BIOSIS Previews Database: BA/BIOSIS Step-By-Step

This guide will walk you through a sample search in the database Biosis Previews. For more detailed information on the Biosis Previews database, please contact a UToledo librarian.

Our topic: We are looking for research articles to determine which animal models are used to study Alzheimer’s disease.

Step 1:  From the menu on the library’s web page (http://www.utoledo.edu/library), go to the All Databases link.

Step 2: From the listing of databases, click on the Biology link

Step 3: From the databases listed, click on BIOSIS Previews (includes Biological Abstracts):

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Now that we are on BIOSIS Preview let's start a search.

STEP 1: On the BIOSIS Previews search page, type in animal model$ (we are using the truncation symbol $ to look for animal models, animal model, etc.):

STEP 2: Click on the Search button, then click Back To Search.

STEP 3: Next, do another search for Alzheimer's disease.

STEP 4: To bring our two searches together, click on Search History:

STEP 5: Once in your search history, click on Advanced Search.

STEP 6: To combine, click in the boxes to the left of the sets, then choose And from the drop-down menu:

STEP 7: The sets have now been combined. On that same page above the Session Quieries, click the search button.