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Brief guides to searching and browsing

How best to use "Browse", "Quick Search" and "Advanced Search", as well as understand fully the results pages. Top ten search tips

Having difficulty finding the information you need? See the tips below to improve your search results. 1. Try to avoid using common words in isolation For example, searching for "management" will return over 115,000 journal articles and over 300,000 abstracts and reviews. Use more than one word if possible. 2. The search results are divided into different types of content Each type of content has its own results list:

Simply select the type of content you wish to view. 3. Tick the "Phrase" box when searching for a phrase or expression For example, searching for "change" and "management" returns over 71,000 journal articles but only 6,296 of these contain the phrase "change management". 4. Limit your advanced search to a particular era To limit your advanced search to a particular era, select a start and end year from the boxes to the right of "Items published between". 5. Modify your search If you do not think that the results will meet your needs, "Modify search" returns you to the search page where you can amend your original search criteria. 6. Search in results Use the "Search in results" field to refine your search even further by searching within the current results list.

7. Search in subscribed content Click the "My subscribed content" radio button to limit your search to only return results from the journal, book and/or bibliographic database content to which your institution subscribes. 8. Preview Click "Preview" to view the abstract of any journal article or book chapter in your search results listing. 9. Use "My profile" Use the "My Profile" facilities to set up marked lists, alerts, saved searches and newsletters. 10. Advanced search options Click "Click for more options" to see all the advanced search options available. Need more help? If you cannot find the help you need in this section, please do not hesitate to contact Emerald Customer Support. Please view our Customer Service Charter which includes our contact details and service levels.

How to use the Emerald "Browse" functionality and how to understand the results pages

Browse On the Emerald website, you can browse the Journals & Books section and browse the Bibliographic Database section. The browse options can first be found in the left hand navigation column under "Browse" (see image below).

(You can switch between Journals & Books and Bibliographic Databases once the main browse page has loaded using the appropriate buttons (see image below).)

If you want to view all Emerald journals, simply select the "Journals & Books" browse tab in the left hand navigation column. This will present a list of all Emerald Journals and Books that begin with the letter "A". Further "Browse Options" are then provided in the right hand navigation column. You can now browse the Emerald Journals and Books using the A‐ Z list or by selecting a subject of interest (see image above). Browsing by the A‐Z links or subject links will take you to the "Table of Contents" page of your journal or book of interest listing volumes and issues in chronological order.

You can browse by "Just Journals" or by "Just Books" by simply clicking the appropriate link provided to switch between these options. You can also browse by "All Content" or by "Just my subscriptions". The Emerald browse page will always default to show "All Content". You can limit the browse page to show only your subscribed eJournals and Books. Simply click the appropriate links provided to switch between these options (see image above). The results of browsing by "Journal" title, by "Book Series" or by "Subject" Select a publication by clicking on its title. The next screen shows details of that publication and all volumes and issues published in that publication (see image below).

By clicking through to an issue, all articles or chapters for that publication will then be displayed (see image below).

If you want to view the Emerald Bibliographic Databases, simply select the "Bibliographic Databases" browse tab in the left hand navigation column. This will present a list of the Emerald Bibliographic Database products. Further "Browse Options" are then provided in the right hand navigation column to view these databases by subject of interest (see image below).

When browsing Emerald Management Reviews, you should first click on the subject area of your choice. Once selected, you will be provided with further areas of interest within that chosen subject. Just select one further area of interest. You will now be presented with a collection of years within which content is available. Select a year of interest and all article reviews within that subject and year will be presented (see image below).

Just select your article of interest and the Emerald review will be displayed (see image below).

When browsing the four Emerald Abstract Database products (e.g. International Civil Engineering Abstracts (see image below)), the same instructions apply as described above with the Emerald Management Reviews database.

How to use Emerald "Quick Search" and "Advanced Search" and how to understand the results pages

Quick Search When you want to find articles on a particular subject... If you are looking for articles on a particular subject matter (e.g. marketing), use the "Search for" field in the left hand navigation column (see image below).

A standard word search across all fields, including document text will be performed and will return a broad range of results. When a tick icon is visible , you will have access to this content (see image below). When no tick icon is visible, you will not have access to that content. Other ICONS and their context: Backfiles content (Articles which are only available with a Backfiles database subscription.) Early cite content (A pre‐print of a paper, subject to change before publication.)

Articles where only the abstract is available (no full text content.)

When you submit your search request (quick or advanced search), the results returned are divided into 5 categories. Each category has its own results list. Simply select the type of content you wish to view on the search results page from the available tabs (see image below):

1. All. The first 5 search results from each of the following four categories are displayed in this category by default (see image above). 2. Journals. Journal results are articles from content published in Emerald journals and delivered within the Emerald e‐ journal collections such as Emerald Management Plus (see image below).

3. Books. Book results are chapters from content published in Emerald book series and delivered within the Emerald eBook series collections and the Emerald Online collections.

