Other Help

In addition to this online help, you may prefer to view other sources of help such as QuickGuides, Search tips and Tutorial. To access this help, click the Help link provided at top right of the search screen.

Click any of the search field names such as Author, Title, Source/Periodical Names and Index Terms, and learn how to make the best use of that search field.

Click the help button , provided on the Database Menu screen, to learn how to select one or more databases for searching at the same time.

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Introduction

The Advanced Search is a complete database guide providing all available search fields and offering distinctive "fill-in-the-blank" searching. This intermediate level provides more versatility and focus. You can search all fields of the database separately or in any combination--while seeing all of them! Search fields aren't hidden away in drop boxes. You can use as many search fields as you want, and type as much search text as needed.

Advanced searches can be transferred or "traded-up" from the Quick Search or upgraded to the Expert Search "on the fly" by selecting the appropriate search mode option in the Change Search & Display Level window. Search strategies are transferred between databases whenever you use the same search mode.

Note: Unlike Quick Search, there is no need to select options from a drop box in order to specify a phrase search. Phrase searching is automatically assumed because in Advanced Search there are no drop boxes next to the search fields. A phrase is defined as any group of words situated between Boolean operators or entered alone. You can expand the concept of phrase searching by using the nearX or adjX proximity search operators in the Advanced  Search. See search operators. If you enclose a search word or phrase within quotation marks, BiblioLine will not automatically retrieve compound word forms and spelling variants but only the singular or plural word form, whichever you typed. Click here to learn how to use quotation marks for getting precise results.

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Command Menu

The Command Menu, located at top right of the search screen, is a guide to various sections of BiblioLine. Click the buttons provided in the Command Menu to explore different areas of functionality within BiblioLine.

The Command Menu consists of the following buttons:

Button	Purpose
	Click the Search button   to perform your search and display the records found matching your search criteria. The overall Total count is given for searches of more than one field. Individual match numbers are listed beside each field on a field by field basis.
	Each search field has "its own" separate index made up of words, terms, phrases or other entries that can be used for searching. You also can make up your own phrases for searching in most fields. To browse the index of any search field in the Advanced Search, put the cursor in the desired search field and click the Index button   located in the Command Menu. The index entries are displayed  in the results frame below the blue bar. On the left side of each index entry, you will find the total number of matching records and a check box to help you select the index entries for searching. You can automatically insert entries from the index or type them in directly in the search field box. Additional explanations can be found under How Terms are Indexed by clicking the Help button provided on the index display screen.
	The thesaurus is a compilation of descriptors, or key terms, which have been carefully chosen by the database producers to help standardize the terminology used for indexing and searching the database. A  Thesaurus button appears if the database provides this type of  term selection and retrieval. To browse the thesaurus in the Advanced Search, put the cursor in the desired search field and click the Thesaurus button  located in the Command Menu. The thesaurus terms are displayed in the results frame below the blue bar. Select individual terms or entire trees to search. You can automatically insert terms from the thesaurus into the chosen search field or type them in directly in the search field box.
	Click the Clear Search button to erase the contents of all the search fields and Modify Field Combinations box, and start a new search strategy.
	Click the Save/Retrieve Search button to save a search strategy for future use, and also to retrieve/use or delete a previously saved search strategy.
	Click the Change Search & Display Level button to display a new Change Search & Display Level window containing all the available options for search and display levels. You have a choice of three search levels:  Quick, Advanced and Expert. Select the search level you prefer by clicking the check box adjacent to it. The default is Quick. As for display levels, you have two options: Split screen and Full screen. The default is Split Screen. Click the Additional Options link, located at the bottom, to view more choices available for customising various BiblioLine features pertaining to searching, record display and output.
	When the browser is active, a world map icon with blinking lights appears at top right of the screen. The position of these lights shows the location of NISC's headquarters and network of affiliated companies.
Help	Click the Help link, located at top right of the screen, to access various help provided for Advanced Search: For a single-page, pictorial overview of the most significant features of BiblioLine, click the QuickGuides link. You can find here separate quickguides for the following: Quick Search, Advanced Search, Expert Search, record display and linking, search field index and thesaurus, and search operators and techniques. You have a choice of three formats--browser, pdf and MS-Word--for each quickguide. To view a summary of various search operators and techniques, use the Search tips link. A detailed explanation of the Advanced Search along with examples in a hyperlinked text format can be found by clicking the Help [in depth] link. BiblioLine Tutorial offers step-wise instructions based on screen shots. Select the topic of your choice from the BiblioLine Tutorial drop box and jump directly to an explanation of it in the Tutorial.
Feedback	To view an online response form, click the Feedback link. Use this form to send your feedback regarding BiblioLine software and database content, search experience and problems encountered, and suggestions for improvement.
Logout	Click the Logout link to leave BiblioLine. This method of exit is important since it is the only way the BiblioLine server is informed to provide access to others who may be waiting. Do not simply close the browser.
Database Menu	Click the Database Menu link to view a complete listing of available databases and select either a single database or a group for searching at one time. Note: If your institution subscribes to only one database from NISC, the Database Menu link does not appear.

