20100216

IEEE Explore It's new! It's out! Some quick search advice and notes:
  • previously saved search alerts will need to be re-established
  • the "big search box" searches metadata, abstracts, title, and author; you MUST use the advanced search to search through the article full-text
  • multiple keywords are AND'd; the old search engine phrased multiple keywords
  • searches now include: auto-plurals, auto all-verb-tenses, auto British+American spellings, auto with-without hyphens searched
  • article references: internally linked if IEEE; display OLINKS Find-It icon if not
  • pre-pub articles now easier to find: browse transaction titles; select EARLY ACCESS; or use facet
  • author's names are not normalized: search author surname first, then use facet to limit
  • only the affiliation of the article's primary author can be searched in the affiliation search modes
  • MeSH headings have been added to publications with biomedical/medical foci
  • Added a publication quick search - find an item when you know part of the citation - see tab in advanced options
  • If you know a standard number: use browse mode, select standard publication type, search by the number (e.g.: 802.11)
  • Multimedia files presented at conferences are now attached (as zip files) at the article summary level
  • eBooks have been added; searchable at the TOC level; WSU DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IEEE eBOOK CONTENT

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