To access, click Find Database in the menu.
Find Database enables you to locate a specific database from those made available by the institution. You can search the database on the spot or collect a few databases in your clipboard and then search them simultaneously using MetaSearch . In addition, you can create your own database lists based on your clipboard using My Databases .
Three methods of finding a database are provided:
Where it appears, select the Show all option to show all the databases that match the criteria you specify, or Show unrestricted to show only those databases to which you are allowed access (not locked) of all those that match the criteria. Show All is the default.
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Do one of the following to search by title.
Note: When you use the Starts with function, you can browse backwards and forwards through the full database list using the Next and Previous options.
Enter information describing the database in which to search, as described below, and click Go . A list of databases that have all the criteria that you specify is then displayed. You can fill in any or all of these fields.
The left side of the window shows the subjects of databases defined by the institution. Click on a category to display a list of subcategories defined under the category. The number of databases in each sub-category is shown next to it. Click on a sub-category to select it or select All and click Go .
Note: The General subcategory includes all databases that apply to the category and are not specific to any subcategory.
Find Database list can be displayed in two views: Table View and Brief View.
Table View displays the databases in a table, one row for each database. Brief view provides the same options as Table View with the addition of a description for each database.
At the top of the list, you can see the first title word of the first and last databases that appears in the currently displayed page.
Click Next or Previous to display another page.
If you chose the Starts with option, you can jump to any other location in the list.
To do so enter the first letters of another title in the Starts with field and click 
to jump to a database whose title starts with these letters or words.
Once you have found your desired database you have the following options:
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. This option is not always available. If you do not see , click the database name to search it using its native interface. (Some databases do not support searching from within SuperSearch; they are "link-to" resources which are denoted by the link-to symbol 
. Such resources will also have no checkmark next to them in MetaSearch screens, to indicate that they are not metasearchable.) 
. You can later use My Databases to copy these databases from the clipboard into a database folder that you name. These folders can then be selected during searching. Once you click the it changes to 
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for authenticated users and 
for guests. Note: If you have authenticated yourself, you can set your preferred view as part of your preferences .
The Search in Database function enables you to search, using SuperSearch search form, in the database that you selected from the list of databases found using Find Database . This option is available only if the database has been configured for SuperSearch search. Otherwise you can use the native interface of the database to search it.
to start the search. Note: If the database is configured to show the search results in its native interface, you can click on View Results to see the results. In this case they will be displayed in a new window.
The Advanced Search provides more options for specifying the information for which you are searching.
on the right of the field. to start the search. Once you have used Find Database to find the database that you would like to search, and you have searched in that database , the Find Database results list is displayed. This results list is similar to other SuperSearch results lists except that it only shows the results found in a single database.
Results can be displayed in three views: Table View , Brief View and Full View . You can toggle between the different views.
Note: If you have authenticated yourself, you can set your preferred view as part of your preferences .
At the top of the results, you can see the text you searched for and the total number of results found.
See also: Find Database - Browsing Through the Results
Various options are provided to browse through the results, as follows:
to jump to a record according to its location in the results. Table View displays the records in a table, one row for each record. Table View provides the following options:
to save a record in your clipboard - storage for items you want to keep. You can later move records from here to another My Stuff folder, save 
records to disk (in various formats) or email 
them. Once you added the record to the clipboard, the icon changes to . 
, to use Source IT / SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the full text of articles or holdings information in your library's OPAC. Brief View provides citation information, in addition to the information provided in the Table View . Brief View provides the following options:
to save a record in your clipboard - storage for items you want to keep. You can later move records from here to another My Stuff folder, save records to disk (in various formats) or email them. Once you added the record to the clipboard, the icon changes to . , to use Source IT / SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the full text of articles or holdings information in your library's OPAC. Full View provides all the record's information. It shows a page for each record and highlights the words you queried.
, to use Source IT / SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the full text of articles or holdings information in your library's OPAC. to save a record in your clipboard - storage for items you want to keep. You can later move records from here to another My Stuff folder, save records to disk (in various formats) or email them. Once you added the record to the clipboard, the icon changes to . , to save the results to a file on your PC. A record format window is displayed from which you can select the format of the file to be saved. The options are as follows:
, to email the record. 
, to see the full text without going through the SFX menu. This option only appears when the article's full text is available.