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CAB Abstracts Databases<\/h1>\n

Introducing CAB Abstracts…<\/em><\/h2>\n

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CAB Abstracts is one of the many databases we are subscribed to. It offers academic literature and publications on subject areas such as forestry, agriculture, human health and nutrition, animal health, veterinary sciences and conservation and management of natural resources. It was established by the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, originally the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. The number of documents within its repository is ever-growing and currently reaches a total of over 770,000. These featured publications are from approximately 120 countries worldwide and can be accessed in 50 different languages. This means global representation is particularly prevalent within this database, including for developing nations. The database itself is produced by CABI and is the leading English-language information service.\u00a0 It provides easy access to hard-to-find academic and research material on subjects such as agriculture, health, and life sciences.<\/p>\n

Conducting Searches with CAB…<\/em><\/h3>\n

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One of the many beneficial features of CAB is its comprehensive subject indexing within the CAB Thesaurus. This is the database\u2019s controlled vocabulary tool. Conducting searches through CAB is therefore easier than in most databases. It allows for more precision when trying to gain access to all relevant research on a particular subject area or topic.<\/p>\n

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For example, imagine yourself being assigned a research project on cardiovascular health, focusing specifically onNext risk factors for cardiovascular disease and how cardiovascular health can also be improved overall. Now imagine you intend to focus on how nutrition can improve cardiovascular health. The first step in the search process may be to input \u201ccardiovascular health\u201d as shown below. This search query does of course bring up a significant and wide variety of results. However, the thesaurus tool can be used to greatly narrow down this overwhelming list of results.<\/p>\n

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As you can see here, this search has generated 71,224 results in total! Now let’s narrow down the results by going to the\u00a0 \u2018Subject: Thesaurus Term\u2019 section, then ticking one of the terms listed. Here, we will go with \u2018risk factors.\u2019<\/p>\n

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As you can now see below, the search results have narrowed down to 20,436 \u2013 a much less overwhelming and more relevant base of results overall!<\/p>\n

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We will now see if we can narrow these results down even further by going back to the \u2018Subject: Thesaurus Term\u2019 section and clicking on \u2018Show more.\u2019 This brings up even more terms, one of which is \u2018nutrition.\u2019 This will facilitate the generation of journal articles which cover all areas we intend to focus on regarding cardiovascular health and the research project at hand. As you can see below, we have now managed to narrow down the search results from a total of 71,224 results to 1,723 \u2013 a very significant drop!<\/p>\n

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Under the \u2018limit to\u2019 section, you can also narrow down the search results to journal articles published only within a specific period to\u00a0 reduce the\u00a0 results even further, or ensure that they are more recent publications with more current research conducted on a specific subject area or issue.<\/p>\n

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Benefits of using the CAB Abstracts database…<\/em><\/h4>\n

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There are many advantages when using CAB abstracts for research.<\/p>\n