Exercises
Now you try it...
Use the ONTAP (ONline Training And Practice) databases indicated to practice your searches.
View the current ONTAP user numbers and passwords. Remember that you must use the ONTAP user number and password to avoid incurring charges for your practice searches.
Log onto DialogClassic.
Exercise 6: Use the Dialog Bluesheets to construct appropriate search strategies. Use suffixes and prefixes to get more precise results and the EXPAND command when needed.
First, create search strategies for the following searches. Then try logging on to DialogClassic and performing the requested searches. Remember, you will need to logon using the practice (ONTAP) user id and password provided in order to search at no cost.
- Are there any articles in the Journal Science that discuss research on pheromones? (ONTAP MEDLINE, File 254)
- Find articles written by Dr. M. Irvin. (ONTAP EMBASE, File 272)
- Find information on water chlorination written by Vahala in the journal Water Supply. (ONTAP EMBASE, File 272)
- Find an article written by C.L. Swenson on the subject of feline leukemia. (ONTAP AGRICOLA, File 210)
Click the Check Yourself icon to see answers to these questions, then go on to the Summary.
