CAB AbstractsCAB Abstracts

How can I access CAB How can I access CAB AbstractsAbstractsCAB Abstracts can be accessed

from the Jotello F Soga Library’s ◦“The Virtual Library in your office” (

http://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/virtlib)

◦The complete list of databases of the University of Pretoria (http://www.library.up.ac.za/eresources/eresourcesaz.htm)

Start from Jotello F Soga Library

website:www.library.up.ac.za

/vet

Click on Veterinary databases

Scroll down on the displayed list and

click on CAB Abstracts

Supply your student/personnel number and PIN

Starting page of CAB Abstracts.

Click on Establish a new session

How to construct a searchHow to construct a search Plan your search strategy before you start your search

◦ Formulate your information need e.g. Stress factors in dairy cattle in South Africa

◦ Select the important keywords from this sentence e.g. stress, dairy, cattle , South Africa

◦ Always think of all the synonyms of words or terms e.g. (dairy or milk), (cattle or bovine or cow or cows)

◦ Combine your terms with and e.g. (dairy or milk) and (cattle or bovine or cow or cows) and “south africa”

Keep your search simple.

Remember your Boolean operators (and, or, not).

Keep in mind the different American and English spelling.

Two (or more) terms that are always used together, in

the same order, can be use as a term. (e.g. “babesia canis” and treatment)

Boolean operatorsBoolean operators AND Use AND to retrieve records containing both search terms: all terms must be

included in the record.Use AND to narrow your search and retrieve fewer records.

Example: elephants AND lions retrieve records containing both the keywords. 

OR Use OR to retrieve records containing either or both search terms.

Use OR to broaden your search and retrieve a greater number of records.Use OR for synonyms or spelling variations.

Remember always to put your terms in brackets when using "or" e.g. (dog or dog or canine)

 Example 1: milk OR dairy retrieves records containing either milk or dairy, or both the keywords.Example 3: behavior OR behaviour 

NOT Use NOT to exclude certain items from your search.

Caution: It is easy to exclude relevant terms; use the NOT operator with care! Example 1: “dog” not “tick” (will retrieve all articles containing the word dog, but

will exclude all articles containing the word tick)

Type your search terms in the

displayed window – remember about Boolean search

operators

Select a field to search

The results of your search

Repeat a search with a second search

term

The results of the second search

To combine the searches click on Search History

Select the sets you wish to

combine and choose and/or

The results of the combining process. Click on the number of results to view the

complete list

The results of the combined sets

The number of results / page

can be changed

To view the full record click on the title of the article

The full record

Full text access

Author’s e-mail address

Article title

Authors

Journal informationAbstract

The Full text article

Results can be refined with the help of Subject

areas, Document types, Publication

years, Source titles etc.

Selected results can be e-mailed

and /or printed.

Click “Print this page” to print the selected

results

Complete this page to send results by e-

mail

Selected results can be exported to Refworks

Should you ever come across this

page click on “Continue to this

website”

Login to Refworks to export your

results into your Refworks folders

Please take note of this message

If you wish you can register yourself on CAB Abstracts. Click

on “Search History/Create alerts”

Why Register?Why Register? As a registered user, you can:

◦ Save searches to our server that you can later open when you resume your research.

◦ Set up search history alerts. The alert automatically searches the latest update to the database, and then sends the results to you by e-mail.

◦ Set up citation alerts whereby you are notified by e-mail whenever an article on your Citation Alerts list has been cited by a new article. This feature requires a subscription to Web of Science.

◦ Create and maintain custom journal lists that you frequently read. This feature requires a subscription to Current Contents Connect.

Click on Register

Supply your e-mail address as

requested and click on “Continue” .

Complete the next page as well

From now on you will be able to Save searches and Create

Alerts

A saved search

CAB Abstracts can be accessed from

your mobile device

The mobile site

Supply keywords(remember Boolean

operators).Click on “Search”

The results page. Selected references can be exported to Refworks

or e-mailed.

Results can be refined

Results can be refined

Please feel free to contact the library if you have any suggestions or questions