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I. Introduction

Identify and access required data in simple and few steps

Save your time while surfing to maximize efficiency

Refine and narrow search options to get desired results in minimum steps.

Perform key functions such as download information into desktop applications, save, copy etc

Install and use foreign language characters and fonts

Use of MyIFIS, a powerful way to create an IFIS portfolio. Think of it as your personal clipping

service

IFIS is the first subscription-based electronic information service focusing on the Islamic

financial industry. This user guide is designed to help you navigate in a clear, step-by-step

manner through the IFIS service.

In particular, the guide is intended to help you:

This guide also answers some FAQs and provides a list of worldwide subscriber support contacts. Please note

that EuroWeek continually enhances the IFIS service by offering new time-saving and innovative features and

adding new and hard-to-find content regularly. If you notice that a particular feature is not reviewed here or

need immediate assistance, please contact your local customer service representative:

www.securities.com/contact.html


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II. Getting StartedThe IFIS Homepage: www.securities.com/ifis


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III. Accessing IFIS

Enter user name in the appropriate box. Use mouse or press TAB key to select password box.

Enter your password and then press enter or click on the Sign In button.

Your Username and Password

When prompted for a username & password (case sensitive) do the following:


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III. Accessing IFIS (cont.)

Home

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III. Accessing ISI Emerging Markets (cont.)

Home

Quick SearchA

B Databases: View top performers within each

database.

C

Analysis/Research: Get quick access to latest

research reports displayed on the homepage &

obtain valuable in-depth financial, macro,

industry & company intelligence related to the

selected economy.

F

Top Bookrunners: Displays the top 5 leading

bookrunners of the economy based on total

values of isuuances.

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Top Stories & IFIS News: stay tuned with thelatest most important news through our Top

Stories section that provides articles written by

IFIS editor Dan Alderson and posted on our

newest publication Latest News from IFIS

D

Top Companies: This newly added section

displays top 5 companies, along with total

revenues based on financial statements

GRecent Sukuk Prices: View Sukuk market moves.

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News from other sources: Stay updatedwith the latest stories through our News from

other sources section that provides the mos

important stories of the day from leading globa

publications.

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News

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News

Top Stories: Top stories section provides

the most important news and stories of the

day, put together by our editors from leading

global publications and updated several

times a day.

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Latest News: Access the latest news from

our News providers (newswires, newspapers,

magazines divided by different types of

information (sukuk, Islamic funds, capital

markets news, banking news,

Takaful( insurance) news, etc.)

B

Rankings: View position in a scale in

relation to competitors (eg. Industry,

company rankings).

C

MyNewstand: For quick access to yourfavorite publications, select the publications

you wish to display on your News Page.

G

Legal News: News from the law firmsD

Archive: The archive section saves articles

accessed in the last five days, to allow quick

access to articles of your interest.

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Search within News: This feature helps you

refine your search query, by searching within

the news page.

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This section comprises of Articles, research, Prospectuses, Term sheets, Industry Reports, Broker Reports,

Ratings Analysis, Academic papers, Economic reports

Now access & select multiple reports, by using Ctrl+click.

You can now track sources from this category, by adding to MySources. Select and add publications in the

MySources folder, which can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

Some reports are in PDF format, you may need to download Adobe Acrobat.

Research

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Research

Featured Research Publications: Displays

key research publications covering the local

market. You can add these publications to

"MySources" folder which can be viewed on

your custom "MyIFIS" page. Coverage may

vary from country to country.

A

Research reports: Find latest research

reports from the best local and global

research firms, brokerage houses and

analysts. Some reports are in PDF format,you may need to download Adobe Acrobat.

B

Get Reports: Filter your search for any

particular report using the criteria provided

on the Filter by section and click on

Search to retrieve reports based on your

query. Click on Advanced Search for more

filters. Click on Search.

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Article

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Article

Email: This feature allows you to email the

article or articles selected to a colleague.

A

Export: - Export to Word format: Allows you

to download the data, or graphics, etc. into

Word format.

B

Print: This feature allows you to print the

selected article or articles.

C

Add to MyDocuments: Click on Add to

MyDocuments to add any article to the

MyContent page, to be accessed later.