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BiblioLine Search Steps

Search any NISC database in three easy steps:

Step 1: Choose the Search & Display Level
Step 2: Formulate & Submit a Search Strategy
Step 3: Sort/Display/Output Search Results

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Step 1: Choose the Search & Display Level

Click the Change Search & Display Level button, located in the Command Menu, to display the Change Search & Display Level window containing all the available options for search and display levels.

Search Levels

BiblioLine offers a choice of three search levels (screens)--Quick, Advanced and Expert--to meet the needs of users at various levels of experience with database searching.

Select the search level you prefer by clicking the radio button adjacent to it. The default is Quick.

Display Levels

As for display levels, there are two options: Split screen and Full screen. Select the display level you prefer by clicking the radio button adjacent to it. The default is Split Screen.

Use Split screen if you wish to view both your search criteria and results at the same time in the upper and lower frames. Drag the blue bar to increase or decrease frame sizes as needed.

Select Full Screen if you prefer to switch between search criteria screen and results display screen. In this mode,  you can view either search criteria or search results, in full screen. Also, this mode offers more search methods to broaden or narrow your results. To switch from search criteria screen to search results screen, click the Search button in the Command Menu. To revert, click the Return to Search button .

Click the Additional Options link, located at the bottom, to view more choices available for customising various BiblioLine's features pertaining to searching, record display and output.

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Step 2 : Formulate & Submit a Search Strategy

Performing a Search

Searches can be general, using only the Key Words/Phrases field, or narrowed through use of one or more of the other Specific (limit) search fields such as Author, Title, Publisher and Publication Year. The default search logic between search fields in Advanced Search is and. That is, the Boolean operator and connects and operates between these search fields although it is not visible on the screen. However, you can change the Boolean operators between fields using the Modify Field Combinations box provided at the bottom of the search fields. Remember, however, the more search fields used, the fewer the search results since the records retrieved must meet all the search criteria specified.

To begin your search, just type in words or phrases in one or more of the fields provided. Connect words or phrases with  search operators including Boolean operators (and, or, not), truncation (*, ?), range (>, <, >=, <=, to, thru), proximity (nearX and adjX). These search techniques can be used  to exclude unwanted records as well as retrieve intended, meaningful records. Use parenthesis (    ) to group search terms and direct the order of their processing according to your search needs. Then, press the Enter key or the Search button to perform the search and view the results, which appear instantaneously in the results screen below.

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Modify Field Combinations

Additional searching flexibility is provided by specifying the Boolean relationships (and, or, not) between search fields using the Modify Field Combinations box. As already stated, the default search logic between search fields in Advanced Search is and. That is, the Boolean operator and connects these search fields although it is not visible on the screen. However, you can change the Boolean operators between the fields using the Modify Field Combinations technique. The Modify Field Combinations box is located at the bottom of the search fields. To view it, click the Combine  fields - see below link at the top of the screen or drag the blue-coloured resize bar downward.

