ScienceFTS

toc =Faculty Workshop: Science Full Text Select=



=Science Full Text Select=

This 100% full text science database includes all the full text content from Wilson’s acclaimed Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text, plus additional related full text science titles indexed by other Wilson databases including Readers’ Guide Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Full Text.
 * Covers over **360 journals** with full text articles, indexing and abstracts, many of them peer-reviewed.
 * Offers a broad range of science literature to students on the community college level.

Acoustics • Aeronautics • Agriculture & Agricultural Research • Animal Sciences • Applied Mathematics • Artificial Intelligence • Astronomy • Atmospheric Science • Biochemistry • Biology • Biotechnology • Botany • Chemistry • Communication & Information Technology • Computer Databases & Software • Conservation • Construction • Cytology • Earth Science• Ecology • Energy Resources • Engineering • Entomology • Environmental Science • Fire Prevention • Food & Nutrition • Forestry • Genetics • Geology • Health & Medicine • Horticulture • Immunology • Limnology • Machinery • Marine Biology • Mathematics • Metallurgy • Microbiology • Mineralogy • Mining • Neural Networks • Oceanography • Optical & Neural Computing • Paleontology • Petroleum & Gas • Physics • Physiology • Plant Pathology • Plastics • Robotics • Science Education • Soil Science • Solid State Technology • Space Science • Textile Industry & Fabrics • Transportation • Veterinary Medicine • Waste Management • Weed Sciences • Wildlife Management • Zoology
 * Some of the Subjects Covered:**

=[|Science Full Text Select]=

Basic Search


Searching automatically includes the **All-Smart Search** (a rules-based search). Simply ent​er terms, or type in a more structured Boolean search.
 * Basic Search**


 * To search for specific terms, using the All-Smart Search:**

1. Select one or more databases from the selection area. Click **Close Database Selection Area** or **Open Database Selection Area**, as appropriate.

2. Enter a word or phrase.

3. Mark or unmark the full text search option: **Also search within the full text of the articles, for extra results**. (Choice available only for appropriate databases.)

4. Click **Start**.

To use Search / Boolean operators:

1. Select one or more databases from the selection area. Click **Close Database Selection Area** or **Open Database Selection Area**, as appropriate.

2. Enter a constructed search string. Examples: Bound phrase: **“Greek tragedy”** Boolean search: **(painters or sculptors) in Italy** Boolean search: **((water or contamination) and pollution) in su**

Note: Although automatic as part of the **All-Smart Search**, it is possible to create a **Bound Phrase** by entering quotation marks (**" "**) around your search terms for any field being searched. This has the effect of turning off stemming/truncation, and searching the exact terms entered. A failure to use the bound phrase in some cases will give the user undesirable results. For example, a search for a play in the Play Title field (tipl) for a play called **Kean; or, Disorder and genius**, will treat the **Or** and **And** as operators, generating a syntax error. If placed within quotation marks, the following search will return the exact play title.

"Kean; or, Disorder and genius" in tipl

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">**3**. Click **Start**.

=Advanced Search=



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">To construct a search: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> Click **Close Database Selection Area** or **Open Database Selection Area**, as appropriate.
 * 1.** Select one or more databases from the database selection area.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">2. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Enter a word or phrase in the first text-entry area and make the appropriate selection from the **as:** drop-down list. When using the **All - Smart Search** query do not use truncation symbols or other special characters. The Wilson **All - Smart Search** query will automatically search those options. Simply type the word or phrase that you are interested in and click **Start**. The search results will automatically show the most relevant articles at the top of the set when the **Sort by Relevance** option has been selected.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">3. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">To formulate a search within specific fields, select **and**, **or**, **not**, or **in** and enter additional terms in the second entry area. You can also use a third entry area for a more complex search. If desired, modify your search by selecting from the available on-screen options for sorting, limiting, article types, physical descriptions, and **Expand:** that includes searching the full text of articles, for additional results.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">4. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Click **Start**.

