Transcript Presentation - Bodleian Libraries

WISER Science
CAB Abstracts for
environmental research
Judith Pinfold, Anne Marie Townsend
February 2007
Why use an abstracting service?
• Plus points
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Wide coverage
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Content chosen by subject specialists
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Publisher independent
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Long back runs
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Currency
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Abstract is an indicator of usefulness
• Minus points
Not full text within database, but may have link to full text
Complex searching
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Biological/environmental
abstracting services
•Leading products available in Oxford
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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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How do I find Oxlip?
• Go to the general library webpage
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 databases
Browse 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’ - default
Type keywords in box
All 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 containing
search 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?
[email protected]
[email protected]
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