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Use the Find Resource module to locate relevant resources and search them directly. You should use direct searching for advanced and more accurate searching.

There are three ways to find resources in this module

• By Title

• Search

• By Subject

Title

Make sure the title tab is selected. If you know the name of the resource you want to use (e.g. Factiva) type the name or the first few letters of the name into the search box. You can also select the first letter of the title from the A-Z list. To conduct a search click on the resource name.

Search

You can also search for a resource by using the search tab.

Choose from the fields provided to search for a resource. The keyword field will allow you to do a broader search to find resources e.g. psychology.
Vendor relates to the platform a resource is hosted on eg OVID hosts Medline, Biological Abstracts etc.

Subject

You can also search for a resource by using the subject tab.

The left-hand window contains subject headings under which you will find related resources. Select a subject from the left-hand frame and a list of sub-categories will appear in the next frame. Click on a sub-category to select it, click the Go button and a list of resources relevant to that sub-category will appear.

To conduct a search click on the resource name. The subject headings are based on Faculties and Schools at UWA and General (non subject specific and containing dictionaries, encyclopedias, statistics etc).

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