Silver Platter Guide

Global Health (CAGH)

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Introduction to Global Health

Global Health is the definitive international public health database for academics, researchers, NGOs, policy makers, clinicians, health care professionals and students.

Global Health contains:

Global Health coverage includes:

95% of records on Global Health have informative abstracts attached so you dont have to base your investigation on partial records and inadequate information. They are selected and indexed by subject experts to guarantee the quality of information you require.

For more information, please contact CABI Publishing.

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CAB International General Information

CAB International is a not-for-profit organization, dedicated to the dissemination, application and generation of scientific knowledge in agriculture and applied life sciences. CABI Publishing is the publishing arm of CAB International. Further information about CABI and all its activities can be found on its Home Page at http://www.cabi.org/.

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CABI Publishing Addresses (for ordering search aids)

Several search aids are available from CABI Publishing for assistance in using the CAB ABSTRACTS and Global Health databases:

Please contact Sales and Marketing at CABI Publishing at the addresses listed below for more information on any of these publications, or see
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Ordering Full Text

If you wish to order your document online from British Library, CISTI, or another document delivery service, please see our information page at http://www.cabi-publishing.org.

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Fields in Global Health

Records in Global Health are divided into the following fields. Highlighted fields are limit fields.

Label Field Name   Label Field Name
AA Additional Author(s)     IB ISBN
AB  Abstract    ID Identifiers
AD Address of Author    IS ISSN
AN  Accession Number    JNI Journal Name Index
AT Additional Title Data   LA Language of Text
AU Author(s)   LS Language of Summary
AUI Browsable Author Index   MS Supplementary Information*
AV Availability*   OD Organism Descriptors
BT Broad Terms   OT Original Title
CA Corporate Author(s)   PB Publisher
CC CABICODES   PT Publication Type
CD CABICODE Headings (Translations)   PY  Publication Year 
CF Conference Information   RE Number of References*
CI Secondary Journal Citation*   RN CAS Registry Number
DE  Descriptors    SO  Source (Bibliographic Citation)
DOI Digital Object Identifer*   SU Subject Headings
ED Editor(s)   TI  Title 
EM E-Mail*   UD  Update Code 
ET Every Title   URL URL
GE Geographic Headings   XURL URLs, Etc

The Citation (CITN) field, a brief record, consists of the Accession Number, Author(s), Corporate Author(s), Secondary Journal Citation, Editor(s), ISBN, Language of Text, Language of Summary, Original Title, Publisher, Publication Type, Source (Bibliographic Citation), and Title fields.

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Label Field Name
AA Additional Author(s)
kingston-d-g in aa
montforts-* in aa

 

The Additional Author field is used to record authors mentioned in the abstract, such as authors of individual book chapters and presenters of individual conference papers.

Names must be searched either as bound phrases, including the last name, hyphen and initials, or as truncated searches using the last name alone. Searching the last name alone, without the truncation symbol (*), does not retrieve all occurrences of authors with that name. The easiest way to search is to select the name or names from the Index.

Honorary titles are retained but academic titles are not. Additions such as Jr. or III are retained after the initials.

Browsing Author Names
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse names and search for them directly from the Browsable Author Index Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains names drawn from the AA field, as well as the Authors, Corporate Authors, and Editors fields; therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the individual fields.
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AB  Abstract
cattle in ab

 

The AB field contains a summary of the document, always in English.
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AD Address of Author
london in ad

 

The AD field contains the organization and address where the work was done, not the author's present address if he or she has moved. If more than one organization was involved in the work, that of the first named author will be given. The basic form is Name of Institution, Town, Country. Abbreviations and acronyms are often used in this field, so allow for all variations.
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AN  Accession Number
19991130123 in an

 

The Accession Number is an identifying number for each record within the database. The AN field can be used as a quick way to retrieve a particular record. The AN field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing Accession Numbers
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse numbers and search for them directly from the Accession Number Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only numbers drawn from the AN field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the AN field.
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AT Additional Title Data
recent advances in at
special issue: brucellosis in at

 

The AT field contains any title data that is not appropriate in any of the other title fields, for example series statements for books and the titles of special issues of a journal and details of alternative series in which the item is also published.

In some older records, this information can appear in the Supplementary Information (MS) field.

The AT field is included in the free text index.

Use the Every Title (ET) to search simutaneously in the AT, Original Title (OT), and Title (TI) fields.
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AU Author(s)
keane-* in au
keane-m-g in au
kennedy-j-e in au

 

The AU field lists the name(s) of all personal authors of the original document. Names appear last name first and given names are reduced to initials.

Names must be searched either as bound phrases, including the last name, hyphen, and initials, or as truncated searches using the last name alone. Searching the last name alone, without the truncation symbol (*), does not retrieve all occurrences of authors with that name. The easiest way to search is to select the name or names from the Index.

Honorary titles are retained but academic titles are not. Additions such as Jr. or III are retained after the initials.

Variations of the author's name are usually given at the end of the author field.

The AU field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing Author Names
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse names and search for them directly from the Browsable Author Index Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains names drawn from the AU field, as well as the Additional Authors, Corporate Authors, and Editors fields, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the individual fields.
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AUI Browsable Author Index

 

The AUI field is a browsable index that contains all entries from the Author, Additional Author, Editor and Corporate Author fields. It provides an alternative method for searching author and editor names.

The Browsable Author Index is not displayed as a separate field.
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AV Availability
(display only)

 

The AV field contains order numbers, price or other information which may help to retrieve the original document.

This field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.
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BT Broad Terms
plants in bt

 

The BT field contains all the broader hierarchical terms from the CAB Thesaurus which have been automatically generated from the specific terms in the Organism Descriptors (OD) field and the Geographic Headings (GE) field. All entries in the OD and GE fields are assigned all relevant broad terms in the hierarchy of the Thesaurus, including those at the broadest level. These broad terms are entered in the BT field. See Assigning Broader Categories.

