Omnivore OneSearch Help Guide: Advanced Searching

The Advanced Search Screen

Search now

• Use the search boxes and drop down menus:
  • Add Row to use more boxes and mix & match search fields
  • Use Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT to combine terms
  • search for an Author or Title
  • Other search options include:
    • Abstract
    • Journal Source name
    • Language
    • Subject
    • search tip Phrase searches exact words together as a phrase
• Limit your search
  • Peer-reviewed (scholarly, academic, refereed journals)
  • Format includes: book, article, DVD and much more
  • Year of publication or range of dates (e.g. 2005-2010)
  • Location - limit to CIA Library or expand to Libraries Worldwide

More Database Search Help

Omnivore automatically searches all available CIA Library Databases by default.

Choose one or more Databases: You can limit the search to certain individual databases, a predefined group of databases, or select from the list to search specific databases together. Search tip not all databases are available to select; more databases are being searched by Omnivore than appear on the list.

On the Advanced Search Screen you can select databases:

• Search tip After any changes, click "Save Changes" before you search
• To add or remove a database from the list, click on the checkbox
• To add or remove an entire group, click "Select All in Group"
• To clear selections and return to the default (Omnivore QuickSearch) click Reset
• Search tip To remove databases from the list in order to select a database or group, go to the Omnivore QuickSearch and click "Select All in Group" this erases all checkmarks.
• Groups include:
  • Quick Search - broad-coverage, interdisciplinary, general and academic databases
  • News & Newspapers
  • Business
  • Humanities & Social Sciences

Search tip you may still want to select and search an individual subject database separately from Omnivore. View all databases by subject.

Use Filters to Modify Search Results

• Libraries Worldwide - expand your search to include items from other libraries beyond the CIA; discover books and articles you can request via Interlibrary Loan
   
• Full Text - limit results to articles and ebooks with full text attached
   
• Peer Reviewed - limit results to scholarly articles from academic journals that use peer review, learn more about scholarly journals
   
• Format - show results by type of item: book, article, DVD, etc.
   
• Databases - Select to view results from one database
   
• Year - select the publication date range for the results
   
• Topics - general subject categories based on academic discipline; view the item record description to see specific subject terms