EUL Database Manual:
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4. LWW and LWW Archive Journals 5. Wilson Humanities Abstracts
Full Text 6. Science direct, not
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Global
Health is a major database of core public health literature; it includes
significant unique content in the areas of tropical medicine, infectious
diseases, vector control, food safety and epidemiology.
It contains
over 1 million records, 95% of which contain informative abstracts. Over 70,000
records are selected, abstracted and classified by subject specialists every
year. Including information from more than 3500 serials, as well as a similar
number of non-serial sources - books, book chapters, reports, conference
proceedings, patents, theses, and electronic-only publications are added annually.
For more
information about the Ovid software, choose
Subject Searching
Keyword - 
searches a group of subject fields within this
database.
Mapping - 
takes you to a list of subjects taken from the
Subject Headings within this database.
Choose to
search by selecting subjects on the left, choose options on the right. Choosing
“Explode” searches for a subject and all of the subjects within the same
category.
Author, Title and Journal Searching
Author - 
enter
a last name and initial(s) to see a list of authors. Choose all the entries
required.
Title - 
enter
a word or phrase to be searched in the title.
Journal - 
enter the name of a journal or publication to
see a list of publications. Choose all the entries required.
Other Database Fields
More Fields
– 
choose here to see a list of all searchable
fields within a database. One field, any combination of fields or all fields
can be searched (Perform Search) or browsed (Display Indexes). Choose the I
icon (or the Field Guide) to see field information.
Notable Fields
Subject Fields
Broad Terms
– a subject field containing, the broader subject categories for subjects, locations
or organisms in the subject headings.
CABICODES/CABICODE
Words – the CAB classification search or browse using the numeric codes or
words, or use the classification browsing Tool.
Descriptor
Index – Geographic Locations, Organisms, Subject Headings
Geographic
Location – places, regions, countries.
Identifiers
– new or novel subjects
Organism
Descriptors – names of plants, animals, bacteria etc
Subject
Headings/Heading Words – subjects from the CAB Thesaurus.
Other Fields
CAS
Registry Numbers – unique numbers which describe chemical substances.
E Mail
Address – author or contact email address.
Institution
– location or address or the author, generally companies, academic institutions
or government departments.
Meeting –
information about a conference or meeting. See Document Title.
Original
Title – foreign language title for non-English publications.
Limits
Commonly
used limits are listed on the Main Search Page, Others can be chosen from the
More Limits 
page.
Limits generally allow you to choose from within types of documents, languages
and parts of the population.
Print, Save and Email
Use Results
Manager to Print, Save or Email results.
2. CAB Abstracts (Back
to Index)
The
World-renowned CAB Abstracts is the largest professionally-produced database
covering international issues in agriculture, forestry, and allied disciplines
in the life sciences. The database contains over 4 million records from over
11,000 journals; Books, conferences, reports, and other literature. Subjects
covered include animal and crop husbandry, animal and plant breeding, plant
protection, genetics, forestry engineering, economics, veterinary medicine,
human nutrition, land use and rural development.
For more
information about the Ovid software, choose
Subject Searching
Keyword - searches a group of subject fields within this
database.
Mapping - 
takes you to a list of subjects taken from the
Subject Headings within this database.
Choose to
search by selecting subjects on the left, choose options on the right. Choosing
“Explode” searches for a subject and all of the subjects within the same category.
Author, Title and Journal Searching
Author - enter
a last name and initial(s) to see a list of authors. Choose all the entries
required.
Title - enter
a word or phrase to be searched in the title.
Journal - enter the name of a journal or publication to
see a list of publications. Choose all the entries required.
Other Database Fields
More Fields
– choose here to see a list of all searchable
fields within a database. One field, any combination of fields or all fields
can be searched (Perform Search) or browsed (Display Indexes). Choose the I
icon (or the Field Guide) to see field information.
Notable Fields
Subject Fields
Broad Terms
– a subject field containing, the broader subject categories for subjects,
locations or organisms in the subject headings.
CABICODES/CABICODE
Words – the CAB classification search or browse using the numeric codes or
words, or use the browsing Tool.
Descriptor
Index – Geographic Locations, Organisms, Subject Headings
Geographic
Location – places, regions, countries.
Identifiers
– new or novel subjects
Organism
Descriptors – names of plants, animals, bacteria etc
Subject
Headings/Heading Words – subjects from the CAB Thesaurus.
Other Fields
CAS Registry
Numbers – unique numbers which describe chemical substances.
E Mail
Address – author or contact email address.
Institution
– location or address or the author, generally companies, academic institutions
or government departments.
Meeting –
information about a conference or meeting. See Document Title.
Original
Title – foreign language title for non-English publications.
Limits
Commonly
used limits are listed on the Main Search Page, Others can be chosen from the
More Limits page.
Limits generally allow you to choose from within types of documents, languages
and parts of the population.
Print, Save and Email
Use Results
Manager to Print, Save or Email results.
3. Medline (Back
to Index)
Probably
the most famous medical database in the World, with information on a broad
range of health related topics for Doctors, Nurses, Researchers and
Administrators. Full-text links are included to the Ovid journals and many free
journals available via the Internet.
MEDLINE® is
the United States National Library of Medicine's premier database providing
information on the following subjects: Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Veterinary
medicine, Allied health and Pre-clinical sciences. As well, MEDLINE is the
primary source of global information from international literature on
biomedicine, including the following topics as they relate to biomedicine and
health: Biology, Environmental science, Marine biology, Plant and animal
science, Biophysics and Chemistry
The Ovid
MEDLINE database contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from
more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the
NLM uses a
controlled vocabulary of terms to index articles, to catalog books and other
holdings, and to facilitate searching within MEDLINE. MEDLINE’s
controlled-vocabulary thesaurus contains Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) to
describe the subject of each journal article in this database.