Please note that data prior to 1994 have been computer generated so some care should be taken as some records may not have their full complement of broad terms.
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CA Corporate Author(s)
who in ca
world health organization in ca

 

The CA field contains the name of the issuing organization(s) of a paper if there was no personal author named in the Author (AU) field. Organization names are entered in full or as acronyms and all variations should be searched. Variations of corporate names are given at the end of the CA field. The CA field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing Author Names
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse names and search for them directly from the Browsable Author Index Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains names drawn from the CA field, as well as the Additional Authors, Authors, and Editors fields, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the individual fields.
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CC CABICODES
ll200 in cc
ll2* in cc

 

The CC field contains alphanumeric descriptors. These are subject classification codes which indicate the main subject areas covered by the record. These are in the format LL100, where the initial double letter corresponds to a broad subject area, such as animal science, and the three digit number to a subsection of that subject area. Each subsection may be further subdivided to a more specific level.

Truncation may be used to retrieve all records on a particular broad subject area. For example, searching LL* in the CC field retrieves all records on aspects of animal science: apiculture; sericulture; other invertebrate culture; laboratory animal science; etc. Related subjects may be indexed under different category codes.

For greater accuracy, use a combination of CABICODES and descriptors. Text corresponding to the codes is found in the CABICODE Headings (Translations) (CD) field.

See CABICODES for a list of the codes and their corresponding headings.

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CD CABICODE Headings (Translations)
animal-husbandry-general in cd
animal-* in cd
(natural- near general) in cd
"natural- general" in cd

 

The CD field contains the text equivalent of the alphanumeric codes in the CABICODES (CC) field. For example, for CABICODE LL110 is Dairy Animals.

The headings may be searched in full or truncated. For example, searching animal* in the CD field retrieves most records on aspects of animal husbandry; animal breeding and genetics; zoo animals; and also residues and contamination of animal products, etc.

When searching for a CABICODE Heading which contains a bracket, such as the heading Agriculture (General), please note that the heading term in brackets is indexed separately from the rest of the term and therefore has two, or more, separate entries in the index. Agriculture (General) may be searched either by: (agriculture general) in cd or "agriculture general" in cd. When searching for headings such as Natural Resources (General), you may search this abbreviated as (natural- near general) in cd or "natural- general" in cd - both retrieve natural in the same field as general. Alternatively search for the full heading as (natural resources general) in cd or "natural resources general" in cd.

For headings which contain a stopword, such as Policy and Planning (General), leave the stopword out of your search string as (policy planning general) in cd or "policy planning general" in cd, or include it in quotation marks as (policy "and" planning general) in cd.

See Hyphenated Descriptors for more information on using hyphens.

Please note that due to variations in the headings, searching for a truncated term in the CD field may be less specific than desired. For greater accuracy, use a combination of CABICODE Headings and descriptors.

See CABICODES for a list of the CABICODE Headings and their corresponding codes.

Browsing CABICODE Headings
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse headings for them directly from the CABICODE Headings Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains terms drawn from the CD field, so your search will always yield results. Search results display in the individual fields.
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CF Conference Information
buffer zones in cf
leicester in cf

 

The CF field contains information relating to the conference which produced the original item. This field usually contains the title of the conference, its location and its date.
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CI Secondary Journal Citation
(display only)

 

If CABI Publishing did not see the original publication, the secondary source is cited here. The CI field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option. This field is now rarely used.

This field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.
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DE  Descriptors
pigs in de

 

The Descriptors field contains controlled subject terms or keywords from the CAB Thesaurus
which describe the key points of the paper. No entries are assigned broad terms because of the possibility of ambiguity.

Geographic names do not appear in the DE field. Generally, organism names also do not appear in this field. See Organism Descriptors (OD) field and Geographic Headings (GE) field.

Where both the common and scientific names of an organism appear in the Thesaurus, the scientific name will appear in the OD field and the common name in the DE field. However, if the Thesaurus preferred term for an organism is the common name, then this will appear in the OD field.

To search the DE, OD and GE fields simultaneously, use the Subject Headings (SU) field.

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DOI Digital Object Identifer*
(display only)

 

The DOI field contains a unique code, which identifies a specific Web file or Internet document. The DOI System is an identification system for digital media and has been designed to provide persistent and reliable identification of digital objects.

Further information is available at the International DOI Foundation website: http//www.doi.org.

This field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.

Use the URLs, Etc. (XURL) field to limit your search to records that contain a URL, DOI or e-mail address.
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ED Editor(s)
jones-* in ed
jones-ds in ed
van-der-vlies-a in ed

 

The ED field lists name(s) of all personal editors of the original document. Names appear last name first and given names are reduced to initials.

Search names either as bound phrases, including the last name, hyphen and initials, or as truncated searches using the last name alone. Searching the last name alone, without the truncation symbol (*), does not retrieve all occurrences of authors with that name. The easiest way to search is to select the name or names from the Browsable Author Index described below.

Honorary titles are retained but academic titles are not. Additions such as Jr. or III are retained after the initials.

The ED field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing Editor and Author Names
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse names and search for them directly from the Browsable Author Index Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains names drawn from the ED field, as well as the Additional Authors, Authors and Corporate Authors fields; therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the individual fields.
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EM E-Mail
(display only)

 

The EM field contains the e-mail addresses of all authors if provided in the original document. It is for display only. E-mail addresses are given in the order in which they appear in the original document, which may or may not be in the same order as the authors.

This field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.

Use the URLs, Etc. (XURL) field to limit your search to records that contain a URL, DOI or e-mail address.
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ET

Every Title
lactoferrin in et

 

The ET field is a special field that enables you to search in the Additional Title Data (AT), Original Title (OT), and Title (TI) fields simultaneously.
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GE Geographic Headings
zimbabwe in ge
australasia in ge

 

The GE field contains controlled terms from the CAB Thesaurus.

Geographic Headings describe the countries and subdivisions, such as states or provinces, that are relevant to the record. The names are usually entered in full, except for UK, USA, and former USSR. Consult the CAB Thesaurus for the list of approved country names.

