Select a database(s) that indexes journal articles to search:
CAB Abstracts. Indexes 2,380+ journals covering the world’s veterinary literature. Links to Purdue Libraries e-journal holdings.
PubMed. Indexes 90 veterinary journals, and is the world's largest biomedical and human medical database.
Select terms or keywords to use in the search, for example:
anemia hemorrhage rabies necrosis liver
parrots dogs cattle kitten
treatment diagnosis therapy prognosis
Hints: CAB Abstracts is a British database using both British & American spelling, such as tumours or tumors so search under both spellings can help search results. Using quotes around a key phase may help as well, such as "mammary tumors." In CAB, use treatment, but in PubMed use therapy.
Combine terms using AND or OR, for example:
rabies AND cattle AND diagnosis
hemolytic anemia AND dogs AND (treatment OR prognosis)
"mammary tumors" AND cats AND therapy
Review search results (including Abstract or Complete Reference) for relevance:
Can "Refine Results" of search using language or publication year if needed, for example: English 1995-2010
Now select desired articles and locate them online or in the library:
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Training video introducing CAB Abstracts and giving searching tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Gannz-V-U
Advanced searching of CAB Abstracts [http://www.cabi.org/Uploads/CABI/publishing/training-materials/resources-by-interface/thomson-WofK-user-guides/advanced-searching-cab-abstracts-WoK.pdf]
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