For more
information about the Ovid software, choose
Subject Searching
Mapping - takes you to a list of subjects taken from the
Subject Headings within this database.
Keyword - searches a group of subject fields within this
database.
Choose to
search by selecting subjects on the left, choose options on the right. Choosing
“Explode” searches for a subject and all of the subjects within the same
category. “Focus” searches for where the subject is the major focus of the
journal article.
Author, Title and Journal Searching
Author - enter
a last name and initial(s) to see a list of authors. Choose all the entries
required. Author Full Name, Author Last Name and Primary Author are also
searchable from More Fields.
Title - enter
a word or phrase to be searched in the title.
Journal - enter the name of a journal or publication to
see a list of publications. Choose all the entries required.
Other Database Fields
More Fields
– choose here to see a list of all searchable
fields within a database. One field, any combination of fields or all fields
can be searched (Perform Search) or browsed (Display Indexes). Choose the I
icon (or the Field Guide) to see field information.
Notable Fields
Subject Fields
Floating
Subheading – wherever a subheading (an aspect of a subject) has been applied.
Exploded
Subheading – subject groups of subheadings.
Keyword Headings/Keyword
Heading Word – new or novel subjects
Subject
Headings/Heading Words – subjects from the MeSH Thesaurus.
Other Fields
CAS
Registry Number/EC Number/Name of Substance – unique numbers which describe
chemicals, enzymes or substances.
Institution
– location or address or the author, generally companies, academic institutions
or government departments.
Original
Title – foreign language title for non-English publications.
Limits
Commonly
used limits are listed on the Main Search Page, Others can be chosen from the
More Limits page.
Limits generally allow you to choose from within types of documents, languages
and parts of the population.
Print, Save and Email
Use Results
Manager to Print, Save or Email results.
4. LWW and LWW Archive
Journals (Back to Index)
The LWW
Journals database links to all the bibliographic databases to provide full-text
access. It is also a separate database, which allows you to completely search
every journal article.
For more
information about the Ovid software, choose
Subject Searching
Keyword - searches a group of subject fields within
this database, including all the full text fields.
Author, Title and Journal Searching
Author - enter
a last name and initial(s) to see a list of authors. Choose all the entries
required.
Title - enter
a word or phrase to be searched in the title.
Journal - enter the name of a journal or publication to
see a list of publications. Choose all the entries required. Or browse a list
of journals from the Browse Journals screen.
Other Database Fields
More Fields
– choose here to see a list of all searchable
fields within a database. One field, any combination of fields or all fields
can be searched (Perform Search) or browsed (Display Indexes). Choose the I
icon (or the Field Guide) to see field information.
Notable Fields
Subject Fields
Author Keywords
– words and phrases used by the author to describe the journal article
Title – the
title of the article
Abstract –
the descriptive abstract
Outline
Headings – subheadings within the text
Other Fields
Caption Text
– the text which is used as a caption to narrate the pictures, tables, charts,
graphs and other graphics with the journal articles
Byline Text
– the text which describes the affiliations of all the authors, often larger
than the institution entry and other information about the source of the
article
Institution
– the affiliation of the authors provided in the bibliographic information
Limits
Commonly
used limits are listed on the Main Search Page, Others can be chosen from the
More Limits page.
Limits generally allow you to choose from within types of documents, languages
and the presence of graphics or abstracts.
Print, Save and Email
Use Results
Manager to Print, Save or Email results.
5.
Presented
using the WebSpirs interface, Humanities Full Text brings you full text with
abstracts and bibliographic indexing for the most noted scholarly journals in the
humanities, as well as many important specialized magazines.
Humanities
Abstracts Full Text contains abstracting and indexing coverage for all 500
periodicals included in Wilson’s Humanities Index as well as the full text of
over 160 periodicals, offering instant access to information from publications
such as: American Journalism Review; American Poetry Review; Art Journal; Asian
Folklore Studies; Canadian Journal of History; Central European History;
Contemporary Review; Dance Magazine; Film Criticism; Journal of Popular
Culture; Opera News; Perspectives of New Music; Scandinavian Studies; World
Literature Today.
Subjects
covered include: Archeology; Art; Communications; Drama; Film; Folklore;
History; Humanities; Language; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Photography;
Religion.
For more
information about the SilverPlatter WebSpirs software, choose
Subject Searching 
Anywhere -
all searchable fields within the database
Subject –
subject fields within the database
Author or Title Searching
Author -
enter a last name and initial(s) to search for an author (Corporate Author is
also available)
Title -
enter a word or phrase to be searched in the title
Other Database Fields 
Choose here
to see a list of all searchable fields within a database. Create combinations
of terms and fields using the Terms, In (fields) boxes and Boolean Operator
choices. Use the Database Guide to find out about the fields.
Browsing Indexes 
Choose here
to browse for general subjects or field specific indexes – journal name,
language, type of publication etc.
Find Citation 
Choose here
to search a group of citation variables in one step.
Limits
Commonly used
limits are listed on the Search Page, Others can be chosen from the More Limits
page. Limits generally allow you to choose from within types of documents,
languages and the presence of full-text or abstracts
Search History 
Choose here
to combine searches using menus, to delete or edit search statements or to save
searches or create SDI’s (Alerts).
Print, Save and Email 
From any
display choose here to output references, the print, email or save pages offer
further output details and formats.