Entries in the GE field are assigned broad category terms in the Broad Terms (BT) field. See Assigning Broader Categories.

To search the Descriptors (DE), Organism Descriptors (OD) and GE fields simultaneously, use the Subject Headings (SU) field.

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IB ISBN
925002360 in ib

 

The IB field contains the International Standard Book Number, included only where applicable or available.

The IB field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing ISBNs
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse ISBNs and search for them directly from the International Standard Book Number Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only ISBNs drawn from the IB field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the IB field.
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ID Identifiers
caulerpa in id

 

The ID field contains indexing terms which are not currently in the CAB Thesaurus. Where appropriate, non-thesaurus terms are added to the records to provide further indexing. Entries in the ID field are not assigned broad category terms in the Broad Terms (BT) field.

The ID field also contains new terms, for example names of new species, which are not yet in the CAB Thesaurus. For organisms, a broader related term which is in the CAB Thesaurus will be entered in the Organism Descriptors (OD) field so as to generate the required broad terms for the BT field.

Please note that although the ID field contains non-thesaurus terms, older records may have been indexed before some of their indexing terms became incorporated in the Thesaurus. Therefore, older records may contain terms in their ID fields which are now controlled Thesaurus terms. Allow for this in your search strategy.
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IS ISSN
0016-6766 in is

 

The IS field contains the International Standard Serial Number, included only where applicable or available.

Browsing ISSNs
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse ISSNs and search for them directly from the International Standard Serial Number Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only ISSNs drawn from the IS field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the IS field.
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JNI Journal Name Index

 

The JNI field is a special field that has its own field-specific index. The Journal Name Index Field-Specific Index contains journal names and, when available, journal name abbreviations. You can browse complete journal names or abbreviations and search for them directly from this index without having to know the exact name or spelling of a journal. Search results display in the Source (Bibliographic Citation) (SO) field.

Note: Use the Source (Bibliographic Citation) (SO) field to search for individual words or phrases of a journal name.
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LA Language of Text
(a limit field)
german in la
la=german

 

The LA field contains the language(s) of the original document. Names are entered in full. The LA field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing Language Names
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse language names and search for them directly from the Language of Text Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only language names drawn from the LA field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the LA field.
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LS Language of Summary
(a limit field)
russian in ls
ls=russian

 

The LS field contains the language(s) of the summary(ies) of the original document. This displays only when different from the original document. The LS field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing Language Names
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse language names and search for them directly from the Language of Summary Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only language names drawn from the LS field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the LS field.
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MS Supplementary Information
(display only)

 

The MS field contains miscellaneous bibliographic data about the original item. In older records, it also contains information about the references.

The MS field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.
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OD Organism Descriptors
calluna in od

 

The OD field contains preferred organism names from the CAB Thesaurus. The majority of names are taxonomic; common names are used for livestock and common crops, and some well known wild organisms. Organism descriptors are assigned broad category terms in the Broad Terms (BT) field. See Assigning Broader Categories.

Organism names which are not current Thesaurus terms will appear in the Identifiers (ID) field, not in the OD field. Although entries in the OD field are assigned broad terms in the BT field, entries in the ID field are not.

Where both the common and scientific names of an organism appear in the Thesaurus, the scientific name will appear in the OD field and the common name in the DE field. However, if the Thesaurus preferred term for an organism is the common name, then this will appear in the OD field

To search the Descriptors (DE), OD and Geographic Headings (GE) fields simultaneously, use the Subject Headings (SU) field.

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OT Original Title
lait in ot

 

If the original item being abstracted is not in English, this field contains the title in the original language if it is in Roman script. Diacritics are removed. The item may be a complete book, a specific chapter from a book, an individual research paper from a scientific journal, etc. The OT field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Use the Every Title (ET) to search simutaneously in the OT, Additional Title Data (AT), and Title (TI) fields.
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PB Publisher
reduit in pb
mauritius in pb

 

The PB field contains the name, country and location of publisher. The PB field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.
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PT Publication Type
(a limit field)
book in pt
pt=book
pt=journal-*

 

The PT field contains the description of the type of publication. All records are assigned to one or more of the following categories:

Book; Book-chapter; Journal-issue; Journal-article; Conference-proceedings; Conference-paper; Annual-report; Annual-report-section; Thesis; Patent; Standard; Bulletin; Abstract-only; Correspondence; Editorial; Bulletin-article; Miscellaneous.

Include hyphens in your search. Truncation may be used when searching this field. The PT field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Browsing Publication Types
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse publication types and search for them directly from the Publication Type Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only terms drawn from the PT field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the PT field.
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PY  Publication Year
(a limit field)
2003 in py
py=1993
py>1979
py>=1993
py=1990-1993

 

The PY field contains the four-digit year in which the original document was published. Some records contain "unda" in the PY field; this indicates that the original document is undated.

Browsing Publication Years
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse publication years and search for them directly from the Publication Year Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only years drawn from the PY field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the PY field.
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RE Number of References
(display only)

 

The RE field indicates the number of references included in the original item.

The RE field is for display only; you cannot search in this field.
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RN CAS Registry Number
15299-99-7 in rn

 

The RN field contains the Chemical Abstracts Registry Number for chemicals listed in the Descriptors (DE) field.
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SO  Source (Bibliographic Citation)
heredity in so

 

The SO field may contain any of the following: document title; conference title, date and location; date of publication; volume, issue, and page numbers; and any other applicable bibliographic information. The titles are entered in full. Foreign titles are only translated if they are in a non-Roman script. If publications in different countries share the same title, search for the desired title by appending the town or country of publication to the title with a hyphen, such as science-washington or nature-london. Use the Index to find variations in titles.

