Using CAB Abstracts to Search for Articles
Mar 27, 2015
Using CAB Abstracts to Search for Articles
Objectives
• Learn what CAB Abstracts is
• Know the main features of CAB Abstracts
• Learn how to conduct searches
• Learn how to retrieve full-text articles through CAB
• Review techniques of good searching
What Is CAB Abstracts?• Internationally recognized database of
information for applied agriculture and life sciences
• Covers research and development literature from thousands of international serials
• Provides abstracts (brief article descriptions)• Also now provides access to some full-text
articles
What Is CAB Abstracts?• Bibliographic scholarly database-includes
references to published material from a variety of publishers
• Used to: – search for information for a specific project or
essay– provide an overview of research activity in a
given area – keep up-to-date with a specific subject area
through regular searching
CAB Abstracts and AGORA
• CAB generously offers a subset of CAB Abstracts to AGORA users
• Covers about 80% of journals in AGORA
• You must log in to AGORA to gain access to full-text articles and must also log in to search CAB.
Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started
From the AGORA Home pageClick on Login
Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started
Login using your institutionalUsername and password
Ensure that you have Java on the machine that
you are using or a pop up message
will ask you to download
User Authentication Page
Click on AGORA Journal Search if search page does not launch
automatically. DO NOT close this window until you want to log out.
Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started
This will take you to the Journals page. type in your search query using Keywords
-the more specific and narrowed down,- the better the results.
- For example type “Beans” and click search
This will give you a list ofThe results with mainly the citations and a brief abstract of the contents
One can navigate thesePages to see more results
Of matching abstracts
Using CAB Abstracts: Getting Started
One can access the abstract only or the full-textTo view the abstract click
On “Abstract”.
The abstract will then open in a new window with a link to the
Journal’s home page or full-text
Using CAB Abstracts
To go directly to the Publisher’s website and
Get the full-text article click here
The publisher website will then open in a new window with details of the journal
To view the list of journals and articles
Click here
To view the full-textClick the PDF link
Ensure that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your machine to
enable the reading of articles in PDF
Using CAB AbstractsTo save
click here
Choose the locationwhere you want to
save the articleand click save
To printclick here
Choose the printer you want to use and select the number of
copies you want to print
Using the Search Wizard
Having done the keywordsearch you can furtherrefine your search by
using the Search Wizard
Click on the Search Wizard link
The search wizardtemplate opens.
Click on the Search Wizard link
Alternatively you can use the Search Wizardin the Journals page
The search wizardtemplate opens.
Use the first drop down arrow to refine your search using these Various disciplines
For example one can use “English Item Title”
which is simply the titleof the article
Also refine your search byusing these Boolean
operators- Optional is OR,Required is AND and Prohibited
is NOT
Choosing required in thisCase means the article nameOught to have “bean” in it.
To use more fields to combineand further refine your search
click on any
Put more keywords and further refine usingThe drop down menus
In this case we wantboth bean and cultivation toappear in the article name
Click on search to get your results
Search box shows the Combination of our search
List of articles and abstracts with “bean” and “cultivation”
in the titles. Scroll down to See full list of articles and abstracts
To view full abstract Click on abstract
Full abstract opens in new Window. For the full text
Click on Journal home page
OR click directly on the Journal home page linkon the articles list page
Journal Home Page opens in new window
Scroll down to view Full list of articles and
Choose the one you want
1.) To download full text inPlain HTML text click here
2.) To download full text inPDF text click here
Full text article in HTML
Scroll down to read
To download full text inPDF text you can
also click here
Full text in HTML with links to references
Full text in PDF formatTo print or save
click here
More Tips for Effective Searching
Keywords and Selection
• Understand the question
• Select all the important concepts
• Add synonyms, singulars and plurals
After the Search
• Display the records
• Check the relevance
• Look for additional search terms
• Modify the search if required
Summary
• CAB Direct is scholarly bibliographic database that will find citations and links to full-text articles
• Is be able to link to full text through through AGORA
• Good searching technique saves time, effort and money
Thank you.
Any Questions?
The source of most of this lecture is the CAB Direct Introduction training PowerPoint module found at http://www.cabdirect.org/userguides.asp
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