How to search within a specific product
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It is possible to search only within a specified product by selecting the product from the options that open up under the "Products" section from the top Browse.
If you then start your search from the search bar on the product homepage, you will only search within that product.
The product that you have searched within will be indicated in the 'Applied Filters' section on the left.
When performing searches via the Advanced Search, it is possible to add one or more product limit options to your search. Only the content in the selected products will be searched.
The selected products will be indicated in the Applied Filters facet in your Search Results.
It is also possible to limit search results and subsequent searches to a specific CABI database by using the left hand 'CABI Product' refine facet. When you select the desired product, the database filter then remains set for your next search, when using the search box immediately above search results to perform another search.
As an example, to search simultaneously the term ‘rabies’ occurring in either CAB Abstracts (a database) or in Global Health (another database) you would enter the two product codes combined with the OR operator – <ca OR he> – selecting 'CABI Product (sc code)' from the dropdown menu, AND you would enter the term <rabies> in the subsequent box keeping 'All fields' in the dropdown menu on the right.
You can perform the same search reported above in the Basic Search. To do so, you need to go to CABI Digital Library homepage and enter (sc:ca OR sc:he) AND rabies
The 'CABI Product' field in Advanced Search can be used to build searches which work in one or across multiple CABI products simultaneously, whether these are databases or primary publications. The desired products need to be specified using the two-letter codes indicated in and selecting CABI Product (sc code) from the dropdown menu. You may specify as many products as you wish by combining them with the Boolean operator OR.
Alternatively, it is also possible to specify the product in the search box by entering the sequence code (sc) followed by a colon in front of the two-letter product code (full list retrievable in ). In this case, since the product is already specified in the search box, 'All fields' should be kept in the drop-down menu. For example, the above search is also reproducible this way in Advanced Search: enter the two product codes combined with the OR operator, each preceded by sc:, and put them within round brackets, keeping 'All fields' in the dropdown menu on the right. AND enter the term <rabies> in the subsequent box keeping 'All fields' in the dropdown menu on the right.
