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LISA: Library and Information science abstracts - searching

 

About LISA

LISA covers the field of librarianship and information science and includes many related areas such as archives and records management, publishing and bookselling, telecommunications, and specific applications of information technology in such fields as medicine and agriculture. The database abstracts over 550 periodicals from more than 60 countries and in over 20 different languages. Coverage also includes selected conference proceedings, book reviews and research reports. The database includes Current Research: Library and Information Science (CRLIS), which provided international coverage of research in progress or recently completed.

Getting into LISA

  • Log into GALILEO.  If you’re off campus, log in through Anywhere Access.

  • Select Social Sciences, and then click on the Education link.

Highlights the Education link under the Social Sciences tab of GALILEO
  • Now click on the link to LISA:  Library and Information Science Abstracts

Highlights the link for LISA in GALILEO

Basic Search

  • Log into LISA

  • In the Quick Search window, type in your search terms.

  • Left-click on Search

Highlights the word "indexing" in the Quick Search box, and the "Search" button.

Advanced Search

The Advanced Search allows you to search within particular fields. Let's use the example of searching for articles that have the word "indexing" in the title, but were written by individuals with the last name “Johnson.”

  • Log into LISA

  • Left-click on the Advanced Search tab.

  • In the first box, type in indexing, and then select Title, TI= in the drop-down menu.

  • In the second box, type in Johnson, and then select Author, AU= in the drop-down menu.

  • Left-click on Search.

Highlights the Advanced Search tab, and the words indexing and Johnson in the search boxes, with the drop-down selections of Title and Author.

LISA also provides ways to refine your results, as seen above:

  • Now Selected – shows the database(s) you are currently searching.
  • Change – pick a different database or set of databases to search.
  • Date Range – searching only those items within this date period.
  • Limited to:
    • Latest Update – only those items that have been included in the database during its last update
    • Journal Articles Only – limiting to articles from journals
    • English Only – limiting to English language items
  • Show – choose how your results will display (short format, full format, full format – no references, or custom format)
  • Results per page - choose how many items to display per page

Narrow Results by Type

If you find that you are getting too many results, you can quickly reduce your results by narrowing by type.

  • Perform a search in LISA

  • Click on the appropriate tab (Journals, Peer-Reviewed Journals, Websites, etc.), to narrow your results.

Highlights the location of the Journals and Peer-Reviewed Journals tabs at the top of the screen.

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