The SO field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.
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SU Subject Heading
(fodder and cattle and australia) in su

 

The SU field lets you search in the following fields simultaneously:

Descriptors (DE)
Geographic Headings (GE)
Organism Descriptors (OD)

These fields contain controlled terms from the CAB Thesaurus. When you search using the SU field the results are displayed in the DE, OD, and GE fields.
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TI  Title
poultry in ti

 

The TI field contains, in English, the title of the original item being abstracted. The item may be a complete book, a specific chapter from a book, an individual research paper from a scientific journal, etc.

The TI field is also included in the Citation (CITN) option.

Use the Every Title (ET) to search simutaneously in the TI, Additional Title Data (AT), and Original Title (OT) fields.
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UD  Update Code
(a limit field)
20040707 in ud
ud=20040707

 

The UD field contains the year, month, and day the record was selected for export from CABI Publishings in-house database.

Browsing Update Codes
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse update codes and search for them directly from the Update Code Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only codes drawn from the UD field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the UD field.
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URL Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
http://link.springer.de/search.htm in url
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00213/contents/01/00841 in url
http://mmbr.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/2/187 in url

 

The URL field contains a web URL of the original document, or a closely related URL, where available. It is included in the free text index.

Use the URLs, Etc. (XURL) field to limit your search to records that contain a URL, DOI or e-mail address.
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XURL URLs, Etc.
(a limit field)
url in xurl
xurl=digital-object-identifier

 

The XURL field indicates the presence of data within the fields that refer to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Possible values include the following:

  • doi
  • digital-object-identifier
  • e-mail
  • url

Browsing URLs Etc.
As an alternative to searching with the field label, you can browse field indicator categories and search for them directly from the URLs Etc Field-Specific Index. This field-specific index contains only terms drawn from the XURL field, therefore, your search will always yield results. Search results display in the XURL field.

Note: Only records added to the database from 2001 forward might contain data in this field.
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CITN Citation

 

The Citation (CITN) displays, saves, or prints just those fields needed to locate the original article in a library.

In this database the Citation consists of the following fields:

 
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CABICODES

CABICODES are broad classification codes used to identify the main topics covered by an item in the database.

The following is the complete list of CABICODES for the CAB ABSTRACTS and Global Health databases. The codes are searchable in the CABICODES (CC) field and equivalent text for codes is searchable in the CABICODE Headings (Translations) (CD) field.

Use these fields to limit your search to records dealing with a main subject area or subsection. For greater accuracy, use a combination of CABICODES, or headings, and descriptors.

To search the CC or CD fields, simply enter the field label and code(s) or heading(s). Truncation may be used to retrieve all records on a particular broad subject area. However, when truncating codes, note that related subjects may be indexed under different category codes.

