Tutorial: Biography Databases

Biography Databases
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The Search Results screen leads you to a main full text profile and associated images. From the full display of the record you can also select lists of related items: additional full text profiles, related full text articles, and book citations.

	Brief Display of records.
	Full Display of the record.
	Full Text of the main article.
	All related images available.
	Selected image, enlarged.
	Lists of related items, articles, and book citations.
	Brief display of specific related items.
	Full display of related item - related full text article.

Review your results and mark the records you want to review or save. At the top of the screen is a detailed report of your search.

	Complete summary report.
	Click image icon and search again, limiting results to records with images.
	Full query: the search may be displayed as a constructed Boolean search, depending upon which screen the search was started.
	Click Bios/Obits icon and search again, limiting results to records with biographies and/or obituaries.
	Relevancy percentage: 100% means all terms appear in the subject(s).
	Click to mark record.
	Click to display full text record.
	Click image icon to see images related to this record.

Use links in the bottom taskbar navigate through your results list. Click Get Marked to produce a list of only those records you have specified. To view the succeeding group of results, click the Next symbol “>” in the bottom taskbar. To view the preceding group of results, click the Previous symbol “>” in the bottom taskbar. To Jump To a specific page of results, enter a new page number in the number entry box, and click the Enter button on your computer.

Click on a thumbnail to see an enlarged image.

In the full display of the record, you can mark results and access related information, including lists of related items.

	Click to mark record.
	Name of database.
	Click to see related images.
	Click to display full text profile.
	Click to see list of related articles.
	Click to see list of related book citations.

You can mark the full text of the profile and display additional images, when available.

	Click to mark record.
	Name of database.
	Click to see related images.
	Highlighted text indicates terms searched.

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