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Evaluating search results
Most systems have several ways of displaying your results. Often the search results are first
displayed as a list of brief records, like the example below:
Notice this list of brief records includes only an abbreviated magazine title and partial article title.
DATABASE: Academic
Search Premiere (EBSCOhost)
SEARCH: deforestation
FOUND 685 Records
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NO. |
SOURCE |
TITLE |
YEAR |
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9 |
Sierra |
Shopper, spare that
tree |
2000 |
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10 |
Ariz Higw |
Declining number of
tanagers s |
2000 |
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11 |
NY Time |
It's Indian's vs.
loggers in N |
2000 |
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12 |
Vital
Speeches |
Tropical
deforestation |
2000 |
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13 |
Nat'l Geogr
World |
Siberian
tiger |
2000 |
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To
view a record, type record
number. | |
You will need to view the full record to evaluate the information.. e.g. if you were interested in #13, you would select that record.
Below is the full record display for #13. The information in the Abstract and Subject fields should help you decide whether this article
is relevant to your topic. Also note the date and title of publication (source, in this case) to see if the material is appropriate for your information needs.
Notice the subject headings for this item which indicate the major topics covered in this article.
If your topic was "deforestation", this article would NOT be relevant. "Deforestation" is only mentioned in the abstract.
| AUTHOR: |
Sunquist, Fiona. |
| TITLE: |
Siberian tiger (cover story) |
| SOURCE: |
National Geographic World v.249 (May '96) p.
19-26 |
| DATE: |
2000 |
| ABSTRACT |
One serious threat to tiger survival is the
destruction of
their habitat by
deforestation. Another is the loss of
such
prey as deer and wild pigs because of illegal
hunting.
Currently, however, the biggest threat to
Siberian tigers
comes from poachers, who can make a
lot of money from their prey. |
SUBJECT:
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Endangered species -
Animals.
Wildlife conservation - Siberia
(Russia).
Tigers | |
Interpreting search results
The full record display also provides the bibliographic information you need to get the complete article.
Here is the information you need: author, article, title, and most importantly, the full magazine title, issue date and pages.
| AUTHOR: |
Sunquist, Fiona. |
| TITLE: |
Siberian tiger (cover story) |
| SOURCE: |
National Geographic World v.249 (May '96) p.
19-26 |
| DATE: |
1996 |
| ABSTRACT |
One serious threat to tiger survival is the
destruction of
their habitat by
deforestation....
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Locating the item
Once you have the bibliographic information, you must check the library's online catalog to locate the actual item.
For example, if you are looking for a book, you search the library's online catalog using the author or title access point.
If you are looking for an article, it is important to remember you must search the
online catalog for the title of the publication, not the title of the article
Remember to use
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