Examples:
ff1* in cc
crops in cd

CABICODE List

AA000 Agriculture (General)
AA500 Research
BB500 History and Biography
BB700 Palaeontology and Archaeology
CC000 Education, Extension, Information and Training (General)
CC100 Education and Training
CC200 Extension and Advisory Work
CC300 Information and Documentation
CC310 Documentation, (Discontinued March 2000)
CC400 Collections
CC700 Professions; Practice and Service
CC720 Veterinary Profession, (Discontinued March 2000)
CC740 Medical Profession, (Discontinued March 2000)
CC760 Farming as a Profession, (Discontinued March 2000)
CC780 Horticulture, Recreation and Amenity Professions, (Discontinued March 2000)
DD100 Agencies and Organizations
DD500 Laws and Regulations
EE000 Economics (General), (New June 2002)
EE100 Economics (General), (Discontinued March 2000)
EE110 Agricultural Economics
EE111 Horticultural Economics, (New March 2000)
EE112 Forestry Economics, (New March 2000)
EE113 Aquacultural and Fisheries Economics, (New March 2000)
EE115 Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000)
EE116 Food Economics, (New March 2000)
EE117 Veterinary Economics, (New March 2000)
EE118 Health Economics, (New March 2000)
EE119 Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000)
EE120 Policy and Planning
EE125 Aid, (New March 2000)
EE130 Supply, Demand and Prices
EE140 Input Supply Industries (Macroeconomics)
EE145 Input Utilization (Microeconomics)
EE150 Environmental Economics, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE160 Land Use and Valuation, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE165 Structure, Ownership and Tenure
EE170 Water Resources, Irrigation and Drainage Economics, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE200 Farming Systems and Management, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE300 Cooperatives, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE350 Rural Industry and Enterprises
EE450 Development Aid, Agencies and Projects, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE500 Food Policy, Food Security and Food Aid, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE520 Food Industry, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE600 International Trade
EE700 Marketing and Distribution
EE720 Consumer Economics
EE730 Transport, (Discontinued March 2000)
EE800 Investment, Finance and Credit
EE900 Labour and Employment
EE950 Income and Poverty
FF000 Plant Science (General)
FF003 Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000)
FF005 Field Crops, (New March 2000)
FF007 Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000)
FF020 Plant Breeding and Genetics
FF030 Plant Morphology and Structure
FF040 Plant Composition
FF060 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
FF061 Plant Nutrition
FF062 Plant Water Relations
FF100 Plant Production
FF150 Plant Cropping Systems
FF160 Plant Propagation
FF170 in vitro Culture of Plant Material
FF400 Mycorrhizas and Fungi of Economic Importance; Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation, (Discontinued March 2000)
FF500 Weeds and Noxious Plants
FF600 Pests, Pathogens and Biogenic Diseases of Plants, (Discontinued March 2000)
FF610 Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000)
FF620 Plant Pests, (New March 2000)
FF700 Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms)
FF800 Plant Toxicology
FF900 Environmental Tolerance of Plants
HH000 Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General)
HH100 Biological Control
HH200 Environmental Pest Management
HH300 Integrated Pest Management
HH400 Pesticides and Drugs (General)
HH405 Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000)
HH410 Pesticide and Drug Resistance
HH420 Pesticides and Drugs; Chemistry and Formulation, (New March 2000)
HH430 Pesticide and Drug Residues and Ecotoxicology, (New March 2000)
HH500 Repellents and Attractants
HH600 Host Resistance and Immunity
HH700 Other Control Measures
JJ000 Soil Science (General)
JJ100 Soil Biology
JJ200 Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
JJ300 Soil Physics
JJ400 Soil Morphology, Formation and Classification
JJ500 Soil Surveys and Land Evaluation
JJ600 Soil Fertility
JJ700 Fertilizers and other Amendments
JJ800 Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002)
JJ900 Soil Management
KK000 Forestry, Forest Products and Agroforestry (General)
KK100 Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology)
KK110 Silviculture and Forest Management
KK120 Forest Mensuration and Management, (Discontinued March 2000)
KK130 Forest Fires
KK140 Protection Forestry, (Discontinued March 2000)
KK150 Other Land Use, (Discontinued March 2000)
KK160 Ornamental and Amenity Trees
KK500 Forest Products and Industries (General)
KK510 Wood Properties, Damage and Preservation
KK515 Logging and Wood Processing
KK520 Wood Utilization and Engineered Wood Products
KK530 Chemical and Biological Processing of Wood
KK540 Non-wood Forest Products
KK600 Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry
LL000 Animal Science (General)
LL001 Unallocated Animal Science Records (Discontinued 1995)
LL010 Apiculture
LL020 Sericulture
LL030 Other Invertebrate Culture (Not Aquaculture)
LL040 Laboratory Animal Science
LL050 Game Animals
LL060 Draught Animals
LL070 Pets and Companion Animals
LL075 Sport Animals, (New March 2000)
LL080 Zoo Animals
LL100 Animal Husbandry (General), (Discontinued March 2000)
LL110 Dairy Animals
LL120 Meat Producing Animals
LL130 Egg Producing Animals
LL140 Animal Husbandry (Wool and Other Fibres), (Discontinued March 2000)
LL145 Wool Producing Animals, (New March 2000)
LL148 Fur-bearing Animals, (New March 2000)
LL150 Animal Husbandry (Other Products), (Discontinued March 2000)
LL180 Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000)
LL190 Animal Slaughter
LL200 Animal Breeding and Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000)
LL210 Animal Reproduction and Development, (Discontinued March 2000)
LL220 Animal Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000)
LL240 Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
LL250 Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000)
LL300 Animal Behaviour
LL400 Animal Anatomy and Morphology, (New March 2000)
LL500 Animal Nutrition (General)
LL510 Animal Nutrition (Physiology)
LL520 Animal Nutrition (Production Responses)
LL600 Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition)
LL650 Animal Immunology, (New March 2000)
LL700 Animal Tissue and Cell Culture
LL800 Animal Health and Hygiene (General)
LL810 Animal Welfare
LL820 Parasites, Vectors, Pathogens and Biogenic Diseases of Animals, (Discontinued March 2000)
LL821 Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000)
LL822 Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000)
LL823 Veterinary Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000)
LL860 Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals
LL870 Animal Injuries, (Discontinued March 2000)
LL880 Animal Treatment and Diagnosis (Non-Drug), (Discontinued March 2000)
LL882 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology, (New March 2000)
LL884 Animal Surgery and Non-drug Therapy, (New March 2000)
LL886 Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, (New March 2000)
LL900 Animal Toxicology, Poisoning and Pharmacology, (Discontinued March 2000)
LL950 Toxicology and Poisoning of Animals, (New March 2000)
MM000 Aquatic Sciences (General)
MM110 Fisheries
MM120 Aquaculture (Animals)
MM130 Aquaculture (Plants)
MM300 Aquatic Biology and Ecology
NN000 Engineering and Equipment (General)
NN050 Automation and Control
NN100 Ergonomics and Safety, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN200 Farm Vehicles as Power Sources, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN300 Farm and Horticultural Structures
NN310 Environmental Control in Structures, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN400 Agricultural and Forestry Equipment (General)
NN410 Aquacultural Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN420 Fertilizer Application Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN430 Pest and Weed Control Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN440 Irrigation and Drainage Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN450 Soil Cultivation and Handling Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN451 Crop Sowing and Planting Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN452 Crop Tending Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN453 Crop Harvesting Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN460 Cleaning, Grading, Handling, Storage and Transport Equipment