D

Add to MyClippings: Click on Add to My

Clippings icon while viewing an article to add

to My Clippings.

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Companies

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Companies

Company Profiles:Access company

profiles, containing in-depth information

including company description & analysis,

financial summaries, ratings and news of

thousands of public and private companies.

A

Select Companies by Industry: For quick

access to companies, you can search for

companies by the sector they belong to.

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Latest Company News: Access important

and latest news on the economys listed and

unlisted companies.

B

Analysis/Research: Company: View thelatest analysis and reports from various

global & local sources. You can also search

for specific reports using the search filter.

C

D Company Screener: Search for companies

or generate rankings, by selecting the

provided criteria on the Company Screener

tool.

E

Featured Company Publications: Click on

any of the displayed links, to view all thelatest reports published by that specific

company.

F

Recently Visited Profiles: See links to the

last 5 company profiles you visited displayed

under this tab.

H Latest Company Analysis: Obtain valuable

in-depth company intelligence, through the

latest company research reports, displayed

on the Company page.


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Companies > Sample Company Profile

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Companies > Sample Company Profile

Email: This feature allows you to email the

profile or articles selected to a colleague.

A

View as PDF: Allows the user to convert the

data into a PDF format.

B

MyCompanies: Get quick access to your

favourite company profiles, by simply

clicking on Add to My Companies icon and

later access the data at My Companies tab,

on the company page.

C

MyCompanyAlerts: Add a company to this

alert by clicking on Add to

MyCompanyAlerts' link in the selected

company profile.

D

Income Statements: This section provides

you with a summary of a business' financial

operations for a specific period of time,

Income Statements are now displayed on

the company page.

F

Ratios: Displays10 financial ratios from the

company's latest financial statements.

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Company Description: Access in-depth

company details including CompanyDescription, Outstanding Shares, Key

Executives, Company Analysis, Main

Activities, News, Companies with similar

activities, charts etc.

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Balance Sheet: On the right column of the

company profile we display the 8 key

indicators and 10 financial ratios from the

companys latest financial statements.

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Company Screener

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Company Screener

The Company Screening Tool is a powerful

query tool, that allows you to create league

tables for companies and industries, from

our financial database.

You can easily create tables, based on 9

financial criteria such as Assets, Liabilities,

Revenue, Profit or 14 financial criteria such

as Return On Equity, Debt to equity, Current

Ratio, etc

- You can display the last 2 or 3 years

results for up to 5 indicators

- You can also select the

region/country/industry for the particular

search

- The company search allows easy access

to the financial statements and quotes pages

of the company, through links displayed on

the result's page

- The results also displays the company's

ranking in its industry

- You can display the results in 3 different

currencies. Local currency, US dollar and

Euro

- You can search for a company, by

specifying the total revenue within the range

fields (for example: you can specify the total

revenue to be larger than 1 million USD)

A The Screening Results pop-up window,

displays the searched company's Name,

Country and the industry it belongs to, along

with its ranking.

Accessing Financial Statements

"Financial Statements" provides access to

complete financial statements of a company,

including quantitative analysis, displaying

financial details such as revenue, expenses,

assets, liabilities and all the other financial

aspects of a company.

- Financial Comparison enables you to keep

track of trends, compare a company with its

competitors and gain insight on a company's

present and past performance.

- Complete financials are available under the

link of Financial Data.

- Financial highlights comprise up to 45 key

financial fields such as: Total Assets,Shareholder Equity, Cash & Equivalents,

Current Assets, Current Liabilities, Total

Revenues, Operating Profit (Loss), Net Profit

(Loss) etc & up to 37 ratio fields like EV/EBITA ,

ROA, EBITDA , EBIT, Enterprise Value, ROE,

Operating Profit Margin etc

- Financial Accounts are categorized into

Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash-flow,

Sources/Uses of funds, Ratios etc.

The Financial Data tab also provides the facility

to compare the financial statements of the

company against its competitors, regardless of

the financial standard, country or currency.

