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EUROPA WORLD |
funded by |
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Subject Content |
Electronic version of The Europa World Year Book,
providing geographic, political, and economic information on over 250
nations/territories as well as information on 1500 major international
organizations |
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Date Coverage |
Date of coverage
varies, depending on the official source of the information
Frequent updates |
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Type of Material Covered |
Includes
the full text of The Europa World Year Book with
electronic advantages of frequent updating and availability to a larger
audience |
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Full-text |
All
information is full-text |
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Refereed Journal Filter |
Not
applicable |
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Remote Access |
Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after
entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
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Help Pages |
Located
within the database by selecting HELP tab on the upper top center of the
screen |
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Boolean |
AND,
OR, and NOT; use quotation marks around two or more words
to search as a phrase (NOTE: phrase generally
should not contain a Boolean operator or the search results will be zero) |
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Truncation Symbol
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Truncation/wildcards are * and
? ; *
replaces any number of characters/letters, while
? replaces one character/letter only;
both symbols can be used at the beginning, end, or within a word;
? can be used multiple times in
succession but each use must represent one existing character/letter |
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Other Search Options |
Quick,
Advanced, or Browse search options; Quick is the “Search” box located at
the top of each screen; entering keywords or names in this box will
first search the index fields of the database and then the entire
full-text database if no results are found in the index search; Advanced
option is available by selecting the “Advanced Search” tab on the top
left side of each screen; Advanced offers additional options for
searching by country, organizations, people, and publications; Browse
allows a search for countries or organizations from alphabetical lists,
for example, select the “Countries” tab on the top left of the screen or
the Countries drop-down box on the top of each screen to see a list of
countries for selection; for a searchable list of organizations, select
“Organizations” tab on the left side of the screen |
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Alerts |
No |
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Special Notes |
A pattern search is available by entering a
~
(tilde) before a term; this search looks for words similar in spelling
and is useful if in doubt as to a word’s actual spelling or alternative
spellings exists |
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List of Journals |
Not
applicable |
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Related Indexes |
Look
under History or Political Science after selecting
“Article Indexes by Subject” on the top of the “Find Articles” screen or
link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/subjectindexes/history.htm
or
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/subjectindexes/polsci.htm |
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Reference Assistance |
Phone, email, chat, and
in-person reference services are available; link to
http://library.boisestate.edu/reference.htm for further information
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