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ERMSS " a single user interface to all your e-Resources."

1) Search Options

a) Text Search
b) Parametric Search

Text Search : Text Search is applicable if a user wish to search accross all available Online Resources. This interface will give the result from the database of all e-Journals, Publishers, Articles, TOC, Abstracts, e-Databases , e-books , Online Tutorials etc. The method of ‘Text Search’ is illustrated below using an example

Step 1 : Enter the keyword (e.g. ‘Economics’) in the Text Search field.
Step 2 : Then click the button ‘Text Search’.

Result : ‘Text Search’ will produce all the matching results from all e-Journals, Publishers, Articles,
TOC, Abstracts, e-Databases , E-books , Online Tutorials etc.

Parametric Search : Parametric Search is preferred when the search has to be more specific on a particular parameter like e Journals, Title, Publisher, Articles, Databases, e-books , TOC, or Abstracts etc. This search interface will search your keyword only by that parameter which you have specified in the field. The user is also facilitated with the option of choosing Subject level 1 (Subject category) and Subject level2 (Sub Categories of the Subject) for making the search more specific. An example is illustrated below.

Step 1 : Choose any of the parametric field (e.g. Journal Title), check the box before ‘Journal Title’ and enter the word ‘Economics’.
Step 2 : Click on ‘Search’ button.

Result : ‘Parametric Search’ will produce all the matching results with ‘Economics’
existing only in database of Journal Title.

2) Search Criteria

» Basic Search
» Advanced Search
» Subject Search

Basic Search : Provides link to Table of Contents as well as Abstracting and Bibliographic details of more than 13,000 Journals and link to Free Full Text of more than 3000 e-Journals & e books. User can search specific information in fields like Journal Title, ,Article , Publisher, TOC, Abstract, Subject Category , ISSN , and Access Type. You can search on a single search field or multiple Search Parameter .

Advanced Search : User can search on various field ‘s like Free Databases / Subscribed Databases , e-Books, Online Tutorials apart from having all search facility included in Basic Search.

Subject Search : This Search facility enables Single Window search to all e- resources including all free e- Resources available through ermss as well as all Subscribed e - resources by a Single Institution / Consortium The user can find information about a specific field / subject on a single window itself rather than visiting HTML links of hundreds of Journals and databases subscribed by the Library.