=Search Results=



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Search Results: Brief Display <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> The results screen lists all the results of your search. By default (unless modified by your library), the list is sorted by relevance and provides the short form of each citation — the Brief Display. The search query is included at the top of the screen, along with a summary of the total number of records and the database(s) searched. If the number of results is very high, you may prefer to refine your search before examining each record.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Content Discovery Keys <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> At the left of your search results are several new limiting choices that will help the user to further refine or focus their search results. Each is designed to help the user focus their search results, or narrow their search, based upon their already completed search.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">New Search by Subject Area – <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">These subjects represent the 8 most frequently appearing indexed subjects from the first 50 records in the search results. By clicking on one of these subjects, a new “subject” search is launched within the database(s) being search, for an entirely new result set that include the specific subject.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Narrow These Results – <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">This area, depending upon the database(s) being searched, will allow the user to narrow the search only within the current result set (not an entirely new search as in #1 above). The current search result may be narrowed by Author, Subject, Document Type, and/or Publication Year.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">My WilsonWeb (Optional) – <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">This area is available when a user has logged into their “My WilsonWeb” parallel account. Listed will be Saved Searches, Saved Alerts (emailed alerts, RSS Feed), Saved Articles (can create folders), a “My Notes” area, an Update (My WilsonWeb) Account link, plus a Customize Interface link.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Recent Searches - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">A running list of competed searches during the session is displayed, allowing user to see “where they’ve been,” plus the ability to go back to a previous search result, if desired, without having to start their search from the beginning.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Various Views of a Record <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> Click on the title of the record to see the full display of that single record. If available, the full text of an article will be included on this display. Also, included on this screen is a **Translate Full Text** button, for the purposes of translating a Full Text HTML record from English into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Korean, or Dutch. Alternately, it is possible to translate articles in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese into English. There is also a new **Click to Hear Audio File** option, in which a user may listen to an article or biography in either a male or female voice, plus save the text in an MP3 format for later listening. If you click **View: Full Display** at the top of your results, you will simultaneously change all records in your result set to a full display of the citation (or Master Record in the case of biography databases) and you may then scroll up or down the result set, as desired. Click **View: Brief Display** at the top of your results to return to the brief display of all records in your search. When in your **Brief Display** or **Full Display** search results you may see icons that link to HTML Full Text, PDF Full Text, WilsonLink, Library Owns? (your library holdings), your InterLibrary Loan form, and other information, depending on the database(s) being searched.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Navigation Options <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> To go to the next page of results, click on the page number, **PREVIOUS** or **NEXT**, just above the results, or at the bottom of your results. The default setting for records per page is 10 records per page, but may be adjusted on your **Customize Display** screen or more permanently by the administrator of your system. You may also use a new “Jump to” option, where you can enter a specific page number (#) and then go to that specific page within your result set. Note the tabs at the top of the search results. By clicking on these, you can drill down into your results. For example, if you did not select Peer Reviewed as one of the limiters in your original search and now wish to do so, simply click the **PEER REVIEWED** tab and your results will be limited to Peer Reviewed articles. In addition, you can simultaneously select other tabs, or by **unclicking a tab,** eliminate that limiter from your results. Of course, you can always return to the original search results by clicking on the **ALL RESULTS** tab. A selected tab will change its color to yellow.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">To further refine your search from this page: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">To limit the search results to Full Text, PDF, Peer Reviewed, or Non-Peer Reviewed articles (or, Bios/Obits, or Images in biography databases), click on the appropriate tab above your search results. This will change the color of the tab to yellow and indicates that WilsonWeb has done another search to include that specific limiter. Multiple tabs can be selected, further narrowing your results. You may also, unselect any one of the tabs, as well. Note that by clicking on the tab called **Record View,** you will return to your initial results set prior to selecting the limiter tabs (automatically unchecks all tabs previously selected). Clicking the **Modify Search** buttons returns you all the way back to your original search, on the original search screen. To refine your search from the search results screen, do one of the following 1. Click **Modify Search** in the upper left corner of the screen (returns to the screen screen where you began the search). 2. Enter new terms in the new **Find** text entry box at the top right side of the results screen (an **All-Smart Search**). You may search within the results or start an entirely new search by selecting the appropriate radio button. 3. Select the various tabs displayed at the top of the results set. Note these tabs are dynamic and will only display those tabs appropriate to the database(s) being searched.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">4. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Click directly on the **Search** button on the navigational bar to return to the default search screen and then click either the **Basic Search** or **Advanced Search** screen to have access to all limiters desired.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Listen to HTML Dull Text records: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;"> Select “Click to hear audio file Male voice / Female voice” in the HTML full text popup window, or by clicking the article title in the results set for a full record view.

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Research guide prepared on 04/04/10 by William Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu