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CSA
Technology Research

Database

Guide







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Table of Contents






1. 10 Reasons to Use CSA Technology Research Database

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2. What is CSA Technology Research Database

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3. Benefits of CSA

Technology Research Database

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4. CSA Technology Research Database Subject
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Covered

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Classification Schemes

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Descriptors

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5. Supplemental Complimentary Databases

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Recent References Related to Technology

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Web Resources Related to Technol
ogy

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MicroPatent Materials Patents

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Searchable Fields and Codes

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Full
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Record View

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Table


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Field Codes Defined

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7. Publication Types

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8. Language


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9.
Cited References

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. Selection and Indexing Policy

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Selection

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Indexing

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. Boolean Operators and Other Search Tools

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. Ready, Set, Search! Using the
CSA Illumina

Platform to Search CSA TRD


Quick, Advanced, or Command Searching

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Limits...

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Sorting Features

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Records

Display


Showing, Du
plicates, Viewing and Save, Print, Email

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. Value Added Features

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Technology Terms List or
Thesaurus Search

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Browsable Indexes

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. The Research Process

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CSA Technology Research Database



1.

10 Reasons to Use CSA Technology Resea
rch Database


1.

Access to over 7 million

records from academic, scientific and trade sources in more than
3,500 serials and about 1,000 non
-
serials per year including conference proceedings,
reports, monographs, handbooks, pamphlets, trade literature and sta
ndards.

2.

Coverage dating to 1962

3.

Complimentary access to
MicroPatent Materials Patents searched simultaneously with
TRD subfiles

4.

Advance searching capability of 40 indexed fields

5.

Ability to search across broad technology and engineering subject areas usin
g a master
authority file of
over

40,000 Technology Terms

6.

Searching via Browsable Indexes

7.

A
utomatic

de
-
duping feature

8.

Lateral searching through Authors and Descriptors

9.

Automatic searches of the Recent References and Web Resources Related to Technology
dat
abases

10.

Easy citation formatting via QuikBib

2.

What is CSA Technology Research Database

?

This comprehensive database provides a single mega
-
file of unique records available through its
3 components: The CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX, CSA

High Technology
Research Database with Aerospace and the CSA Engineering Research Database. CSA
Technology Research Database offers coverage of the broad technology and engineering subject
areas including aerospace and astronautics engineering, civil eng
ineering, mechanical and
transportation engineering and materials science.
Technology is one of the four subject areas in
which CSA provides comprehensive coverage. CSA is dedicated to continually broaden this
coverage as new areas of technology are ident
ified.

A little history will provide insight into the quality of the databases included in CSA’s TRD with
their topical foci and with an editorial staff supplying indexing terms and related web resources
as well as assigning classification codes when appro
priate. It is the focused nature of these
databases while at the same time being able to cross
-
search them that offers a unique research
tool.

The CSA distribution of engineering databases began in May 1996 with the acquisition of
Materials Information fr
om ASM International (now known as ASM) and the Institute of
Materials who had jointly owned these respected databases for more than 30 years. As a result,
CSA added the leading metallurgical database, METADEX, to its portfolio along with other
materials
sciences databases including Aluminum Industry Abstracts, Ceramic Abstracts/World
Ceramic Abstracts, Copper Data Center Database, Corrosion Abstracts, Engineered Materials

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Abstracts, Materials Business File, and WELDASEARCH. These eight files have traditi
onally
been sold as one database, known as the Materials Research Database (MRD).


CSA’s ability to provide access to key engineering databases grew in 2000 with the acquisition
of the Aerospace Database from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Ast
ronautics (AIAA).
CSA improved this authoritative database on its platform in 2001 by adding the pre
-
1986
backfiles. Brought together with the other CSA databases Computer & Information Systems
Abstracts, Communication & Electronics Abstracts and Solid S
tate & Superconductivity
Abstracts, these four databases are traditionally sold together and comprise the Aerospace &
High Technology Database (HTRD).


Shortly after the Aerospace Database acquisition, CSA undertook a year
-
long study of available
engineeri
ng products to evaluate bibliographic coverage of core engineering areas. The findings
of this study revealed that while existing database resources provided some coverage of
mechanical and civil engineering literature, important segments of these fields
were ignored. As
a result, CSA developed and produced two new databases to fill these gaps, Mechanical &
Transportation Engineering Abstracts and Civil Engineering Abstracts. These databases, along
with the related files Abstracts in New Technology and E
ngineering (ANTE), Earthquake
Engineering Abstracts, and Environmental Engineering Abstracts, comprise the Engineering
Research Database (ERD).

In 2003, our editorial and database development teams integrated the three component files into
one, large metaf
ile known as the Technology Research Database (TRD). The TRD became
commercially available in January 2004.
It is important to note that, in addition to acquiring
databases over the years, CSA has also maintained the expertise that had formed their
devel
opment and editorial authority by retaining the former editorial and management staffs of
the materials and aerospace databases.

3.

Benefits of CSA Technology Research Database

The TRD configuration preserves the ability for users to search at the individ
ual database level
(e.g., METADEX) or the component level (e.g., HTRD) but now also across all databases
simultaneously for a single, consolidated record set. The TRD configuration increases search
flexibility and precision.

A subscription to CSA Technolo
gy Research Database:




Provides online access to a comprehensive overview of
engineering and broad
technology subject areas.



Ensures
a
quality
control users rely on with

editing done by a human editor who reviews
and corrects each record and adding approp
riate classifications and descriptors



Benefits the user by utilizing the functionality of the award winning
CSA Illumina

Platform



Contains unique
information for the user including publisher URLs and Author contact
information when available


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Inclusion of
Cited References since 2002 in the Engineering Research Database’s and its
subfiles and as of mid
-
2004, in the full subcollections
(
with the exception of

the subfile

Weldasearch
)
.


4.

CSA Technology Research Database S
ubject
s

Covered


The scope and covera
ge of the CSA Technology Research Database has been developed to
continually reflect the changing information needs of its users and emerging technologies and
research developments in such areas as:

o

Aeronautics

o

Alloys

o

Astronautics

o

Biomaterials

o

Casting
and molding

o

Ceramics

o

Civil engineering

o

Communications and networks

o

Composites

o

Computer applications

o

Construction materials

o

Corrosion

o

Database information systems

o

Decision support systems

o

Earthquake engineering

o

Electronics

o

Engineered materials

o

Environmental engineering

o

Glass

o

Intermetallics

o

Mechanical engineering

o

Metallurgy

o

Metals and their applications

o

Meteorology, climatology and oceanography

o

Navigation

o

Nonferrous metals

o

Optical and acoustic technology

o

Pollution, waste and water engin
eering

o

Polymers

o

Robotics and automation

o

Semiconductors

o

Space biology

o

Steels

o

Superconductors

o

Surface finishing

o

Telecommunications


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o

Transportation engineering

o

Welding

Approximately 350,000
-
400,000 records are added annually
.

Classification Scheme
s
:


CSA Technology Research Database editors

strive to facilitate searching by assigning to each
record a unique subject classification code. Each TRD subfile (with the exception of
Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Corrosion Abstracts
,

and
ANTE:
Abstracts

in New
Technologies
)

has its own
c
lassification scheme which can be found in its entirety in each
subfiles
factsheet

as a Quick Link.



Descriptors:


As a new term
appears

in the materials being indexed, it is accessible electronically via free
-
text
sear
ching of the abstract and/or title of the bibliographic record. As its usage in the literature
increases, a term may be established as a Descriptor and connected to related terms. Similarly,
Descriptors may be retired as usage of the concept declines. New
terminology for existing
concepts may also be established.


These Descriptors and Classification Codes may be used as searchable fields with the
Descriptors (DE=) and Classification (CL=) field when constructing queries (see the
Selection
and Indexing Poli
cy

section for more information).


5.

Supplemental Complimentary Databases


When you search

any of the
CSA Illumina

Technology Research Database files
, t
wo

supplementary database
s

are searched simultaneously:
Recent References Related to

Technology
and We
b Resources Related to

Technology. Also, when searching the CSA TRD or Materials
Research Database with Metadex, an additional database, MicroPatent Materials Patents, is
searched
. Access to these databases is included with a subscription to
CSA Technolog
y Research
Database

on
CSA Illumina

(due to the inclusion of a few related databases within the subject area
Technology there are also included Recent References Related to Natural Sciences and
Computer Sciences as well as Web Resources Related to Technolo
gy and Natural Sciences).


Recent References Related to Technology

The CSA Technology Research Database Recent References Related to Technology file is a pre
-
publication file updated weekly that contains records in process for one or more CSA
-
TRD
subfiles.

