WISER Science CAB Abstracts for environmental research Judith Pinfold, Anne Marie Townsend February 2007
Mar 21, 2016
WISER Science
CAB Abstracts for environmental research
Judith Pinfold, Anne Marie TownsendFebruary 2007
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Why use an abstracting service?• Plus points
• Wide coverage• Content chosen by subject specialists• Publisher independent• Long back runs• Currency• Abstract is an indicator of usefulness
• Minus pointsNot full text within database, but may have link to full textComplex searching
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Biological/environmental abstracting services
•Leading products available in Oxford• Biological abstracts• CAB abstracts• CSA Illumina• Forest Science• GeoBase• Zoological record
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Main scope• Very broadly• Biological Abstracts – life sciences• CAB Abstracts – applied science• CSA Illumina – diverse coverage - arts, social science,
biology including environmental sciences/pollution management
• Forest Science – forestry, forest products, wood Includes relevant CAB Abstracts records• GeoBase –sciences including environment• Zoological Record - zoology
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Today•CAB Abstracts
• Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record covered in WISER session on 26 February
• Details and booking at http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/staff/information_skills/wiser
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CABI / CAB abstracts ?• Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International• Founded 1913, International status 1985• HQ in Wallingford, Oxon.• Offices worldwide• Inter-governmental, not-for-profit organization• 40 member countries• Research/information services in applied life sciences
(global focus)
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CAB Abstracts
• Over 5 million abstracts• Online since 1972• 200,000+ new records added each year• Regular weekly updates• Source material from over 158 countries • 50+ languages• 20% environmental records non-English• Older material (1910-1971) covered by CAB Abstracts archive• Print publications also available
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Types of source documents
• Scientific journals• Bulletins• Books• Theses (if published in a series)• Reports• Conferences
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CAB subject coverage
•Agriculture in the broadest sense, including
Plant Science, Animal Science, Human Health, Parasitology, Ecology, Forestry, Soil Science, Food Science & products, Agricultural economics, Biotechnology, Agricultural Engineering, Leisure and Tourism
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Environmental subject coverage• Forestry• Soils• Water• Grasslands• Climate change• Biodiversity
From 222 core environmental journals +other sources
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Forest science• Subset of CAB Abstracts• Listed separately on Oxlip
Coverage
• Forest management• Forests and forest trees• Agroforestry and community forestry• Non-wood forest products• Wood technology
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Future developments for 2008• Enhanced coverage of biodiversity
Will cover all vegetation types more comprehensively (e.g. tundra, fynbos)
Better coverage of freshwater aquatic biodiversity
Improved coverage of ecology – theoretical and applied
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Access in Oxford•Via OXLIP (portal for networked electronic resources)• Biological abstracts• CAB abstracts• Forest Science• Zoological Record• All above are on ERL (using OVID [Silverplatter] software)
• CSA Illumina and GeoBase use different software
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Platforms?• Way of viewing data• Functionality / appearance varies between platforms
• OVID now owns SilverPlatter and plans to merge platforms later this year
• So our current platform will change – probably Autumn 2007
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OVID
• This is the current platform for CAB Abstracts and Forest Science used in Oxford
• On ERL (Electronic Reference Library) via Oxlip
• Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record also use OVID
• Convenient for cross-searching between databases
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Access outside Oxford -Remember to set up BEFORE leaving Oxford via OUCS
• Register for Remote Access Account https://register.oucs.ox.ac.uk/self/remote_access• Sign in using Oxford single sign-on login (as for Webmail/Weblearn)• For ERL databases use Virtual Private Network (VPN)
http:/www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/oucs-service• Download Cisco VPN software
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http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk
• ‘Information for users’ in box on right
• ‘Electronic resources’
• Oxlip
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Find electronic resources from Oxford libraries webpage
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Choose Oxlip
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Oxlip – Oxford list of electronic databasesBrowse by Subject group or Name of database
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Let’s do a search• From Oxlip go to CAB Abstracts via Title list
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Choose first letter of database
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CAB Abstracts
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Useful information about Database coverage
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Access via WebSpirs – click again to get to CAB Abstracts
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Nearly there …
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We can now start searching …
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Useful information on screen• Coverage = 22 databases, i.e. range of years
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Topic: Effects of climate change on biodiversity in Asia
Easiest is ‘simple search’ - defaultType keywords in boxAll fields searched (Subject, Title, Author, Descriptor, CABI codes)
Keywords:Biodiversity, climate change, Asia
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Results
Full text icon + link
Click here for full record
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Change display / sort records
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Full record – search terms highlighted
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Get full text
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Electronic journal available to Oxford University
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Ready to print
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Link not available?• Sometimes full text not available
• BUT don’t give up …
Look on OLIS
Ask a Librarian
Obtain via Inter Library Loan (ILL) Standard charge of £3.50 (OULS)
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Search history
Can be modified, saved, rerun
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While we’re here – get email alerts to latest additions to database with SDI
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Same search – but limit• Limit by subject / title / author
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Fewer results
CABI field codes containingsearch terms
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More sophisticated searching
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Lots of fields to choose from
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and limit by year?
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Other limits?
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You can also get better searches if you• Use truncation
south* to retrieve south, southern
afric* to retrieve africa, african
oil spill* to retrieve oil spill, oil spills, oil spillage
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Thesaurus / index
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Try the thesaurus
To find Narrower terms, related terms, broader terms – ‘explode search’
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Use the index – for example author search – note how CABI cites authors – e.g. bloggs-t
Authors not always consistent –Check and combine sets?
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Mark and print records
Print, download,or email records
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Select which fields to print/print all records
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Or export to Refworks
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First make sure you have a Refworks account – go via Oxlip
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Have a go?
• Try the exercise sheets
• Any questions / comments?