You will find inside the Modify Field Combinations box the names of all the search fields you are using along with the Boolean operators. The search  field names and Booleans appear in upper and lower case respectively.

Example:

(KEY WORDS/PHRASES and PERIODICAL NAMES [ONLY] and GEOGRAPHICAL AREA and PUBLICATION YEAR)

The Modify Field Combinations box is a powerful search tool. You can rearrange the search fields in any order you like or regroup them to suit your search strategy. But, do not edit the field names.

To edit the default Boolean relationship of and between the search fields, click inside the Modify Field Combinations box and delete/insert the operators and,  or or not between the search fields as desired. Search fields also can be grouped using parentheses (    ) to establish an order of processing. When you are satisfied with the search logic in the Modify Field Combinations box, click the button.

You can change all Boolean operators inside the Modify Field Combinations box to either and or or in one step.  To do it, just select the  radio button adjacent to the Boolean you wish to use and click the Modify Field Combinations button. The default is and. However, once you change any of the Boolean operators inside the box, your changes are left intact until you modify your search strategy by adding or removing a search field.

Click on the customize link, provided in the Modify Field Combinations box,  for more info (with examples) on how to perform powerful and very precise combinations of search fields.

Tip: Advanced searches can be transferred to the Expert Search for more precision simply by selecting the radio button adjacent to the Expert search mode option in the Change Search & Display Level window. To view the Change Search & Display Level window, click the Change Search & Display Level button in the Command Menu.

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Customizing Search for Precise Results

BiblioLine gives you complete control over how search fields are combined in the Modify Field Combinations box. There is no hidden processing sequence and no doubt about how your search is treated. You can change or rearrange the field order at anytime.

Use the Boolean operators and, or, or not to connect fields and  (     )  to group fields as desired. Or, change the actual order of the fields as long as you do not edit the field names.

For instance, complex and precise search strategies can be formulated as shown in the following four examples. (Note: Sample fields may not apply to all databases.)

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Editing Your Search Strategy

You may edit your search strategy in any search field or in the Modify Field Combinations box at any time. Next, just click the Search button to re-run your search. The results of your new search are displayed instantly.

To clear criteria in all search fields and Modify Field Combinations box  in a single step, click the Clear Search button in the Command Menu. Then, click into any search field and type your new search strategy.

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Search Details Display

The results of a search are provided in terms of "Matches" and a "Total".

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For retrieving and using any saved search strategy, click the Save/Retrieve Search button and  view the Save/Retrieve/Delete Search Strategy form. Select the search strategy you want to use from the saved search strategies box and click the Retrieve button adjacent to it to load the previously saved search strategy into your search. You will find the loaded search strategy in the search frame.

To delete any saved search strategy, click the Save/Retrieve Search button   to display the Save/Retrieve/Delete Search Strategy form. Select the search strategy you want to remove from the saved search strategies box and click the orange-coloured Delete button to remove it.

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Viewing the Index

Each search field has "its own" separate index made up of words, terms, phrases or other entries that can be used for searching. You also can make up your own phrases for searching in most fields. Additional explanations can be found under How Terms are Indexed by clicking the Help button found in the index display.

To browse the index of any search field, put the cursor in the search field and click the Index button in the Command Menu. If an index is available for that particular search field, then it is displayed in the results frame below the blue bar. On the left side of each index entry, you will find the total number of matching records and a check box to help you select the index entries for searching. You can automatically insert index entries into the search field or type them in directly in the search field.

