BASIC SEARCH

Example:

Type organizational culture in the search box. This search will yield over 50 results.

You can add another search term using Boolean operators (AND, OR, and AND NOT) to the search.

Try organizational culture and satisfaction.  This search will yield about 8 results.

Note that for each result, there is a key to full-text availability.

	citation and abstract
	fulltext
	fulltext + graphics
	full image pdf file

Re-do search by check the box for show results with fulltext availibility only.  This reduces the number of results to about 6 items. Note that you can mark items for future reference by clicking on the box at the far left of the citation.  Click on one of these items to read the fulltext.  Notice that ABI/Inform gives you the options to email article, print article, or save the link. 

To return to the results use, click on the results icon and select last search.

Change the date range to backfile to retrieve older articles on the topic.

GUIDED SEARCH

This format is especially useful if you are searching for a particular article and you already know the author, title, or name of the journal, or if you are doing a search that consists of several search terms.

Example:

Click on this box and select guided search from the menu.

In the first search box, enter drucker, peter and change the field to author by using the pull-down menu.

In the second search box, use executive excellence as the search term and change the field to publication title.

Use the current date range.  This search should produce about 6 results. Click on one of the results and note that to find other articles by Peter Drucker, you can click on his name in the article or you can find similar articles by clicking on the listed subjects.

PUBLICATON SEARCH

Click on this box and select publication from the menu.

Use this search to browse journal contents.

In addition to these search methods, ABI/Inform provides an advanced search and/or a natural language search. 

OTHER FEATURES

This feature allows you to change which ProQuest database to search or to search multiple databases.

Choose this feature to browse for articles by selecting one of the following broad topics: business & industry, computers & internet, economics & trade, environment, government & law, social issues & policy.

This feature allows you to browse lists for personal names, companies, locations & places, or subjects.

	To return from a selected article to you last list of search results, choose last search.  To see a search history, choose, recent searches.  To view your marked list, choose marked list & durable links.
	For more information on how to search, choose this search guide.