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SHORT ENGLISH GUIDE TO THE LIBRARY'S HOMEPAGE, AND TO THE BASIC RULES OF DATABASE SEARCH CONTENTS:

THE LIBRARY'S HOMEPAGE: 1 DATABASES BY SUBJECTS TABLE: 2 WEB RESOURCES- FREE OF CHARGE, INTERNET SITES 3 DATABASE SEARCH: BASIC RULES 4 SEARCHING A SUBJECT THOROUGHLY 5 COMBINATION OF TERMS WITHIN SEARCH QUERIES 6 *************************************************************

:THE LIBRARY'S HOMEPAGE ACCESS TO MANY HELPFUL RESOURCES

LIBRARY CATALOGUE. AND THE CATALOGUES OF ALL ISRAELI . UNIVERSITIES )FREE SITE(

LISTS OF DATABASES FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS IN THE FAC. .OF AGRIC

E-JOURNALS, ACCESS IS BY .LICENCE

FREE OF CHARGE IMPORTANT DATABASES AND SITES IN INTERNET FORMS FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICE, AND OTHER PURPOSES

EXERCISES THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO SUBMIT, AFTER TAKING THE COURSE OF DATABASE SEARCH RULESINTERNET BASICS AND .RESOURCES

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:DATABASES BY SUBJECTS TABLE CLICKING ON A SUBJECT HEADING, WILL DISPLAY A LIST OF AVAILABLE RELEVANT DATABASES (PURCHASED OR FREE OF CHARGE).

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WEB RESOURCES- FREE OF CHARGE, INTERNET SITES

CALENDAR OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS: CONGRESSES, ...MEETINGS, ETC

PATENT INFORMATION, INCLUDING U.S. PATENTSSEARCHABLE AND AVAILABLE FULL TEXT

ELECTRONIC BOOKS )SCIENTIFIC AND NON )SCIENTIFIC

,STATISTICS DATABASES INCLUDING FAO AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

:FREE SCIENTIFIC DATABASES INCLUDING PUBMED)HEALTH(, ANDAGRICOLA) )AGRICULTURE

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DATABASE SEARCH: BASIC RULES

SELECT AND ENTER A RELEVANT DATABASE CONCERNING YOUR . 1 QUERY. SEARCH FOR RELEVANT DATABASES AT THE LIBRARY'S HOMEPAGE, "DATABASES" BUTTON, "DATABASES BY SUBJECT" TABLE.

2. AFTER ENTERING A DATABASE, SEARCH THOROUGHLY FOR ALL TERMS / PHRASES THAT DESCRIBE A CERTAIN SUBJECT. USE THE THESAURUS, IF THE DATABASE HAS ONE.

3. COMBINE TERMS BY BOOLEAN OPERATORS: OR, AND, NOT... 4. CHECK SEARCH RESULTS. MODIFY IF NECESSARY, BY LIMITING, FOCUSING, OR ENHANCING RESULTS. 5. MARK SELECTED RECORDS IN THE SET OF RESULTS, FOR DOWNLOADING OR PRINTING.

6. DOWNLOAD / PRINT SEARCH RESULTS. 7. EXIT / LOGOFF 8. HOW TO ACHIEVE DESIRED FULL-TEXTS, REFERRED TO, IN SEARCH RESULTS (IN BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES)?

8a. IN SOME RECORDS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO ENTER THE FULLTEXT, DIRECTLY FROM WITHIN THE DATABASE.

8b. BY SEARCHING LIBRARYS' WEB CATALOGUES, OR LISTS OF ACCESSIBLE E-JOURNLS (VIA THE LIBRARY'S HOMEPAGE). 8c. IT IS POSSIBLE AS WELL TO USE THE AUTHOR'S ADDRESS /ELECTRONIC MAIL INCLUDED IN DATABASE RECORDS, TO CONTACT AUTHORS, AND ASK FOR REPRINTS.

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SEARCHING A SUBJECT THOROUGHLY )"COMBINE TERMS BY:"OR(

1. SEARCH FOR SYNONYMS:

Type: MEDICINAL PLANTS OR HERBAL MEDICINE

2. SEARCH FOR ALL THE GRAMMAR

FORMS: HORMONE OR HORMONES OR HORMONAL OR HORMONALLY

3. SEARCH FOR ALL THE SPELLINGS:

COLOR OR COLOUR FIBER OR FIBRE POST HARVEST OR POSTHARVEST DRAUGHT OR DROUGHT

4. SEARCH INITIALS, BUT ALSO FULL PHRASE: PCR OR POLYMERASE CHAIN 5. USE TRUNCATION. TRUNCATING A STRING OF LETTERS BY THE TRUNCATION

*(- IN WINSPIRS, AND THE WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASES(, WILL RETRIEVE

SIGN:) )

ALL THE RECORDS CONTAINING THE STRING, WITH ALL THE POSSIBLE SUFFIXES. FOR EXAMPLE: TYPING: COLOR* AS SEARCH QUERY TERM, WILL RETRIEVE: COLOR, COLORS, COLORATION, COLORADO )!!!(, AND SO ON. 6. USE "CONTROLLED VOCABULARY" TERMS, OR PERFORM "THESAURUS SEARCH, IF THE DATABASE HAS ONE.

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COMBINATION OF TERMS WITHIN SEARCH QUERIES

SEARCHING:APPLES OR MALUS, WILL , RETRIEVE RECORDS CONTAINING:APPLES ANDIN ADDITION RECORDS CONTAINING: SEARCHING: APPLES AND IRRIGATION, WILL MALUS. RECORDS CONTAING BOTH TERMS RETRIEVE RECORDS CONTAINING BOTH TERMS .TOGETHER, WILL APPEAR IN THE FILE ONLY ONCE .TOGETHER

COMBINE TERMS BY:OR, IN ORDER COMBINE TERMS BY:AND, IN ORDER TO .TO RETRIEVE A COMPREHENSIVE RESULT RETRIEVE A SPECIFIC AND FOCUSED. RESULT

SEARCHING: QUALITY NOT SIZE WILL RETRIEVE RECORDS CONTAINING THE TERMQUALITY, WITHOUT THE TERM:.SIZE COMBINE TERMS BY: NOT, IN ORDER TO REMOVE UNWANTED DATA FROM THE SET OF RESULTS. BE CARFUL WHILE USING: NOT, SINCE THE RECORDS YOU REMOVE, MAY CONTAIN RELEVANT DATA, TOGETHER WITH THE DATA YOU WANT TO REMOVE.. comments and questions: [email protected]

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