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Viewing the Thesaurus

Some database products include an inbuilt thesaurus listing all the descriptors used for indexing. Thesaurus button appears on the Advanced Search screen if the database provides this type of term selection and retrieval. To display the thesaurus of search terms,  put the cursor in the desired search field and click the Thesaurus button   in the Command Menu. The thesaurus terms are displayed in the results frame below the blue bar. Select individual terms or entire trees to search. You can automatically insert into the search field the thesaurus terms or trees by selecting them. The selected thesaurus terms or trees are added to the search field you have chosen earlier.

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Configuration Options

You can customize some of BiblioLine's features relating to searching, record display and output to suit your preference. To view the search and display level options, click the Change Search & Display Level button located in the Command Menu to display a new window. You have a choice of three search levels--Quick, Advanced and Expert and two display levels--Split screen and Full screen.

For more options, click the Additional Options link provided at the bottom and view the Options menu.

Use the Options menu to turn ON or OFF features like: automatic plural/singular search;  global highlighting of search criteria in all data fields of the results (not just the corresponding search fields); including your search strategy in E-mail and Print/Save records; including the date of search in Email and Print/Save records; search details (in Expert Search); showing match numbers in record display and output; and maintaining the word order of phrase searches as either exact or varied.

Use the radio buttons next to each option to indicate your selection and click the Save Options button to effect change.

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Search History

The Search History lists all queries submitted to BiblioLine during your search session using either the Quick or Advanced Searches. A search session begins once you log onto BiblioLine, remains active as you change databases, and ends when you click the red Logout link in the Command Menu.

All aspects of each query such as the database name, search mode, search fields, search terms & operators, and number of retrieved records are recorded.

The Search History shows queries used in both the Quick and Advanced Searches. When you move from Quick to Advanced or vice versa, your entire search history is transferred to the new search mode. You can even reuse individual searches in Advanced Search which were originally created in Quick Search and vice versa.

You can transfer all your queries from the Quick and/or Advanced Searches (that is, the entire search history) to the Expert Search in a single step by clicking on the Transfer all Queries to Search-Sets (combine sets in Expert mode) link. Each query becomes a different search set which you can combine with other sets. (Note: If you transfer your search strategy from the Advanced Search to Expert Search without using the Search History option, each field of the Advanced Search is separated into a search set in the Expert mode, the last search set retrieves the final result. This method of search strategy transfer is preferable whenever you need to have the search fields represented as individual sets.)

Click the Print Search History link for a printed copy of all queries used during a search session.

Unless you save it, Search History gets automatically deleted when you exit from BiblioLine. To save your Search History, click the Save Search History link and view the Save / Retrieve / Delete Search Strategy window. Give a name to your Search History and click the Save button. Your Search History is saved under the given name along with the extension (SEARCH HISTORY). It remains ready for use in another BiblioLine search session another day. Select the Advanced Search and just click the Save/Retrieve Search button in the Command Menu to display the Save / Retrieve / Delete Search Strategy window. Select the desired Search History from this new window and click the Retrieve button to put your Search History back in force. You may delete a saved Search History by selecting its name and clicking the Delete button.

Sometimes, you may want to save a specific query rather than the whole search history. You can do this by clicking on the Save Query button provided with each query. The procedure is same as used for saving a Search History. In addition, a number of buttons are available for each query to perform a variety of operations:

Click the Delete button to delete a particular query.
Click the Reuse button to replace your current search strategy with a particular Search History query.
Click the Copy to Expert Mode button to automatically transfer your query to the Expert search mode for set searching.

Click the Clear link to delete your entire search history and start fresh again.

You can close the Search History window by clicking the Close link or Close button located at top right of the browser window. Don’t worry, you can always retrieve the entire history by clicking on the Search History link.

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Searching Multiple Databases Without Losing Search Strategy

Multiple database searching is available to institutions that have access to more than one NISC database product. To search more than one database simultaneously, go to the Database Selection screen by clicking the Change Database link located in the Command Menu.  Mark the databases you would like to search by clicking the check boxes adjacent to the database titles. Click the Continue button  to resume searching. To select only one database to search, just click on the database name link.

Click the Search ALL databases link provided at the top of database list to select all databases in one step for simultaneous searching.

