Transcript African healthline - Department of Library Services

African Healthline
Academic Information Service
What you need to start
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On campus:
– Library registration (at library counter)
– Network registration (at library counter)
– Ask for training sessions if you still feel
uncomfortable searching African Healthline
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Off campus:
– Library registration & African Healthline
passwords
Background
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The premier collection of bibliographic
databases on African health issues
 Unique collection of sources including
many from Africa and covering all aspects
of African health issues.
 Covering years since 1966
 Quarterly updates
 More than 700 000 records
Down to search basics
 Boolean
operators
 Truncation symbols
 Searching words next to each other
BOOELIAN LOGIC
AND / OR / NOT
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OR
AIDS
Education
Programmes
BOOELIAN LOGIC
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AND
AIDS
Education
AND Programmes
BOOELIAN LOGIC
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NOT
Not
Eductation
Programmes
AIDS
Truncation symbols
Use the * after the ROOT of the word to pick
up different forms of the word
 Eg:
 Program*
To include:
• Programmer
• Programming
• Programs
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Searching words next to each other
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Adjacent (adj)
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Eg: AIDS adj education adj programs
Select database
Display search level
Click on “Change Search
Display Level”
Change search and display level
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Select “split screen” and “advanced search mode”
Searching words in title
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Example demo search: (AIDS or Acquired adj Immunodeficiency adj
Syndrome) and (Education* adj Program*)
Click on “search”
Type in search
terms using
Boolean logic and
truncation
Search results
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Use blue bar to adjust frame size up and down to
view results
Select output for e-mail, save or print
Use dropdown
menu to select
output
Mark records individually
or click button before email or printing
Display format for browsing
references
Use
dropdown
menu to
select format
Formulate and submit a
search strategy
– Key words search/phrases fields scans the
most commonly queried fields
– To browse index of key words/phrases
search field, click on “index” located in
the command menu.
– Insert index entries or type them directly
into the search field
Search an index
Type in
search term
and click on
“index”
View index
Mark relevant
terms and click on
search
View results
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Will appear instantaneously in the results screen
below
Adjust blue bar to
view results below
Select display/output format
Use dropdown
menu to select
and display
Mark your preferences for display and
output format
Mark records before printing or
email or click on mark all at
bottom of page
FEEL WELCOME TO ASK
FOR HELP
Created by Myleen Oosthuizen and Anneline Viljoen
February 2004