III. Overview

Summary of Search Features

Below are some of the strategies and tools you can use to search effectively with WilsonWeb:

Strategies

• SearchPlus — Qualify search requests by entering several terms and selecting from available categories.

• Using Your Search History — Reuse previous searches that are listed in your search history.

• Searching in a Specific Field — Search for a term by category or type.

• Searching in All Free-Text Fields — Search for terms in all of the "free-text" fields (those that have not been individually indexed) in the database(s) you are using. Fields usually searched as a default are: title, augmented title, author, source, abstract, descriptors. Note that these vary by database.

• Searching Multiple Databases — Search several databases simultaneously to make your search comprehensive.

Tools

• Browse — Alphabetical lists of terms grouped by specific fields in the database(s) you are using.

• Limit Fields — Specially indexed fields that you can use to focus your search.

• Operators — Special terms that you can use to combine search terms.

• Truncation and Wildcards — Character substitutes that you can use to retrieve variant spellings or singular and plural versions of a term.