You can switch from one database to another (or add more databases to search simultaneously) without losing your search strategy. The search criteria are automatically remembered, and you remain in the Advanced Search. Then, you may modify your search criteria, and press the Enter key or Search button to view new results.

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Automatic Transfer of Search Strategy

BiblioLine provides for automatic transfer of search strategies when you move from a lower to higher search mode (from Quick  to Advanced or Expert,  from Advanced to Expert). For example, when you switch from Advanced Search to Expert Search, the search strategy used by you in the previous mode gets automatically transferred to the Expert Search.  Likewise, when you move from Quick Search  to Advanced Search, the search strategy used by you in the Quick Search is transferred automatically to the Advanced Search. There is no need to retype search statements.

Tip: Advanced searches can be transferred to the Expert mode for more precision simply by selecting  the Expert search mode option from the Change Search & Display Level window. To view the Change Search & Display Level window, click the Change Search & Display Level button in the Command Menu.

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Surfing via Links to Quality Information at Every Click

NISC’s database records carry active links to a variety of value added services both inside and outside your library such as:

• websites directly related to the database record for its full-text, publisher, author, institution, or the e-journal’s table of contents, fully searchable
  documents cited in the database record.

• library holdings information.

• the document itself or to websites which provide full text free of cost.

• commercial vendors such as BioOne, Blackwell Synergy, EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service, HighWire, IDEAL, Ingenta, JSTOR, Project MUSE, PsycARTICLES, Springer-Verlag and SwetsWise who offer fee-based full-text services.

• OpenURL services such as LinkFinder Plus, SFX, and 1-Cate which in turn access the full-text vendor, your library catalogue, OPACs or other interlibrary loan services.

Significant texts in electronic/digital format are comprehensively scanned and stored to help you search by any word or phrase contained in the article or document itself.

Viewing Links

After typing your search criteria in the search fields, press the Enter key or click the Search button to start a search. The results of your search are displayed instantaneously in the form of citations in the results frame below. At the end of each citation, you will find a view Database Record link. Click this link to view the full record of the document. If the database record provides links to OpenURL services such as LinkFinder Plus, SFX and 1-Cate, then you may also find an OpenURL Links drop box at the end of the citation.Click this drop box to browse through the various OpenURL service providers and select the one you prefer.

Types of Links

Apart from the standard view Database Record link and , BiblioLine has many other specialised types of links to the Full Record format.  If the database record itself has links to other information, you are informed of the following possibilities:

view Database Record with link to Full Text [searched]
view Database Record with link to Review [searched]
view Database Record with Full-Text Link
view Database Record with link to Review

These links lead to carefully selected free full text on the Internet or full text which is provided as part of your BiblioLine subscription. A different type of linking is provided for accessing full text subscribed through commercial publishers or vendors.

view Database Record with DOI Link

DOI means Digital Object Identifier

view Database Record with Website Link

This type of link usually leads to an important website, carefully chosen by NISC for its information value, which is summarized or reviewed in the database record.

view Database Record with Full Text
view Database Record with Review

The Full Text or Review itself is found in the database record.

view Database Record with link to Document Order Form
go to Full Text [SwetsWise]

This link takes you to a commercial full-text supplier. In this case, the commercial vendor is SwetsWise.

This drop box appears in the database record if the full-text is available from more than one vendor. Click the drop box to view a list of links to commercial vendors of full-text.

view Database Record with link to More Info.

One or more links are provided to useful, supplemental information which has an important bearing on the topic of the record.

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Search Tips

• Multiple words are treated as a phrase. The only consideration is whether the order of the phrase words should be varied or exact in the results. Example: fire engine. Searches fire engine if word order is exact. If word order is varied fire engine also searches engine fire. (use Proximity Operators)
  
• Searches are not case sensitive. You can type searches in all uppercase, all lowercase and/or combination of uppercase and lowercase.
  