This file represents future CSA
-
TRD content. Records are drawn from all publications
indexed for inclusion in CSA
-
TRD. Each record contains searchable fields for article title, author
name(s), author affiliation(s) and bibliographic/source information. M
ost records also contain
additional searchable fields including an abstract and indexing terms. A provoked search within
a single subfile will recall results from across all of the Technology Research Database files.




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Web Resources Related to Technology

A

collection of over 40,000 high
-
quality web sites
which
are hand
-
picked and hand
-
indexed.
S
ites
indexed
contain specific technical or business information, from such respected sources as
educational institutions, government agencies, scientific organizat
ions, and business/professional
organizations.
L
inks
are reviewed
on a
monthly

basis, and average a phenomenal rate of less
than 2% deadlinks.


MicroPatent Materials Patents


The MicroPatent Materials Patents database supplements
CSA Illumina

by providing
monthly
updates of US, European (EP) and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patents that are directly
related to subject area searched.


6.

Searchable Fields and Codes



Full
-
Record View



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Table

The table below shows field codes and sample search queries wit
h regard to the Full Record
View screen shot on the previous page.













Field Name

Label

Advanced and Command Search Examples

Title

TI=

ti=(carbon dioxide) and mines

Author

AU=

au=steigman, g

au=sharp, a

Affiliation

AF=

af=(
ohio state university
)

Source

SO=

so=(chemical engineering science)

ISSN

IS=

is=0143
-
7496


Descriptors

DE=

de=
chromium steels

de=(
creep life
)

de=(
fiber composites
)

Abstract

AB=

ab=
(
(
titanium

or molybdenum) and
(
corrosion
))

Email Address

EA=

ea=
ioannis.chronakis@ifp.se

Pu
blisher

PU=

pu=
Elsevier Science Ltd

Illustrations

IL=

il=graphs

Language

LA=

la=english

Publication Year

PY=

py=2005

Publication Type

PT=

pt=journal article

Classification

CL=

cl=
81 Engineering and Sciences (CI)


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For more information regarding field codes, please click here.



Note: See
Ready, Set,
Search
!

for

information and tips on Advanced and Command Searching on pages










Field Codes Defined


The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in
alphabetical order by two
-
letter code. See
Field Codes and Search Examples

for detailed
descriptions and search examples.



AB = Abstract

ED = Editor

LA = Language

PR = Patent Priority
Data

AF = Affiliation

EI = Electronic ISSN

MC = M
aterial
Classification

PT = Publication Type

AN = Accession
Number

IB = ISBN

ML = Material

PY = Publication Year

AU = Author

IL = Illustrations

NR = Number of
References

RE = References

CA = Corporate
Author

IS = ISSN

NT = Notes

RL = Resource
Location

CF = Conference

JC = Journal
Coverage

NU = Other Numbers

RP = Report Number

CL = Classification

JC = Journal Issue

PA = Patent Application
Data

SF = Subfile

DE = Descriptors

JN = Journal Name

PB = Publisher

SO = Source

DO = DOI

JV = Journal Volume

P
C = Patent Country

TI = Title

EA = Email Address

KW = Keywords

PN = Patent Number

UD = Update



Tips:

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

DO=

do
=(
10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2005.03.005
)

Update

UD=

ud=200510

Accession Number

AN=

an=
200513
-
11
-
56518 (MT
)

Subfile

SF=

sf=
Environmental Engineering (EN)


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In some records, an author's name is followed by an *. This means that the organization
and address in the Author Affiliation field belong to this autho
r. You cannot search for
this * because the search engine uses this symbol to truncate words. An Author
Affiliation search for the organization can be conducted using af=(organization name).



An ISBN search should be constructed without using hyphens, e.g.

ib=
0135052157
,
whereas an ISSN search should include hyphens and be placed in parentheses, e.g.
is=(
0146
-
3705
).



A Corporate Author (CA=) the name of the organization that has produced the original
source document. This field is often present when there is

no personal author field.
U
se
the distinctive parts of the name
when searching this field
and do not search for
designations such Corp, Co, Company, Ltd. etc, eg: ca=(
national aerospace l
ab
)
,
ca=(NASA), or ca=(
Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala (Sweden)).



T
he Source

field

(SO=)

contains bibliographic citation information. If the record
describes a journal article, the source field
in
CSA

Technology Research Database
contains

both

the
full title and the
abbreviated journal title. To find the correct form of

the
abbreviated name, look in the Serials Source List, which is located in the database’s
factsheet
.

