Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus

Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus is a professionally created database that covers a wide variety of current issues relevant in today’s world, including social, scientific, health, political, and global issues. The visual, infographic interface provides for a selection of topics, or researchers can choose from an alphabetical topic list. Topics are selected from key publications to suit the needs of school and university researchers, reflecting timely issues and controversies. Educators and librarians will welcome the well-balanced coverage of topics included in the database, particularly for the support of curriculums in social studies, current events and sociology, and for the support of debate preparation (covering the annual U.S. National Debate topic).

Topics are further divided into subtopics, each of which has been identified as particularly relevant by Wilson specialist editors, who will expand and update topics and subtopics on a regular basis. These same editors have hand-picked the approximately 30 wide-ranging, informative full-text articles available on the specific topic. These articles present a balanced view of a topic, so that researchers can be assured they will come away from the articles with a good overview of a topic or subtopic.

Researchers may easily expand their search results by selecting pre-determined search parameters that will locate additional appropriate articles within WilsonWeb, offering other relevant facts and opinions, with feature articles, editorials, and scholarly papers. A targeted Web search will also highlight authoritative Web sites that help researchers to explore topics in greater depth.

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Browse List Fields
These fields are applicable in the Browse window. In addition, they are useful in cross-database searching, when other Wilson databases are selected along with Current Issues. Search terms entered in the following fields retrieve relevant topics.

SU	Subject(s)
UD	Update Code

When searching multiple databases, terms entered using Keyword (KW) or All-Smart Search will also retrieve relevant records in the results set.

Standalone, Visual Interface

Search fields are not applicable. The interface provides access to topics, subtopics, as well as additional new articles through the preset WilsonWeb or Internet search.

SU Subject(s)

The SU field contains controlled topic terms that reflect the coverage of articles.

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UD Update Code

19980203 in ud

The UD field contains the year, month, and day in which the record was added or modified. The format yyyymmdd. You can search for a single date using in as shown above. In addition, you can search for a range of dates.

< (less than),
<all>(ud<19940802)

> (greater than),
<all>(ud>19940802)

<= (less than or equal to),
<all>(ud<=19940802)

>= (greater than or equal to),
<all>(ud>=19940802)

You can also search a range of dates using the and operator:
(ud>19990801) and (ud<19990901)

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Database Usage Statement

The subscriber may use this database for research purposes only, and may not publish, reproduce, transmit, store in any information retrieval system, or otherwise make available or sell the disc or its contents, whether in hard copy, electronically transmitted or any other form, and whether for commercial, educational or other purposes, other than for its own internal purposes or otherwise in accordance with the Subscription and License Agreement.

H.W. Wilson uses its best efforts to ensure that this database contains an accurate representation or interpretation of the original material from which the database was drawn, but neither H.W. Wilson nor its licensors shall be held responsible for any damage, claim, or expense incurred by a subscriber or user as a result of its use or reliance upon the database.

Neither The H.W. Wilson Company nor its licensors make any representations or warranties, express or implied, including without limitation, warranties as to merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose in connection with the database, the search and retrieval software, the documentation files, indexes, or supporting files. The H.W. Wilson Company and its licensors specifically disclaim all such warranties and representations. Neither H. W. Wilson nor its licensors shall be liable for damages or other claims and demands arising out of use of this product or the data contained therein. In no event shall H. W. Wilson or its licensors be liable for special, consequential, exemplary or indirect damages, or for "lost profits," even if advised of the possibility thereof. All use must be consistent with the laws applicable to copyrighted materials.

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