The following Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts (CSA) databases are being upgraded with a newly revised user interface
on January 31, 2005:
- Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts
- Animal Behavior Abstracts
- ArtBibliographies Modern
- ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
- Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts
- Communication Abstracts
- Conference Papers Index
- Criminal Justice Abstracts
- Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
- Ecology Abstracts
- EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements
- Engineered Materials Abstracts
- Entomology Abstracts
- Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
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- ERIC
- GeoRef
- Linguistics And Language Behavior Abstracts : LLBA
- METADEX
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
- PAIS International (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- PsycARTICLES (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- PsycINFO (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Risk Abstracts
- Social Services Abstracts
- Sociological Abstracts
- TOXLINE
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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The new user interface is called CSA Illumina and comes with many
“enhanced search capabilities:
- Easier to use “Quick Search”
- Improved navigation
- Improved integration of help files
- Online tutorials
- New custom default options
- Multi-language interface options
- Search Tools including Combined Search
- Dynamic de-duplication of records with show/hide duplicates option
- Hyper-linked descriptor terms for quick execution of new search queries
- QuikBib bibliography creator
- New library administration module
- Improved linking capabilities
- ADA and SENDA compliance” (CSA
Press Release, 12/16/04)
Prepare yourself for the upgrade by reviewing the following materials:
- Quick Reference Card: http://md2.csa.com/support/QRC.pdf
- Online Tutorials: http://md2.csa.com/help/tutorials.html
- Look for the link to CSA Illumina -- “Try it now...” -- that appears
on the current CSA user interface and try it for your self.
If you have any questions or comments, Ask
a Librarian!
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