CAB Abstracts (via EbscoHost)

Let the database do the work(CAB Direct platform)CAB Abstracts (via EbscoHost)t.corser@cabi.org

Tom Corser , Training manager

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1Agenda & objectivesIntro to CAB Abstracts & Global Health

Platform overview

CAB Thesaurus

Search history builder

Personalised workspaces (MyCABDirect)

Questions & answers

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2CLICK TO ADD TITLEPortfolio link http://portfolio:8090, enter your usual network username and password.CABIs mission: Improve peoples lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment

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3CAB Abstracts & Global HealthSubject coverage and contentCAB Abstractsdedicated to applied life sciencesover 8 million records (266K FT records)CAB Abstracts Archive 1913 present

Global Healthspecialising in Public Healthover 2.5 million records (62K FT records)Global Health Archive 1910 present

Unique hard -to-source contentgrey literature incl. conference proc., reports & thesesunique electronic international serialsregular weekly updates

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4CAB Abstracts (subject coverage)KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFEGlobal Health (subject coverage)KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFEGeographical coverage

8700+ international serialsfrom over 119 countriescovering 50 languages

Translation for foreign abstractsvaluable regional insightsLatest global developments

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7CAB Directwww.cabdirect.org

KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE8Database searchingUseful search symbolsSymbolFunctionExample Phrase searchClimate change( )Orders the searchClimate AND (floods OR rainfall)?Individual character replacement Anly?e search analyze and analyse*Automatic truncationHous* searches house, houses, housing etc.KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFEYou may insert your own picture (Click icon to add picture). No line bordering picture. Portfolio link http://portfolio:8090, enter your usual network username and password

9CAB ThesaurusAdvanced & accurate searchingMetadata fieldField tagOrganism descriptorODDescriptorsDEGeographic locationGLIdentifiersIDBroader termsUPSubject term

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10CAB Thesaurus

Controlled vocabulary containing 250,000 terms

Integrated resource for complex search queries building

Vocabulary hierarchies, relations and variants

Multilingual resource - 11 languages(Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish for most terms)

KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFEKenyaEast AfricaAfrica South of SaharaFrancophone AfricaAnglophone AfricaWest AfricaSouthern AfricaCentral AfricaSahelRwandaSudanTanzaniaEthiopiaAfricaNARROWER TERMSBROADER TERMSKNOWLEDGE FOR LIFEBroad terms

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12CABICODESSubject codes that return all relevant records on specific topicSearch either alphanumerical code or subject titleHeading titleCABICODEForestry, Forest Products and AgroforestryKK000 Forests and Forest Trees (Biology & Ecology)KK100Silviculture and Forest ManagementKK110 Forest Mensuration and ManagementKK120 Forest FiresKK130 Ornamental and Amenity TreesKK160 KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFEYou may insert your own picture (Click icon to add picture). No line bordering picture. Portfolio link http://portfolio:8090, enter your usual network username and password

1311th November: Let the database do the work training webinar

Tom Corser, Wallingford UKt.corser@cabi.org

www.cabi.org/training

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