Description:

Visit the V-Lab Learning Path for suggested prerequisite.

Learn to:

• Create effective search strategies that serve as a foundation for additional STN search skills
• Use STN tools such as truncation and proximity operators to maximize recall of relevant answers
• Search in specialized fields
• Apply the FOCUS command to sort answers based on relevancy
• Manage answer sets using the SAVE, ACTIVATE, and DELETE commands

 

Skill Level:  Beginner

 

Prerequisites:

• STN Basics Part 1

or

• Competencies with keyword searching in bibliographic databases and using the HELP, FILE, EXPAND, SEARCH, DISPLAY, LOGOFF and INDEX commands as well as Boolean operators.