesaurus
• Controlled vocabulary for indexing terms• Hierarchical structure• Searchable database for easy referencing• Multilingual resource covering 11 languages
Hemileia vastatrix
Hemileia
Pucciniales
Pucciniomycetes
Pucciniomycotina
Basidiomycotina
Fungi
Eukaryotes
Animals Plants
Ascomycota Phycomycetes ZygomycotaAscomycota
AgaricomycotinaUstilaginomycotina Wallemiomycetes
ClassiculomycetesMicrobotryomycetes
HelicobasidialesPachnocybales Septobasidiales Platygloeales
Aecidium UropyxidaceaeCronartiaceaeRaveneliaceae
Hemileia coffeicola Hemileia wrightiae
We have covered….
● Advanced search screen for simple field searching and date refine options
● Manual field searching using field tags and ACBI specific indexing codes
● Building complex searches with CAB Thesaurus
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