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Proquest Aquatic Science Collection |
What is it? |
Index primarily for finding journal articles. Covers anything related to the aquatic environment, fisheries, oceanography. Includes ASFA (Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts) the primary database for the aquatic sciences. Includes some full-text from 380 titles.
Date coverage from 1960 onwards.
Types of publications covered: Scholarly Journals, Trade Journals, Conference Papers and Proceedings, Government & Official Publications, Magazines, Newspapers, Other Sources, Reports, Tables, Wire Feeds, Working Papers, Video and Audio.
The Aquatic Science Collection is part of the Proquest Natural Science Collection.
The Aquatic Science Collection is created from a series of databases:
Covers: Water resources - journal articles, conference proceedings, scientific reports, books and theses
Covers: aquaculture, aquatic sciences and fisheries publications - journal articles, books, reports, conference proceedings, translations and limited distribution literature
Covers: Oceanography, marine and brackish-water environment - journal articles
Covers: Aquatic sciences - journal articles
Covers: Water resources, water and wastewater treatment, water pollution - journal articles, books, conference proceedings and technical reports
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What is it for? |
Use primarily to find journal articles in the following subject areas:
Aquaculture; Aquatic organisms; Aquatic pollution; Brackish water environments; Conservation; Environmental quality; Fisheries; Freshwater environments; Limnology; Marine biology; Marine biotechnology; Marine environments; Meteorology; Oceanography; Policy and legislation.
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How to access it |
Login to the Portal and then choose Aquatic Science Collection (from Proquest) from the A-Z List of Online Resources.
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How to search
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See Successful Search Techniques. There is an Easy Search Option but we recommend selecting the Advanced Search. From the Advanced Search screen select the type of search you wish to conduct from the drop-down box Truncation: use * at the end of a word, e.g., feed* will find feeds , feeding, feedstuff, etc. Spelling variants: The search is automatically set up to recognise spelling variants of American and British versions of words, for example, a search for behaviour will automatically find behaviour or behavior Use Field searching to be precise: e.g., type in aquaculture and select Document Title - TI from the drop-down box to find items where aquaculture appears in the title of the article;
Thesaurus Search: Because the Aquatic Science Collection is created from a number of databases if you use the Thesaurus option to search you will exclude any records from databases that don't use that thesaurus. It is probably best only to use the Thesaurus option when you are searching at a more specific level on an individual database, for example, in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts). Narrow results by option: On each results' page there is an option to narrow your results by various filters. However, using the filters can exclude relevant records. This is because the Aquatic Science Collection is created from a series of databases each with its own set of filter options. Therefore, you will exclude records from databases that don't use the same filter options. To narrow your results, it is better to create another search and combine this with your previous searches. Combining searches: searches can be combined by selecting the Folder icon in the top right hand corner, then select the Recent searches. Then type the set numbers to combine searches, for example: 2 and 3 To narrow your search to a specific database:
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Full text? |
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Refworks?
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Records can be downloaded into RefWorks (a software product for managing references and formatting bibliographies). |
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Further help
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Click on the ? mark icon (top righthand side). |