A source

need not be a journal article. Conference proceedings also frequently
populate the Source field
.



C
lassification codes and descript
ors

are broad s
ubject headings that are specific to
the
CSA Technology Research Database.
Again,
c
lassification codes can be found in 14 of
the 17 TRD subfiles.

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of much of the material covered,
one record may have several classificat
ions. If you are already familiar with the database
or have a code from a previous search and wish to find similar records, place the code or
descriptive word(s) in the query box, e
.g.
:

cl=(
27 Nonmetallic Materials
)
.



When searching for conference informati
on, use the CF= field, which provides the name
of the conference and where and when it occurred. For faster retrieval, ignore the
common words such as "annual or "annu" or "meeting" and search for the distinctive
elements only, e.g. cf=(micropollutants and

environment and 2000) when searching for
“European Conference on Pesticides and Related Organic Micropollutants in the
Environment”
, Ioannina (Greece), 5
-
8 Oct 2000.


7.

Publication Types


CSA Technology Research Databases indexes 20 publication types th
at are searchable on
CSA
Illumina

by either using the field code PT= followed by the name of the type, e.g., pt=map, or by
going to the Search Tools tab, then the Indexes tab and choosing the Publication Type browsable
index. Enter an ‘a’ in the Search th
e Index box, click Go and then you can see a list of all the
types and can select the ones you want to search. The list of document types is as follows:




Bibliography




Law or Statute




Book Monograph




Map




Computer




Numerical Data




Computer File




Patent



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Conference




Report




Dictionary




Review




Dissertation




Sound Recording



Drawing




Standard




Film




Summary




Journal Article




Training Manual



The publication types represented in CSA Technology Research Database by percentage:


Journal Articles:




57%

Conferences:





21%

Reports:






9%

Other (books, book chapters, etc.):


13%


*
The results total under All

Publication Types includes publications grouped under all other
published work categories and does not include totals from the Sch
olars
(a new tab introduced in
2005 currently for the Social Sciences)
and Web Sites tabs
.



Document Delivery


Fee
-
based document delivery for materials cited in the CSA Technology Research Database is
supplied predominantly by the Linda Hall Library.

For

document availability, fee schedules, and
ordering information, please visit
http://www.lindahall.org/docserv/

or
request information via

e
-
mail

at

dispatch@l
indahall.org


8.

Language


Our databases contain records published in over 40 languages,
from over 60 nations
, and while
most of the actual production takes place in the USA and UK, we have input cent
ers

in 41
countries.

Four

United Nations agencies (e.g
. FAO) and another
ten

international organizations
(e.g. IUCN)

also contribute to our databases.


Although more and more publishers provide
English translations of the abstracts and article titles, our international input cent
ers

provide
translations for l
ocal publications, and also transliterate
languages that do not use the Roman
alphabet.



The following languages are indexed in the
CSA Technology Research Database
:




AFRIKAANS



FINNISH



KOREAN



SERBO
-
CROATIAN



ARABIC



FLEMISH



LITHUANIAN



SLOVAK



ARMENIAN



FRE
NCH



MACEDONIAN



SLOVENIAN



BELORUSSIAN



GEORGIAN



MALAY



SPANISH


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BULGARIAN



GERMAN



NEPALI



SWAHILI



CHINESE



GREEK



NORWEGIAN



SWEDISH



CROATIAN



HEBREW



PERSIAN



TURKISH



CZECH



HINDI



POLISH



UKRAINIAN



DANISH



HUNGARIAN



PORTUGUESE



VIETNAMESE



DUTCH



INDONESIAN



ROMANIAN




ENGLISH



ITALIAN



RUSSIAN




ESTONIAN



JAPANESE



SERBIAN




9. Cited References


When available Cited References are included in records. Where possible, references are linked
to abstract records that provide a more complete bibliographic description than

the reference
alone. Also where possible, references are linked to other items citing the same reference. The
[Cited by x] hyperlink retrieves and displays these other items
.




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.

Selection and Indexing Policy


S
ELECTION


The inclusion of content in th
e CSA Technology Research Database is highly selective. Over
3,500 journals as well as monographs, government documents, and other reports are drawn from
a wide range of print and electronic sources from 60 countries in over 40 languages. Content
indexed
in the CSA Technology Research Database is selected based on topical focus. CSA
seeks to provide comprehensive coverage within each of its subject areas.
B
oth print and
electronic sources

are indexed
.