• The following common words are considered to be "noise words" and therefore have no significant retrieval value. These words referred to as stopwords can be used in your search strategies as placeholders only. Examples: and, an, as, at, but, if, in, is, it, my, no, of, on, per, shall, the etc.
  
• The following punctuation marks have no retrieval value and are ignored during searching: period (.), comma (,), semicolon (;), colon (:), forward slash (/), backward slash (\), etc.
  
• Quotation marks can be used to disable automatic plural and international spellings and compound searching. For instance, searching centre will not automatically include centres, center, and centers.

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Step 3 : Sort / Display / Output Search Results

BiblioLine offers three formats for record display and output:

• citations
• citations+abstracts
• full records

You can apply these formats either to all the records found by your search or to only those records you have marked (selected). In all, both for record display and record output you have six options each:

The default format for most products is: all Citations.

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Record Count

At the top of the record display screen are a series of numbers representing the range of record numbers displayed, the total number of records retrieved in the search performed and the number of records marked.

Examples:

Records 1 to 30 of 78,926 (Citations) (0 marked)

This record count status line indicates that you are currently viewing record numbers 1 through 30 out of a total of 78,926 records with none currently marked.

Records 31 to 60 of 78,926 (Citations) (show 2 marked)

This record count status line shows that you are currently viewing record numbers 31 through 60 out of a total of 78,926 records with two records marked. To view only the marked records, click the 2 marked link.

If you are searching more than one database, you will also find a box listing the names of all the databases searched and the number of records retrieved from each database. Click the database name to view its results.The Total = indicates the total number of records retrieved from all the databases searched.

In addition, in some databases BiblioLine also indicates, just above the record count, the number of new records added to the database since the last two updates.

Example:



Click the  record count button  to view only the new records added after that particular update.

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Relevance Ranking

Relevance Ranking indicates how many search terms are found in that database record and/or associated journal article (if displayed by BiblioLine). To display relevance ranking details, select the 'yes' radio button from the Rank by Relevance option provided at top left of the search screen.

The "hits" count appears in red at the end of each citation.

Once you have set relevance ranking to 'yes' , the results of successive searches are displayed by relevance as long as you do not switch search modes or change databases. To turn off Relevance Ranking details, select the 'no' radio button. This is BiblioLine's default display order and in this the records are displayed in descending chronological sequence-- the most recently published literature being displayed first.

Sometimes you may notice that the "hits" count of a preceding record is less than the following record. Such a record, nonetheless, is judged to be more relevant despite the fact that overall search term usage happens to be less (than in the following record). This is because BiblioLine uses a complex set of algorithms based on several parameters to determine the most relevant records rather than a simplistic mechanical count of the number of times a search term appears in a particular database record. The parameters used by BiblioLine include, among others, the following:

1)  the overall frequency of search word (or phrase) usage in record text or full-text

2)  the location of search words: for instance, usage in titles or index terms receives priority

3)  the importance of the search words: for example, "ANDed" words are usually more important than "ORed" words

4)  the kind of product: full-text products are weighted differently than bibliographic & abstract products

Thus, using BiblioLine's relevance ranking option, you can be sure of retrieving the most relevant records on the fly.

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Viewing Records

Number of Records Displayed per Page

Use the drop box located at the top of the display screen to specify the number of records you want displayed on a page. Available choices include 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200 and 250 records per page. The default setting is 30.

Navigating through Records

Four arrow buttons have been provided at the top of the record display screen to help you navigate among the various sets of records.

Click the Next arrow    to view the next set of records.

Click the Prev arrow  to view the previous set of records.

Click the Last arrow    to go to the last set of records.

Click the First arrow    to go to the first set of records.

Click the Return to Search button    to have a Full Screen view of all the search fields.

Go to Record

Use the Go to Record button , located at the bottom of the search screen,  to take you directly to a specific record. Enter the record number in the box provided and click the Go to Record button .

