An introduction for IME1108 students in how to begin their search on Woman's Health Issues in the UWA Library catalogue OneSearch.

1. Carrying out a broad search in UWA OneSearch is a good
way to identify core sources.
OneSearch is the main UWA Library catalogue collating all
content across a range of resources.
Use OR to search for similar terms
Use AND to join distinct concepts together
Refine and use available limits
Follow leads and citation trails
Use eShelf, a personal folder and saved search area
University Library library.uwa.edu.au
UWA’s OneSearch

2. Use the Advanced Search in OneSearch
to begin to build your search string
Think about how you combine your similar terms with OR and unique concepts with AND
together with your use of punctuation to help control how the search is run.
Tip: If you do not get enough results then reduce the number of search terms used;
conversely, if you get too many results increase the number of search terms used.

3. Limit by resource type
Eg. Newspaper articles and reviews may be more topical
View only Peer
Reviewed
Explore by
subject area
View only
current
publications
Found a good paper?
Identify others papers that refer to it.
Spend time reviewing your Search Results

4. Managing your Search Results
Any limits you add will show on the top of
your search results.
Use the “X” to remove them again.
Sign in using your Pheme credentials to add any
items to a permanent folder in your e-shelf.
(Located top RH corner of OneSearch)
Clicking on the star next to the item will colour it
in and automatically add it to your folder.
Click on Save Query at the
bottom of your limits listing
(LH menu) to add it to your
e-Shelf.

5. The Details tab of a
item may suggest
other subject terms
you can also try.
The View Online tab will link you
to the database platforms that
hold the full-text of this article.
Tip: Jumping out to a database through
OneSearch identifies you as a UWA
student and ensures full access to
subscriptions purchased for you.
Always sign into OneSearch, especially
from home, to make sure you get the
fullest level of access.
Follow good leads
Citations – will identify references used to write a given paper
Cited by – will identify other people who have cited the paper.
Citations
Cited by
Working with your results

6. Extending your Search Results
Although our original search had 163 results, only 10 were
indexed with the subject term “Sex Preselection”
Further down on the Limits LH pane you will find these
other suggested subject searches.
Clicking on “Sex Preselection” runs a search of all items
indexed with this subject term in OneSearch.
This search identifies 996
results.
You can either use the limits
to further explore these or
Add more search terms to the
search fields as keywords or
subject terms:
Try:
Sex selected abortion
Sex ratio
Gender discrimination