CSA Illumina

specifically
identifies and allows the

user to search peer
-
reviewed publications.
“Peer review” is the process through which experts in the field of study assess the quality of
articles that are submitted to a publication.
CSA

Technology Research

Database relies upon
Ulrich’s
Directory of Peri
odicals

to assign the peer
-
review status if that information is not
otherwise provided by the publisher.


Under the

selection policy of
the
CSA Technology Research Database
,
each
publication

is
classified as

Core, Priority,
or

Selective

for each database i
n which it may be indexed. For
example, a publication about metallurgy might be classified as Core for METADEX, and as
Selective for each of the other TRD subfiles.




Core sources


every substantive article

is selected and indexed
.



Priority sources


on a
verage more than 50 percent of the material is
selected and
indexed
.


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Selective sources


on average less than 50 percent of the material is
selected and
indexed
.


INDEXING


CSA employs human editors who add value to records by providing professional
arti
cle

selection, extensive quality control, and several levels of indexing, including Classification
Codes (CL=) and Descriptors (DE=).




C
lassification Codes

indicate subject specific codes in broad subject areas for each of the
14 of 17 CSA databases and in
dividual TRD files.



Descriptors
chosen from

the

controlled vocabulary called Technology Terms
are

used
to
index

all of the
TRD
components except Copper Data Center Database, Environmental
Engineering Abstracts and WELDASEARCH.

Each of the latter three is i
ndexed with a
controlled vocabulary specific to the file.


Note:
For
a complete list of the

journals indexed in the database, click
here
.





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.

Boolean Operators and O
ther Search Tools Supported by
CSA Illumina


Boolean operators help define the relationships between words or groups of words.


AND

Use to narrow a search and retrieve records containing all of the words it
separates


OR

Use to broaden a search and retriev
e records containing any of the words it
separates


NOT

Use to narrow a search and retrieve records that do not contain the term
following it.


( )

Use to group words or phrases when combining Boolean phrases and to
show the order in which relationships sh
ould be considered.


Proximity operators identify the number of words to come between the search terms.


WITHIN

Use to narrow a search by specifying a proximity relationship of


“X” fewer than “X” words between search terms.



NEAR

Use to narrow
a search by specifying a proximity relationship of fewer
than 10 words between search terms.


Special symbols can expand the scope of your search.



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*

Truncate using the wild card symbol. This expands a search term to
include forms of a root word, e.g. sat
ellite* retrieves satellites, satellite
imagery, satellite instruments, satellite configurations, etc.


*

Find an unlimited number of characters within a word, e.g. alumin*um
retrieves aluminum and aluminium.


?

Find alternative spellings. The ? represent
s any single character; ??
represents two characters and so on. Use within or at the end of a word,
e.g.
wom?n finds woman as well as women
.

Note: Search queries containing several operators search in the following order:


( )
,
NEAR
,
NOT
,
AND
,
OR







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2
.

Ready, Set, Search!

Using
CSA Illumina

to Search CSA
Technology Research Database



Now that you have an understanding of what the CSA Technology Research Database is and
how the searchable field codes and search tools function, you are now re
ady to search the
database through
CSA Illumina
.
Clicking on
‘Help & Support’

at any time will direct you to a
context
-
specific Help page.


QUICK, ADVANCED,
OR
COMMAND SEARCHING

On
CSA Illumina
, search strategies can be applied using one of three approache
s.




Quick Search

restricts your search to
anywhere.
An anywhere search searches across all
of the available fields in a record. Multiple words entered into the search field, will be
treated as a phrase

and are not case sensitive (see below)
.







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A
dvanced Search

gives you the advantage of being able to select any of the
40

field codes
from a pull
-
down menu. The separate search boxes are formatted to include the Boolean
Operators to help guid
e you in formatting your search (see below).






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Command Search

may be preferred by advanced users who are comfortable
entering
search strategies that include field codes and nested logic without aid of a template (see
below).







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Note: Searches are
not

case sensitive
.





LIMITS

Search strategies m
ay be refined by using the following limits

(
available in ‘Advanced Search’
and ‘Command Search’
):




Latest Update

limits your results to include only the most recent records that were added
to the database. CSA Technology Research Database is updated on a
monthly basis.


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Journal Articles Only

limits the search to only include the publication type of journal
articles.



English
Only

limits retrieval to
sources

published

in English. CSA Technology Research
Database includes source publications in over 40 languag
es
.