NN461 Food and Feed Packaging Technology and, Equipment(Discontinued March 2000)
NN470 Drying Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN480 Animal Feeding and Watering Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN490 Milking and Dairy Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN500 Storage Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN600 Processing Equipment and Technology
NN700 Waste Handling and Treatment Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN800 Cooling and Refrigeration Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
NN900 Other Equipment, (Discontinued March 2000)
PP000 Natural Resources (General)
PP100 Energy
PP200 Water Resources
PP210 Freshwater and Brackish Water, (Discontinued March 2000)
PP220 Saltwater, (Discontinued March 2000)
PP300 Land Resources
PP320 Wetlands
PP350 Grasslands and Rangelands
PP400 Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation
PP500 Meteorology and Climate
PP600 Pollution and Degradation
PP700 Biological Resources (General)
PP710 Biological Resources (Animal)
PP720 Biological Resources (Plant)
PP800 Natural Disasters
QQ000 Food Science and Food Products (Human)
QQ010 Milk and Dairy Produce
QQ020 Sugar and Sugar Products
QQ030 Meat Produce
QQ040 Eggs and Egg Products
QQ050 Crop Produce
QQ060 Aquatic Produce
QQ070 Other Produce
QQ100 Food Processing (General)
QQ110 Food Storage and Preservation
QQ111 Storage Problems and Pests of Food
QQ120 Microbial Technology in Food Processing
QQ130 Food Additives
QQ200 Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology
QQ500 Food Composition and Quality
QQ600 Food Chemistry, (New June 2002)
QQ700 Food Service, (New June 2002)
RR000 Forage and Feed Products (Non-human)
RR100 Forage and Feed Processing
RR110 Feed Storage and Preservation, (Discontinued March 2000)
RR111 Biodeterioration, Storage Problems and Pests of Feed, (Discontinued March 2000)
RR120 Microbiology of Feed Processing, (Discontinued March 2000)
RR130 Feed Additives
RR200 Feed Contamination, Residues and Toxicology
RR300 Feed Composition and Quality
SS000 Non-food/Non-feed Agricultural Products (General)
SS100 Non-food/Non-feed Animal Products
SS110 Biodeterioration, Storage Problems and Pests of Animal Products, (Discontinued March 2000)
SS120 Residues and Contamination of Animal Products, (Discontinued March 2000)
SS130 Composition and Quality of Animal Products, (Discontinued March 2000)
SS200 Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
SS210 Storage Problems and Pests of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
SS220 Residues and Contamination of Plant Products, (Discontinued March 2000)
SS230 Composition and Quality of Non- food/Non-feed Plant Products
SS300 Biodeterioration
SS310 Biodeterioration (Non-biological Products), (Discontinued March 2000)
SS320 Biodeterioration Organisms, (Discontinued March 2000)
TT100 Medical and Veterinary Helminthology Records (Discontinued 1995)
TT200 Medical and Veterinary Protozoology Records (Discontinued 1995)
TT300 Medical and Veterinary Entomology Records (Discontinued 1995)
UU000 Social Sciences (General)
UU100 Housing and Settlement
UU150 Urban Regeneration, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU200 Demography
UU250 Human Fertility, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU300 Public Services and Infrastructure
UU350 Health Services
UU360 Communication and Mass Media
UU450 Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000)
UU460 Community Development, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU470 Participation and Self Help, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU480 Social Structure, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU485 Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
UU490 Social Psychology and Culture, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU495 Conflict, (New March 2000)
UU500 Women
UU600 Leisure
UU610 Recreational Facilities and Management, (New March 2000)
UU620 Recreation and Sport, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU625 Sport and Recreational Activities, (New March 2000)
UU630 Arts, Entertainment and Cultural Heritage
UU640 Pastimes and Social Life, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU670 Gardening, Landscaping and Landscapes, (Discontinued March 2000)
UU700 Tourism and Travel
UU800 Rural Sociology, (New March 2000)
UU850 Rural Development, (New March 2000)
VV000 Human Health and Biology (General), (Revised June 2002)
VV050 Human Physiology and Biochemistry
VV055 Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000)
VV060 Human Reproduction and Development
VV065 Human Sexual and Reproductive Health, (New March 2000)
VV080 Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, (New June 2002)
VV100 Human Nutrition (General)
VV110 Diet Studies
VV120 Physiology of Human Nutrition
VV130 Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition
VV140 Animal Models of Human Nutrition
VV200 Parasites, Vectors, Pathogens and Biogenic Diseases of Humans, (Discontinued March 2000)
VV210 Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000)
VV220 Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000)
VV230 Public Health Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000)
VV300 Public Health and Nuisance Pests, (Discontinued March 2000)
VV400 Animal Models of Human Diseases, (New March 2000)
VV450 Animal and in vitro Models for Pharmaceuticals, (New March 2000)
VV500 Human Health and the Environment
VV550 Rural Health, (New March 2000)
VV600 Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries
VV610 Human Injuries, (Discontinued March 2000)
VV700 Human Treatment and Diagnosis (Non-Drug), (Discontinued March 2000)
VV710 Non-drug Therapy and Prophylaxis of Humans, (New March 2000)
VV720 Diagnosis of Human Disease, (New March 2000)
VV730 Pharmacology, (New March 2000)
VV800 Human Toxicology, Poisoning and Pharmacology, (Discontinued March 2000)
VV810 Human Toxicology and Poisoning, (New March 2000)
VV820 Toxinology, (New March 2000)
VV900 Occupational Health and Safety
WW000 Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002)
WW100 Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002)
WW300 Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New June 2002)
WW500 Fermentation Technology and Industrial Microbiology, (New June 2002)
WW700 Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Pharmacological Biotechnology, (New June 2002)
WW900 Biosensors and Biological Nanotechnology, (New June 2002)
XX000 Wastes (General)
XX100 Animal Wastes
XX200 Plant Wastes
XX300 Human Wastes and Refuse
XX400 Industrial Wastes and Effluents
XX500 Radioactive Wastes, (Discontinued March 2000)
XX600 Waste Conversion and Utilization, (Discontinued March 2000)
XX700 Biodegradation
YY000 Zoology of Wild Animals (Vertebrates and Invertebrates) (General), (New March 2000)
YY100 Anatomy and Morphology (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
YY200 Reproduction, Development and Life Cycle (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
YY300 Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
YY400 Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
YY500 Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
YY700 Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
YY800 Other Wildlife Diseases, (New March 2000)
YY900 Toxicology and Poisoning (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
ZZ000 Other Sciences
ZZ100 Mathematics and Statistics
ZZ200 Materials Science
ZZ300 Life Sciences (General)
ZZ310 Anatomy, Morphology and Structure (General), (Discontinued March 2000)
ZZ320 General Biology, (Discontinued March 2000)
ZZ330 Ecology (General)
ZZ331 Plant Ecology
ZZ332 Animal Ecology
ZZ333 Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000)
ZZ340 General Physiology, (Discontinued March 2000)
ZZ350 General Biochemistry, (Discontinued March 2000)
ZZ360 Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002)
ZZ370 Genetics (General and Theoretical), (Discontinued March 2000)
ZZ380 Taxonomy and Evolution
ZZ390 Microbiology (General)
ZZ392 Morphology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000)
ZZ394 Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000)
ZZ395 Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000)
ZZ396 Microbial Life Cycles, (New March 2000)
ZZ400 Environmental Sciences (General), (Discontinued March 2000)
ZZ500 Physical Sciences (General)
ZZ600 Chemistry, (Discontinued March 2000)
ZZ700 Forensic Science
ZZ800 Geology and Geomorphology (General)
ZZ900 Techniques and Methodology

