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Information & Library Information & Library ServicesServices
A guide to using the A guide to using the Construction Information Construction Information
Service from Service from IHS/Technical IndexesIHS/Technical Indexes
Alice Fulcher Alice Fulcher August 2006August 2006
Go to the Library & Computing tab on the portal
Click on Databases & Journals or (via Athens DA)
then
Top menu stays the same
Links to popular documents
Browse subjects Each area selected here will open in new window e.g.Access EMAP
Simple search box
Advanced search
Selecting AJ+ from menus gives access to news, archives and lots of information – check the pull-down menus
If you go to sections such as Precis, which open in a new window, this message appears, so you do not get logged out
If you select a subject on the Home page to browse, get suggestions for narrowing search
Total results display here
Select Publishers from top menu to get A-Z list
Click on publisher to get list of publications included – then click to see document
Some simple searches will come up with lots of records. Related phrases suggest ways of narrowing search
Specify It gives references to product literature
List of suppliers come up with symbol showing we cannot access documents – but click on name…
…to get details & often web address
Advanced search allows searching by document number & publisher or series – good for BRE and British Standards. Restricts or pinpoints results. Click on title to get to document
Get further details about document, & often thumbnail picture of title page. By clicking on View document, agree to copyright conditions and see full text
If printing from a pdf file, only print 6 pages or so at a time – the computer sends all data to the printer before printing, so if there is too much, the printer will refuse to print !
In Advanced search, unless search term is uncommon, best to restrict to title & abstract – whole document will produce lots of hits
Can select how to display results, and restrict search by years and section
Can restrict search by date & section, & choose result display
Create your own preferences and folders of links by registering with My CIS
Register for a new account, or log in to use existing account
When you register, details are kept on file. In the future, they are going to email people if any document in their folders gets updated
You can set up preferences, so when you are logged in, you can display results how you want, search which sections you need, and see which news feed you like
Document appears in folder. Another time, you can login to My CIS and call up document
When searching , a “breadcrumb trail” shows, so you can click to go back in your search