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What is it? |
International Abstracts in Operations Research contains approximately 49,000 abstracts from the fields of operations research and management science. |
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What is it for? |
Use International Abstracts in Operations Research to find information about journal articles on operations research and management science. |
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How to access it |
Login to the Portal and then choose International Abstracts in Operations Research from the A-Z List of Online Resources. |
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How to search
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Further help
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Click on Search (under Content, at the left of the screen). Search for words in an article title or words in an abstract by typing your keywords in the appropriate box. Alternatively, choose one of the keywords suggested by International Abstracts in Operations Research from their drop-down menu. Click on the Entire Database button to search.
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AND to narrow a search, e.g., military AND logistics
OR to widen a search, e.g., logistics OR planning
NOT to exclude results, e.g., logistics NOT military
(These will not work when searching abstracts)
In all fields:
Use * to truncate, e.g., plan* will find plans, planers, planning, etc.
Use ? within a word to represent one character. You can use this to find alternative spellings, e.g., organi?ation finds both organisation and organization.