F
or non
-
English
sources
,
English titles and abstracts are

provided

whenever possible, and the language of the
source is identified in the indexed record.



By Publication Date

limits retrieval to a specific date range.



SORTING

FEATURES

The sorting feat
ures give you the opportunity to order your results based on the publication date
or relevancy.





Most Recent First

displays the records in order beginning with the most recent.




Relevance Rank

displays records in order based on relevancy. Relevancy is det
ermined
through a rating system that weighs the records based on the number of times the term(s)
appear in the record and where they appear.


RECORDS

DISPLAY


SHOW RECORDS

Select how to display records from the ‘Show’ pull
-
down menu. Options include displa
ying the

short format, full format, full format
-
omit references, and custom format.


DUPLICATE RECORDS

CSA Illumina

automatically removes any duplicate records, or
‘de
-
dupe
s

,
that
may appear in
your set of results, displaying only the most complete record
.
You can use the ‘Show Duplicates’
feature to display the duplicates.

This

is especially useful when you are cross
-
database searching.


VIEWING RE
CORD
S

When viewing records on
CSA Illumina
, notice that both the author name(s) and the associated
descripto
rs are hyperlinked. Clicking the link will search the database for each occurrence of the
selected author or descriptor.


SAVING, PRINTING, and E
-
MAILING RECORDS

Saving, printing, and e
-
mailing records can be done by using the ‘Save, Print, E
-
mail’ functio
n.
This function also includes QuikBib, which creates a bibliography from a choice of 13 output
styles most often used in academic settings. If the institution also subscribes to the bibliographic
manager, RefWorks, search results can be directly exported
.


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.

Value
-
Added Features


CSA Illumina

offers a number of value
-
added features to help with the search process and
maximize the relevancy of search results.


Technology Terms List or Thesaurus Search


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As of 2005, t
he
CSA Technology Research Database

i
s indexed using a master authority file of
about 40,000 controlled
-
vocabulary
Technology Terms.

Older records in th
ese

database
s

were
indexed using file
-
specific thesaur
i
; th
ese

thesaur
i

ha
ve

now been incorporated into the
Technology Terms file. Under th
e Search Tools, Thesaurus tab there is a drop
-
down menu
which includes a few file
-
specific Thesauri as well as the Technology Terms list. This Terms list
can be used with the alphabetical and rotated indexes display.



A number of file
-
specific thesauri
are listed under the Search Tools, Thesaurus tab as well as the
new Technology Terms file. They are:




ANTE:Abstracts for New Technologies and Engineering



Copper



Engineered Materials


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Metallurgical



NASA


When using one of the file
-
specific thesauri you can

take advantage of the three types of display:

hierarchical, alphabetical,
and
rotated
(or permuted)
index
.




The
Alphabetical

display presents an alphabetical list of thesaurus
or Technology Terms

(see
above
)
.





The
Hierarchy

display shows

a term

and its
hierarchy, including its Scope and History
Notes, its unique alphanumeric code, any Use For
(UF) or Use directions, and its

hierarchical relationships with Broader Terms (BT), Narrower Terms (NT), and Related
Terms (RT).
The Hierarchical display can be acc
essed by either selecting the radio button
within ‘Select Display’ or by clicking the hyperlinked term within the alphabetical
display of terms (see below).






The
Rotated Index

(or
Permuted Index
)

displays all thesaurus terms or phrases that
contain the

search term used
, no matter where the word is found within a term


first
word, middle word, or at the end. This display is most useful when you are unfamiliar
with the subject area or are in need of a broad scope of reference to begin searching (see
belo
w).




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After finding

the
appropriate terms, you can search for those terms in
CSA Technology Research
Database using the Technology Term file or, if a file
-
specific thesaurus exists for the subfile you
are searching, the Thesaurus Search Feature within
the Search Tools.


Remembered

(or
Marked
)
Terms

can be selected and searched from any of the displays, applying
AND, OR, or Explode operators, and setting limits as defined above.


BROWSABLE INDEXES

A browsable index is an alphabetical listing of terms
used in a specific field of a database. You
can browse this list to see, for example, various spellings of author names, what types of
publications are covered by a particular database, or the names of journals indexed in a certain
database. After finding
appropriate terms, you can then submit a search for those terms.

Searches

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may also be activated through
three

browsable indexes: Author, Journal Name, and Publication
Type.








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.

The Research Process


I) How to begin the electronic research process


A. Determine your goals:


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1.