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Databases- Sukuk

Sukuk (Islamic Bonds): A complete listing of Sukuk issued worldwide. Keep abreast of the Sukuk

market issued worldwide, tracked since 1991 to date, click on the issuer to click through to snapshot

to view more details on the deal Book runners, Mandated lead arrangers, News, term sheets,

ratings etc. View rankings of the Bookrunners, arrangers


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Databases Islamic Funds

Islamic Funds:Information on Funds, Fund Shariah Boards, Performance Reports, Listings, Awards.

Funds classified by Geo focus and asset type etc. Fully hyperlinked, searchable and sortable

database with click through to Fund snapshot.


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Databases Islamic Financial Transactions

Islamic Syndicated Loans: View the latest deals (syndicated loans) ranked by amount, click

through to snapshot on the Borrower to view more details on the deal Mandated lead arrangers,

news and descriptions about deals in the Islamic finance industry.


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Databases- Projects

Islamic Projects & Infrastructure: Keep track of the latest projects and infrastructural

developments financed Islamically world wide.


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Databases Law Firms

Global Law Firms in Islamic Finance: Keep updated on the Law firms involved in Islamic finance

profiles, news, reports, deals


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Databases Shariah Advisory

Shariah Scholars Database: View the most prominent scholars and advisers in Islamic finance

profiles, Companies they sit on, News and Research


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Databases CEIC Islamic Macroeconomics

Now access a Mouse overfacility to view Graph and Indicator Properties like Source Name,

Last & Last Observation, Update date etc.

You can now track Publications from this category by adding to MyPublications. Select and add

publications in the MyPublications folder which can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

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Databases CEIC Islamic Macroeconomics

Indicators Definitions: View basic

definitions of various indicators.

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Macroeconomic Indicators: Provides you

with overall aspects of an economy, such as

income, output, and the interrelationship

among diverse economic sectors, allowing

the analysis of economic performance and

forecasts.

B

Export Table to Excel or Word format:

Allows you to download the table, data,

graphics, etc. into Excel and Word format.

Also, allows conversion of data to PDF

format.

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Takaful

Information on the Takaful (Islamic Insurance) Industry featuring News, Research, Companies,

Profiles, Annual reports, Financials, Shariah supervision, Conferences, Conference presentations,

Rankings of Takaful companies

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Takaful

Takaful News: Latest news on the Takaful

industry

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Compare Financials: This tool helps you to

compare a company with its competitors

and gain insight on a company's present

and past performance

B

Annual reports: Access hundreds of

Takaful company annual reports

C

Legislation: Takaful Rules, Acts and

Fatwas enacted by important Regulatory

institutions.

E

Shariah Supervision: View the scholars

that specialize in Takaful, see also the

Scholars that sit on Takaful companies.

F

Takaful Presentations: Presentations

delivered in various Takaful conferences

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Companies: View a list of Takaful

companies and their profiles

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Capital Markets

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Capital Markets

Sukuk Prices: View daily listed Sukuk

prices from several data providers.

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Dow Jones Islamic Market Commentary:

providescommentary on the performance of

the stocks listed in the Dow Jones Islamic

Market Index. Available in English & Arabic.

C

Charts: View Dow Jones Islamic Market

Index charts with 3 months, 1 year and

maximum available history.

DDJIM Comparative Report: providesmonthly report on the Performance of the

Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes

compared to conventionals.


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Conferences

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Conferences

Islamic Finance Conferences/Events:

Listing of conferences and events in the

Islamic finance industry

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Conference Brochures: Brochures of

different conferences which include

description of the purpose of the conference.

B

Conference Presentations: View the

presentations shown in different conferences.

C

Speeches: Shows different speeches that

were delivered in different conferences

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Sources

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You can now track Publications from this category by adding them to MyPublications.

Select and add publications in the MyPublications folder to view them on your custom MyIFIS

page.

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Sources

All Categories: View the entire list of

publications or view it categorized by types

of publication such as News, News Analysis,

Commentary / Opinion, Corporate Actions,

Interviews, Newsletters, Press Releases,

Analysis/ Research, Financial Statements etc.

A

Publication Search: Search for a specific

publication by entering the name or a part of

the name

B

Publications by providers: Select

providers from the dropdown, to view the listof all their publications.

C

Archived and Beta Publications: Click here

to access issues that have been discontinued

or are in Beta/testing phase.