Going directly to Full Records Format

Click the view Database Record link, located at the bottom of  the  bibliographic citation, to view the Full Record format of the title chosen. You can go back to the Citations format by clicking the Back to Citations button located at the top of the results display.

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Sorting Records

To sort records, click the select Sort Field drop box and choose the sort option desired.

Records are displayed in descending chronological order (publication year) by default. The most recent title is first; records with no Publication Year are at the end. Sort fields may include fields such as Title, Author, Database, Journal, and Publication Year. Options are available for sorting in both ascending (a-z, 0-9) and descending (z-a, 9-0) order.

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Record Display Formats

Use the select Display Format drop box to specify the display format you want displayed.

Several  record display format options are available as shown below:

This feature may be used to navigate between display formats or between marked and un-marked records within a display format (i.e. all Full Records, Marked Full Records).  Please see the "Marking Records" for help on how to mark records.

The default display format after buttoning a search is: all Citations

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Marking Records

To mark any record, click the check box adjacent to it.

If the number of records found by your search is 500 or less, a mark all records feature is provided at the bottom of the record display screen.  Use the Mark ALL Records button to mark all records in a single step. Use the Unmark ALL Records button to unmark all the records at one time.

Some database products include links that help you to view only the marked records or the new records added since the previous update. Click on the marked link in the record count status line at the top of the results display to view only marked records. To go back to all records, click on the Total Results link.

Examples:

Records 1 to 20 of 661 (Citations) (show 2 marked)

1 to 2 of 2 Marked Records (Citations) (show 661 Total Results)  

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Record Output Formats

Use the select Output Format drop box to specify the record format you want for output.

This feature may be used to navigate between output formats or between marked and un-marked records within an output format (i.e., all Full Records, Marked Full Records).  Please see Marking Records  for help on how to mark records.

The default output format is: all Citations. Selections provided may include:

In database products offering full-text service, additional options such as email: marked Articles [HTML] and email: marked Articles [PDF] are provided to help you email the articles in the format desired.

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Record Output

After selecting the format for output, you can output the records using any of the four options provided:  Email, Export, Save, Print. The buttons for these options are located just above the select Output Format drop box.

You can export or save or print all the records found by your search, subject to a maximum number of 500. That is, you can export or save or print only the first 500 records (1-500) of your search at a time. Note: This option is not available for emailing your records. For emailing, you need to mark (select) the records you want to email by clicking the check boxes provided adjacent to them.

If you prefer to export or save or print only the selected records, first mark the records you require by clicking the check boxes adjacent to them.

Whenever you perform a search, by default the search results are listed in descending chronological order by the year of publication with the most recent ones occurring first. If you wish to have a different sort order, choose one of the options from the select Sort Field drop box .

Emailing Records

Mark the records you want to email by clicking the check boxes adjacent to them. Next, select the format for output from select Output Format drop box and click the Email button to display an Email form. Complete the form and click the Email all MARKED Records button to email the marked records.

Exporting Records

You can export records in Generic two-character field tag format or NISO Z39.80 format. If you have a citation management software such as ProCite®, Reference Manager® or EndNote®, then you can easily import your search results to review at another time or generate citations in customized formats of your choice. To export records, select the format for output from select Output Format drop box and click the Export button . Follow the instructions which appear on the screen.

Saving Records

To save the records, select the format for output from select Output Format drop box and click the Save button . Follow the instructions which appear on the screen. You need to indicate in a Save as dialog box the drive and folder where you wish to save the file and also enter a file name in the File Name text box located at the bottom.

Printing Records

To print the records, select the format for output from select Output Format drop box and click the Print button . A print dialog box containing print options appears. Select the options you prefer and click the Print button.

If you wish to print only those records you see on a  particular page, then click the Print  page button provided at top right of the search screen.

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Exit BiblioLine

Click the Logout link to exit BiblioLine. Exiting BiblioLine properly gives others, who may be waiting, access to databases sooner. Please do not simply close the browser.

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