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Descriptors

The Global Health database contains several descriptor fields. Four of the fields use controlled terms from the CAB Thesaurus, one uses non-thesaurus terms, and one uses alphanumeric descriptors (codes). For greater accuracy when using alphanumeric descriptors, use them in combination with other descriptors.

Related topics:

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Alphanumeric Descriptors

Alphanumeric descriptors are entered in the CABICODES (CC) field and are subject classification codes which indicate the main subject areas covered by the record.

Text corresponding to the CABICODES is in the CABICODE Headings (Translations) (CD) field.

See CABICODES for a list of codes and headings.

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Controlled Terms

The Global Health database uses a controlled vocabulary, called the CAB Thesaurus, to index each record in the file. For each item, appropriate descriptors are selected from the Thesaurus to reflect all major aspects of the paper. Global Health has four controlled descriptor fields:

* The BT field contains broad category indexing from the GE and OD fields.

For additional information on searching within the controlled descriptor fields, see the list below:

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Assigning Broader Categories

Entries in the Geographic Headings (GE) and Organism Descriptors (OD) fields have broader category terms assigned to the Broad Terms (BT) field. To search at a specific level, use the GE and/or OD fields. For a general search, use the BT field.

For example, records dealing with England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland would be indexed with England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland in the GE field. These records would then all have UK assigned to the BT field. The search can therefore be as specific or as general as necessary. Where records are of relevance to the UK as a whole, UK would be indexed in the GE field. To ensure complete retrieval of all records about the UK (general and specific) be sure to qualify the search term with both BT and GE.

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Common and Scientific Names

Farm animals and the most common crops are indexed under their common names. Other organisms are usually indexed under their scientific names. For comprehensive retrieval, always include scientific names as well as common names in your search.

Examples:
oryza in od or rice in de
plasmodium in od or malaria in de

Where both the common and scientific names of an organism appear in the Thesaurus, the scientific name will appear in the Organism Descriptors (OD) field, and the common name in the Descriptors (DE) field. However, if the Thesaurus preferred term for an organism is the common name, then this will appear in the OD field.

All organisms of importance to the paper are included in the Organism Descriptors (OD) field, if they are present in the Thesaurus. If they are not Thesaurus terms, they will appear in the Identifiers (ID) field.

Please note, however, that as the Thesaurus is updated regularly, terms used at present may not have been Thesaurus terms when used in older records. Therefore, older records may have current Thesaurus terms appearing in their ID field.

For additional information on searching within the controlled descriptor fields, see the list below:

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Human Literature

For literature about humans as opposed to veterinary literature, etc., the preferred term is MAN.

Examples:
man in od
man n bt

See also:
Organism Descriptors (OD)
Broad Terms (BT)

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Hyphenated Descriptors

The controlled vocabulary fields Descriptors (DE), Geographic Headings (GE), and Organism Descriptors (OD) contain single word terms terminated with a hyphen. This ensures that if a single word term is entered with a hyphen but no field is specified, such as "in OD" or "in SU", the only records retrieved will be those containing the precise single word term in the DE, GE, or OD field, and therefore will be records specifically about the term.

In the example sewage in de, the word sewage will be searched when it appears either as a single term or as part of a multi-word phrase such as sewage-effluent. To search for sewage when it appears as a single term a trailing hyphen should be used, for example sewage- in de.

Please note that WinSPIRS 4.01 does not support the use of trailing hyphens. If used, they will be ignored and the result will be as if the trailing hyphens have not been entered in the search string. For example, in WinSPIRS 4.01 nitrogen- in de retrieves nitrogen- in the Descriptors (DE) field as well as ammonium-nitrogen and nitrogen-fertilizers etc.

Although the Broad Terms (BT) field is a controlled descriptor field, containing only controlled vocabulary, it does not contain hyphenated single word terms.

The Identifiers (ID) field does not contain hyphenated single word terms because this field is not a controlled vocabulary field.

Multi-word descriptors may be searched either with or without the hyphen. For example, land-use in de retrieves only those records with this exact phrase in the DE field; however, land use in de retrieves from the DE field not only land-use, but also land-use-planning.

If the Title (TI) or Abstract (AB) fields, as examples, contain a hyphenated term such as south-eastern, searching south-eastern or south-eastern in ti, etc., including the hyphen, will retrieve this exact term with the hyphen; searching without the hyphen will retrieve the hyphenated as well as non-hyphenated occurrences and also variations such as eastern South as in the example eastern South Dakota, etc.

For additional information on searching within the controlled descriptor fields, see the list below:

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Simultaneous Searching of Descriptors

To search in the Descriptors (DE), Organism Descriptors (OD) and Geographic Headings (GE) fields simultaneously, use the Subject Headings (SU) field.

Example:
(fodder and cattle and australia) in su

For additional information on searching within the controlled descriptor fields, see the list below:

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Using Limit Fields

Limit fields, when combined with other search terms, are particularly useful for focusing or limiting a search. To search a limit field, use the in or = operators with the field abbreviation, such as 1988 in py or py=1988. Omitting the field label retrieves information from free text (non-limit) fields only.

When searching in the following limit fields, truncation may be used where appropriate. For example: pt=journal-*

For limit fields containing numeric data, you can also use other special operators:

Symbol Operation Performed Example
=
 equal to py=1996
<
less than py<1993
>
greater than  py>1995
<=
less than or equal to py<=1994
>=
 greater than or equal to py>=1995
-
within a range py=1992-1996

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Sample Searches

The following are a few examples of the types of searches possible in the Global Health database. These are not meant to be exhaustive searches, but are illustrative of the types of information and indexing available on the database. For more information on search strategies or subject coverage, please contact CABI Publishing. Before trying any of these examples, clear your search history.

Example 1: Find information on Wuchereria bancrofti in Japan.

  1. Search for term wuchereria bancrofti in the Organism Descriptors (OD) field:
    wuchereria-bancrofti in od
  2. Search for Japan using the Geographic Headings (GE) field:
    japan in ge
  3. Combine the search concepts; you can use the search statement numbers rather than retyping all the searches:
    #3 and #5

Example 2: Find information on quinine and children. Limit the search to English-language articles published beginning in 1991.