F

Publications By Source: Access

publications sorted by various categories,

such as news agencies, government,

insurance companies, academic institutions

etc.

D

Publications By Type: This section lists

publications from news agencies, research

firms, academic institutes, governments etc.

By clicking on specific publication, you can

view their latest publications

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Add various documents, articles, publications, companies, searches, and industries of your interest

to MyIFIS Services portfolio.

View all information added to My ISI on MyISI page.

Remove contents from MyIFIS.

Customize the lay out of your categories and view your page according to your preference, using the

new drag-and-drop feature.


MyIFIS

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MyIFIS

MyContent: Define and place publications,

searches, documents, companies and

industries at one customized profile page.

Customize the look and placement of the

content by dragging and dropping boxes.

If you have set up multiple profiles, you can

move content from one profile to another, using

the new drag and drop feature.

A

MyNewstand: Select publications of yourpreference to appear on your homepage, at

MyNewstand. Just select your desired sources

and assign a priority using the drop down

boxes, and they will appear in the order you

specify on IFIS Home Page.

B

MyAlerts: Select the publications you wish to

view at MyNewsstand. Just select your desired

sources and assign a priority using the drop

down boxes, and they will appear in the order

you specify.

C

MyClippings: Store articles or documents in a

Clippings folders, and send clippings to your

colleagues. You can add any article to your

clipping folder, by clicking on the appropriate

link, on any news item.

E

MyProjects: Manage access to the IFIS

service using project codes. Use this page to

allocate expenses and assign data use to

particular projects.

F

MyAccount: Allows you to select a default

start page when you log in into IFIS. You can

also, select the language for the interface, or

set the default language for content. For

example, if only speak and read English, you

can specify that the service displays only

English language material.

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Advanced Search: Search for a specific

term/article in your publications.

H

Remove: You can also remove sources from

your list and select your viewing options.

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Advanced Search

Advanced Search allows you to retrieve PDF documents. If your query results are in PDF format, you

will see this icon in the results column.

Viewing PDF Articles:Any article with the PDF icon next to it, can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat

Reader. Since Acrobat Reader is a plug-in, you will not be able to select multiple PDF articles at the

same time. You will have to view them one by one.

Case Insensitive Search: With Advanced Search you will be able to enter terms in either case

(lower or upper) and get the same results.

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Advanced Search

Selecting Countries or Regions: Advanced

Search allows you to search through all of IFIS.

To select multiple countries hold down the Ctrl-

key and select the relevant countries with your

mouse button.

A Searching by publication dates

Advanced Search gives you the flexibility to

search by publication date. Simply select from

one of the following options:- Today: searches for articles published today.

- Last 7 days: searches for articles published

during the last 7 days.

- Last 30 days: searches for articles published

during the last 30 days.

- Last year: searches for articles published during

the last year.

- Date range: searched through a specific daterange in yyyy/mm/dd format.

E

Language: Search documents in the language

you want, English or Arabic. You can select

both by clicking on each one while holding the

Ctrl-key. Advanced Search automatically

defaults to English, if you do not select alanguage.

Setting up your browser to display foreign

languages

There are ways to set your browser in order to view

the Arabic characters:

Microsoft Internet Explorer (4.0 and higher)

- Go to the View menu for Explorer

- Select Encoding

- Select the appropriate encoding for the language

you are using

B

Sort by: This function allows you to select

whether you want the results to be sorted by

relevance or by date of publication.

C

Search Terms: Enter the words you want the

search engine to look for in the documents.

You can select different options:

Show Abstract: the search results will include a

document abstract

Search Titles Only: the search terms have be

included in the titles

Global Sources: the engine will look for documents

in the global sources.

Include PPV Documents: the results will include the

pay-per-view documents

Entering search terms in foreign language

You can enter the search terms in Arabic

either by:

1. Using your keyboard or the online keyboard(accessible by clicking Use Arabic Keyboard);

2. Cutting and pasting text from your browser.

F

Content Types: You can select the

information type you are looking for from this

list. The search engine allows you to find news,

analysis and research, financial statements,

legislation and/or academic papers.