State your research question:


"How has the use of polymers and ceramics affected corrosion in the automotive
and aerospace industries?”


2.

Set parameters for your search
(i.e. location, range of time, scientific names, tech
nology
types, etc.)



“Looking at these industries in North America for the last 10 years, has the use of
these materials changed the problem of corrosion?”



B. Identify general concepts:



1.

Which general terms relate to your search?












“polymers”; “ceramics”; “corrosion”; “automotives”; “aerospace”; “United States”


C. Choose the appropriate database


1.

Are there specific journals, reports, or abstracts that specialize in polymers or ceramics?




In this case
you

will be sea
rching the entire CSA Technology Research Database
including all its 17 files and subfiles. In order to see results from the individual files and
subfiles you will need, when selecting databases to search, to expand the whole of TRD
and select each file
and subfile. Displaying the expanded view of the search results will
let you see which files and subfiles have greater relevance and more related content to
your search query. By clicking on an individual file or subfile just those search results
will b
e displayed and you will be able to determine more specific journals, etc. that
specialize in polymers and/or ceramics.


2.

Are any of these journals covered in CSA Technology Research Database




full
-
text collection database(s)? Wh
at other resources are available on the Web

Resources Database?


There are many CSA full
-
text linking partners that have journals that are covered in the
Technology Research Database (see a list of linking partners by clicking on the
Admini
strative Tools link off of the CSA Homepage).




II) Build your search strategy:


A. Quick search:

Enter phrase or multiple search terms separated by Boolean operators AND to

link terms, OR
to link similar words or synonyms:


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"(polymer* OR ceramic*) AND
corrosion AND (automo* OR

aerospace*)
"

in

the
Quick Search box


Note
: As we are searching the entire CSA Technology Research Database we will be using the
Technology Term list which applies to all of the files included in the TRD. This term list is not a
true thesaurus so each term included in the list represents
just

its own single concept.


B. Advanced Search:

The drop boxes allow you to limit
the

search by
any of the searchable field codes including

Keyword (KW), Author (AU), Journal Name (JN), Descr
iptor (DE), Abstract (AU), or Title
(TI). You can also limit your search to specific publication years and choose the record
format. The descriptor field (DE) and abstract field (
AB
) will allow you to narrow down
your search even more by locating specific

descriptors and key words in the abstract.

Example: If you wanted to limit your search to literature in French try:
kw=((polymer*)) AND kw=(ceramic*) AND la=(french)

III) Analyzing Results


A. Good results:

If r
esults are satisfactory, then
Save, Print, E
-
mail

citations, download them to a


bibliographic manager such as RefWorks,
or output them via CSA's
QuikBib,

which
allows
CSA Illumina users to easily generate a bibliography of selected database records
in
thirteen
of the most popular bibliographic styles. The ava
ilable bibliographic styles are listed below.





APA
-

American Psychological Association, 5th Edition



APA, Annotated with Abstracts, American Psychological Association, 5th Edition
-




AMA
-

Am
erican Medical Association, 9th Edition



ASA


American Sociological Association, 2
nd

edition



Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition (Author
-
Date System)



Council of Biology Editors


CBE 6
th
, Citation
-
Sequence



Council of Biology Editors


CBE 6
th
, Name
-
Y
ear Sequence



Harvard



Harvard


British Standard



MLA, 6th Edition



MLA, 6th Edition
-

With subscriber information



Turabian, 6th Edition
-

Reference List



Uniform
-

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals


The ‘Save, Print
, Email’ feature is located at the top of the results page following the ‘Mark or
Clear all on page’ and ‘Update Marked List’ links (see below).




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B. If results are not on target:

1.

Check spelling

of search terms and use the
Technology Term list

or
browsable indexes to

discard unnecessary or misleading terms.

2.

Increase precision
:
For example, if you want to emphasize the scientific terminology in
the search query (i.e. You may have to search “corrosion”
a
s a descriptor (DE) rather
than as a
word in the title of the article using a keyword (KW) search. Also, selecting
more specific terms may provide more accurate results.

3.

You may need to rethink whether the database you selected is appropriate for your
search.


C. Too few/too many results:

1.

Inc
rease retrieval

by using a broader or more inclusive term or concept


Example: kw=construction materials AND corrosion


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2.

Increase precision

by using additional ANDs and fewer ORs (NOT can be used to
exclude some terms)


Example: kw=(polymer* AND ceramic*)

AND corrosion
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