  1. Search for English-language articles using the Language of Text (LA) field:
    nglish in la
  2. Search for the term quinine and children in the Descriptors (DE) field:
    (quinine and children) in de
  3. Combine the search concepts; you can use the search statement numbers rather than retyping all the searches:
    #1 and #4
  4. Limit the results to papers published beginning in 1991 using the Publication Year (PY)
    field; beginning your search with an operator automatically combines it with the previous search:
    and py>=1991

Example 3: Find papers by M.R. McGinnis on mycoses but not on immunology.

  1. Search for McGinnis in the Author (AU) field. Truncation (*) may be used to retrieve the name with any initials to ensure retrieving all variations of the author's name. Note, however, that all authors named McGinnis will be retrieved:
    mcginnis-* in au
  2. Search for records containing mycoses in the Descriptors (DE) field but eliminate any records mentioning immunology, use truncation (*) to eliminate all forms of the term immunology:
    mycoses in de not immunolo* in de
  3. Combine the search concepts; you can use the search statement numbers rather than retyping all the searches:
    #2 and #5

Example 4: Find papers on neoplasm which are not published in English.

  1. Search for the terms neoplasms in the Descriptors (DE) field:
    neoplasms in de
  2. Limit the results to foreign papers by excluding records with english in the Language of Text (LA) field; beginning your search with an operator automatically combines it with the previous search:
    not english in la

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Special Characters

Greek letters and some symbols are spelled out in full, such as alpha, sigma, male, female, etc.

Some symbols and punctuation are unsearchable characters and are treated as if they are not there. Commas, colons, apostrophes, question marks, etc. appear in the record, but they are not searchable. Simply ignore them.
Example: 2,4,5-T should be searched as 245-t in de

Full stop (or period) should be ignored in text searching but included when searching for a number.

Example:
0.7 is searched 0.7
07 is searched 07

Slashes are also not searchable, but are treated as a space.
Example: mg/ml is searched mg ml

When searching for a CABICODE Heading which contains a bracket, such as the heading Agriculture (General), please note that the heading term in brackets is indexed separately from the rest of the term and therefore has two, or more, separate entries in the index. Agriculture (General) may be searched either by: (agriculture general) in cd or "agriculture general" in cd. When searching for headings such as Natural Resources (General), you may search this abbreviated as (natural- near general) in cd or "natural- general" in cd - both retrieve natural in the same field as general. Alternatively search for the full heading as (natural resources general) in cd or "natural resources general" in cd.

For headings which contain a stopword, such as Policy and Planning (General), leave the stopword out of your search string as (policy planning general) in cd or "policy planning general" in cd, or include it in quotation marks as (policy "and" planning general) in cd.

Please see Hyphenated Descriptors for more information on using hyphens.

Please note that WinSPIRS 4.01 does not support the use of trailing hyphens. If used they will be ignored and the result will be as if the trailing hyphens have not been entered in the search string. For example, in WinSPIRS 4.01, nitrogen- in de retrieves nitrogen- in the Descriptors (DE) field as well as ammonium-nitrogen and nitrogen-fertilizers etc.

In your search strategy, allow for all the possible variations of symbols and special characters.

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Spelling

American spelling may be contained in the Title (TI) field, but not in the Abstracts (AB) field. For comprehensive retrieval, use all alternative spellings. Some of the common variants are listed below.

Nouns ending in -or, -our:
behavior behaviour
color colour
labor labour
Nouns ending in -er, -re: center centre
fiber fibre
Nouns ending in -se, -ce: license licence
Nouns ending in -g, -gue: catalog catalogue
Words containing -o, -ou: mold mould
molt moult
Words with single or
double consonants:		 program programme
radiolabeled radiolabelled
woolen woollen
Verbs ending in -ize, -ise and nouns
derived from these verbs:		 mechanization mechanisation
standardize standardise
Diphthongs:
edema oedema
estrus oestrus
hemoglobin haemoglobin
Miscellaneous: aluminum aluminium
corn maize
draft draught
eggplant aubergine
peanut groundnut
sulfur sulphur
tire tyre
zucchini courgette

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Stopwords

Words of little intrinsic meaning that occur too frequently to be useful in searching text are known as "stopwords." You cannot search for the following stopwords by themselves, but you can include them within phrases:

an by or were
and from that which
are is the with
as more their  
at of to  
be on was  

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Thesaurus

The CAB Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary that is used to index the following descriptor fields in this database:

The ondisc Thesaurus comprises two main sections: the List of Permuted Terms and the Term Details. The List of Permuted Terms is an alphabetical list of all the controlled vocabulary terms used to index records in the database.

The Term Details for a given term may contain Narrower terms, Related terms, Broader terms, Scope notes, and Used For notes. Use narrower terms to focus your search; use broader and related terms to broaden your search.

The Explode function on the Term Details screen searches for the main descriptor and all of the narrower descriptors below it.

Please note that the Thesaurus is updated regularly and any new terms added to it would previously have been entered in the Identifiers (ID) field. This should be taken into account for older records.

For more information, please contact CABI Publishing or visit http://www.cabthesaurus.info.

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Using Indexes

Using the Free Text Index (General Index)

The Free Text Index (General Index in WebSPIRS) contains an alphabetical list of terms used to index the non-limit database fields. The Free Text Index allows you to look up, select, and search for variations of a term. It is particularly useful if you are uncertain of the spelling of a term or how the terms are used in the database. Since the Free Text Index shows terms used in indexing the database, searching directly from this index will always yield results. The Free Text Index includes the following fields:

Using Field-Specific Indexes

Field-specific indexes are available for some database fields. Each field-specific index contains an alphabetical list of the terms occurring in an individual field. As with the Free Text Index, this enables you to look up, select, and search for variations of terms in the database. The advantage of a field-specific index is that you know where the terms occur in the database. For example, if you look up "french" in the Language of Text Field-Specific Index, you know that all occurrences of the term are as a language only. The following are field-specific indexes:

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CABA International Global Health Copyright

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