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Advanced Search

Operator Examples

and

Searching forBPO an dGrowth andEmployment will retrieve

articles containing all 3 words. The search engine also works

the same way for keywords not joined by any operator, i.e.:

BPO an dGrowth andEmployment will return the same

results as BPO Growth Employment.

Note that searching is not case sensitive, so this is same as

searching forbpo growth employment.

Or e-governance oregovernance

This search will retrieve articles that contain either the word e-

governance oregovernance or both.

Not Internet no tbanking

This search will retrieve articles that contain the word Internet,

but not banking.

* bank*

This will retrieve articles containing words derived from bank:

bank, banks, banking, banker, etc.

Refining your search (Logical Operators: AND, OR, NOT, NEAR)

At it's simplest, a search query may have one word, but you also have the option to refine

your search by using the following operators:


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Advanced Search

Operator Examples

nearN Internet nearNBanking (where N is an integer)

This search will retrieve articles that contain Internet within N

words (or less) of the keyword Banking.

Note: The Nis optional; if omitted, the number 100 is assumed.

"real estate"

This search will retrieve articles that contain the exact phrase real

estate.

Parentheses

Use parentheses ()to separate search operators. Take for

instance, a search such as the following:

( ) (PE OR"private equit*" ORpes OR"joint venture")an dITES

This search will retrieve articles containing any of the words(phrases) in within the parentheses, and the word ITES. You

cannot mix operators without parentheses.

For example: Incorrect - BPO and growth or employment

Correct - BPO and (growth or employment)


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Advanced Search

Operator Examples

&

The ISI Search Engine treats an ampersand (&)as a searchable

character, and not as an operator.

To search for words containing &, like AT&T, key in the words

without spaces surrounding the &for example AT&T, P&G etc. Or

if the &is surrounded by spaces then the keyword should be

enclosed in likeAT & T , P & G orM & M etc.

If you search forAT & T (without enclosing in ) the &will

stripped from the search string and the search will be performed on

keywords: AT and T .

In short, ampersandsare characters, not Booleanoperators, and

should not be used in place ofANDas an operator.

-

To search for words containing a hyph en (-), like e-governance,

key in the word without spaces surrounding the hyphen.

If you search fore - governance the - will stripped from the search

string and the search will be performed on keywords: e and

governance.

?

The ? op eratorwill substitute for any character . Use ? to search

for words which can be spelled in different ways.

For example: if you search fororgani?at ion, the search will

retrieve results containing eitherorganisation ororganization.

% / $

These characters are Unsupported and the search string will be

stripped of these characters before performing the search.


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IV. IntelliFind

Understanding the default settings

To locate exact or context-specific phrases, use quotation marks (single or double), brackets,or parentheses around words or phrases that must appear together. For example: To find

articles about energy and crude oil, type the words energy and crude oil in the search box.

Multiple phrases and wildcards

To locate exact or context-specific phrases, use quotation marks (single or double), brackets,

or parentheses around words or phrases that must appear together. For example: To find

articles about energy and crude oil, type the words energy and crude oil in the search box.

However, if you do not use quotation marks, the search engine will not recognize the

separate phrases.

Wildcards may also be used to broaden your search. By typing an asterisk (*) after a root

word, Advanced Search will search for all words containing that root word. For example:Type tele* to find articles containing any words with the root or wildcard tele, such as

"telecommunications", "telecom", Telebras", "telephones" or "television".

Country/Region: The country product you are currently using

Language: English

Content types:All

Publication Date: Last year

Search Term: Exact Phrase


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IV. IntelliFind

Country/Region: The country product you are currently using

Language: English

Content types:All

Publication Date: Last year

Search Term: Exact Phrase

Understanding the default settings

Advanced Search will automatically default to the following settings if you leave them blank

or don't change them:

Operator: AND

Search Term: emerging & markets emerging and markets

Result: Returns documents that contain the terms "emerging" and "markets".

Operator: OR

Search Term: emerging | markets emerging or markets

Result: Returns documents that contain either the word "emerging" or "markets".

Operator: NOT

Search Term: emerging~markets emerging not markets

Result: Returns documents that contain the word "emerging" and not "markets".

