INTRODUCTION

1. PART ONE
INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICES IN GENERAL

2. PART TWO
INFORMATION SOURCES OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND RELATED SUBJECT FIELDS

3. PART THREE
SEARCHING ON THE WEB

4. APPENDIXES

5. LITERATURE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1.1. Types of documents 6
1.2. Bibliographic databases 7
   1.2.1. What is database? 8
   1.2.2. About the record 8
   1.2.3. About data fields as separate parts of a record 8
1.3. Database searching 9
   1.3.1. Analyze your question! 9
   1.3.2. Find proper search terms! 10
   1.3.3. Indexing: the aid of efficient retrieval 10
   1.3.4. Thesaurus: linguistic control and logical hierarchy 11
   1.3.5. The logic or searching: Boolean operators. 13
   1.3.6. Proximity operators 14
   1.3.7. Practical tricks: limiting to data fields, using wildcard and truncation
   1.3.8. Creating a search strategy 14
1.4. Access to databases and information services 15
   1.4.1. Online services: from dial-up to the internet 15
   1.4.2. Databases on CD-ROM 16

2.1. Veterinary Science Library, Szent István University 18
2.2. The most important databases in agriculture and veterinary science 18
   2.2.1. CAB Abstracts 18
   2.2.2. FSTA 20
   2.2.3. AGRICOLA 20
   2.2.4. AGRIS International 20
2.3. Medical and biological databases for veterinarians 20
   2.3.1. MEDLINE 20
   2.3.2. Biological Abstracts by Biosis 21
   2.3.3. Zoological Record 21
2.4. Databases of pharmaceuticals and biologically active chemicals 22
   2.4.1. Toxnet 22
   2.4.2. EMBASE 22
   2.4.3. IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts) 22
   2.5. Expert systems 22
   2.6. How to organize your personal database 23

3.1. Databases on the Web 24
   3.1.1. Bibliographical databases 24
   3.1.1.1 Web of Science 24
   3.1.1.2. PubMed 25
    3.1.2. Diagnostic systems 28
3.2. Full text documents on the Web 29
   3.2.1. About electronic documents 29
   3.2.2. Full text archives 31
   3.2.2.1. Science Direct 31
   3.2.2.2. Springer Link 33
   3.2.2.3. International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS) 35
3.3. SEARCH STRATEGY ON THE WEB - WITH SEARCH ENGINES 37
3.4. RECOMMENDED SEARCH ENGINES 38

APPENDIX 1: Glossary 40
APPENDIX 2: Searching Databases in WINSPIRS 42
APPENDIX 3: WebSPIRS Quick Reference 44
APPENDIX 4: CABICODE 45
APPENDIX 5: Subject categories used for arranging books in the Veterinary Science Library 51
APPENDIX 6: Search the online catalogue 53
APPENDIX 7: Databases subscribed by the Veterinary Science Library - 54
APPENDIX 8: Internet sites in Veterinary Science 56

5. LITERATURE