Operator: EQUIVALENCE

Search Term: oil=gas oil equiv gas

Result: Specifies that "oil" is an acceptable substitution for "gas" within a document.

Refining your search (Logical Operators: AND, OR, NOT, EQUIVALENCE )

At it's simplest, a search query may have one word, but you also have the option to refineyour search by using the following operators:


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IV. IntelliFind

Stopwords

Stopwords are common words like "and", "the", "of" etc. that are not considered significant

query terms by themselves because they occur frequently within an article. Stopwords can

be queried when used in conjunction with other significant search terms.

Reserved Words

Oracle Reserved Words - The following words are reserved by Oracle. That is, they have a

special meaning to Oracle and so cannot be redefined. For this reason, you cannot use

them to name database objects such as columns, tables, or indexes.

Inefficient Queries: Morgan and Stanley

Recommended Queries:morgan stanley; "morgan stanley

Inefficient Queries: el and paso and energy

Recommended Queries: el paso energy ; "el paso" and energy

Inefficient Queries: mergers and & and acquisitions

Recommended Queries: merger* and acquisition*

Inefficient Queries: Garments and industry or garments and sector

Recommended Queries: (garment* and industry) or (garment* and sector)

Inefficient Queries: Deposits

Recommended Queries: deposit*

Inefficient Queries: telecommunications OR telecom OR wireless OR GSM

Recommended Queries: telecom* or wireless or gsm

Inefficient Queries: investments and in and infrastructure

Recommended Queries: investment* and infrastructure

Examples of bad queries


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Search Results

Normal: It will retrieve all the results on one page but selected articles on a different window.

Scanner: Select this option to include all the results and articles of interest on the same page. This

will allow you to scan information without the need to open each article on a new window. (Please

note that, this is applicable only for HTML articles, however other types of files for example: EXCEL,

PDF, etc. opens in a new window).

In Advance Search, there is a new feature "Display Results" which provides you with two options:

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Search Results: Normal

Search for: Fill in the query or the keyword you

wish to look up

A

Normal: It will retrieve all the results on one

page but selected articles on a different window

B

Search: Click on Search to retrieve the results

for the query

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Search Results: Scanner

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Search Results: Scanner

Search for: Fill in the query or the keyword you

wish to look up

A

Scanner: Select this option to include all the

results and articles of interest on the same

page. This will allow you to scan information

without the need to open each article on a new

window. (Please note that, this is applicable

only for HTML articles, however other types of

files for example: EXCEL, PDF, etc. opens in a

new window).

B

Search: Click on Search to retrieve results for

the query.

C

Viewing PDF Articles

Any article with the PDF icon next to it can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Since

Acrobat Reader is a plug-in, you will not be able to select multiple PDF articles at the same

time. You will have to view them one by one.

If you cannot view PDF documents, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Case Insensitive Search

With Advanced Search you will be able to enter characters in either case (upper or lower)

and get the same results.

Multiple Phrases and Wildcards

To locate exact or context-specific phrases, use quotation marks (single or double), brackets

or parentheses about words or phrases that must appear together. For example, to search

for articles on energy and crude oil, type the energy and crude oil in the search box.

However, unless you use quotation marks, the search engine will not recognise the separate

phrases.

Wildcards may also be used to broaden your search. By typing an asterisk (*) after a root

word, Advanced Search will search for all words containing that root word. For example:

Type tele* tofind articles containing any words with the root or wildcard tele, such as

"telecommunications", "telecom", Telebras", "telephones" or "television".


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Inefficient Queries: Morgan and Stanley

Recommended Queries:morgan stanley; "morgan stanley

Inefficient Queries: el and paso and energy

Recommended Queries: el paso energy ; "el paso" and energy

Inefficient Queries: mergers and & and acquisitions

Recommended Queries: merger* and acquisition*

Inefficient Queries: Garments and industry or garments and sector Recommended Queries: (garment* and industry) or (garment* and sector)

Inefficient Queries: Deposits

Recommended Queries: deposit*

Inefficient Queries: telecommunications OR telecom OR wireless OR GSM

Recommended Queries: telecom* or wireless or gsm

Inefficient Queries: investments and in and infrastructure Recommended Queries: investment* and infrastructure

Examples of bad queries