4. Bibliographic Databases. These results are combined results for Emerald Management Reviews and the following Emerald abstract and indexing databases:

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Computer Abstracts International Database Computer & Communications Security Abstracts International Civil Engineering Abstracts Current Awareness Abstracts

(Note: You must subscribe to a bibliographic database to receive results from it.)

5. Site Pages. This displays links to content on the Emerald website that match your search criteria.

Advanced Search When you want to be restrictive with your searches... You can use "Advanced Search" to refine your search further. The "Advanced Search" will allow you to perform your word search within a specific field or fields (e.g. Abstracts, Author and Article title). The default "Advanced Search" page provides one field of search, simply click 'Click for more options' to increase that to three fields of search (see image below).

You can then for example search for the specific word or words of an article title and the name of an author. Boolean operators, such as AND, OR and NOT are also available within "Advanced Search" and so is the option to refine your search by year of publication. All these additional options allow you to refine your search to return a lower number of results that better suit your search criteria (see images below). For detailed instructions on the Advanced Search and functions available, please see our "Advanced Search Functionality" document.

Fewer results are obtained (see image below).

The results when using both "Quick Search" and "Advanced Search" are delivered in the same manner.

How to use Emerald "Quick Search" and "Advanced Search" and how to understand the results pages

Articles where only the abstract is available (no full text content.)

3. Books. Book results are chapters from content published in Emerald book series and delivered within the Emerald eBook series collections and the Emerald Online collections.

4. Bibliographic Databases. These results are combined results for Emerald Management Reviews and the following Emerald abstract and indexing databases:

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Computer Abstracts International Database Computer & Communications Security Abstracts International Civil Engineering Abstracts Current Awareness Abstracts

(Note: You must subscribe to a bibliographic database to receive results from it.)

5. Site Pages. This displays links to content on the Emerald website that match your search criteria.

Fewer results are obtained (see image below).

The results when using both "Quick Search" and "Advanced Search" are delivered in the same manner.

Detailed "advanced search" functionality

How to use the functions available within the Emerald advanced search engine.

*Important note Please note that the quotation marks used in the italicized examples marked with an asterisk below are for illustration purposes only. Quotation marks should be omitted when performing the example italicized searches shown on this page. Match all A "Match all" search will search the selected fields of every Emerald document and return the results of all documents that include all of the chosen words, no matter what order those words are located in the document. Example search: *"knowledge management" Results would include: Knowledge management and process performance Training strategies in the management of knowledge The five‐tier knowledge management hierarchy. Match phrase A "Match phrase" search will search the selected fields of every Emerald document and return all the results where all of the chosen words are found together and in the same order. Example search: *"knowledge management" Results would include: Reconstituting knowledge management The use of knowledge management by German innovators Knowledge management in project environments.

Match any A "Match any" search will search the selected fields of every Emerald document and return all the results where just one, some, or all of the words is found and no matter what order those words are located in the document. Example search: *"knowledge management" Results would include:

Organizing knowledge in the knowledge development cycle Wikis as a knowledge management tool Management of project knowledge and experiences.

Boolean operators The Emerald search engine supports the Boolean operators – AND, OR, NOT, " ", ( ),*. Please note that these must be entered in upper case, or they will be treated as stop words and be ignored. Wildcard searches The Emerald search engine supports single and multiple character wildcard searches. Use the "?" symbol to perform a single character wildcard search. The single character wildcard search looks for terms that match that with the single character replaced. For example, to search for "text" or "test" you can use the search: "te?t". Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example, to search for test, tests or tester, you can use the search: "test*". You can also use the wildcard searches in the middle of a term: "te*t". Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search. Fuzzy searches A fuzzy search finds words that are likely to be relevant to a search argument even when the argument does not exactly correspond to the desired information. To do a fuzzy search, use the tilde "˜" symbol at the end of a single word term. For example to search for a term similar in spelling to "roam" use the fuzzy search: "roam˜". This search will find terms like foam and roams. Proximity searches A proximity search allows you to find words that are a within a specific distance. To do a proximity search, use the tilde "˜" symbol at the end of a phrase. For example to search for "stimulate" and "growth" within 10 words of each other in a document the search term would be "stimulate growth"˜10. Term boosting To boost a term use the caret "^" symbol with a boost factor (a number) at the end of the term you are searching. The higher the boost factor, the more relevant the term will be. For example, if you are searching for "work management" and you want a higher relevance placed against the term "work", boost it using the ^ symbol along with the boost factor next to the term. An example you could use would be "work^4 management". When including the question mark "?" symbol within a search. If you a searching using a full article title and that title includes the question mark "?" symbol, the search will normally fail as the "?" symbol is also a Boolean operator. To cancel the "?" symbol as an operator, place the "\" symbol before the "?" symbol.

Example searches: *"Can You Really Account for Marketing?" (Incorrect) *"Can You Really Account for Marketing\?" (Correct) *"Jilted? The manager's little book for keeping customers in a recession" (Incorrect) *"Jilted\? The manager's little book for keeping customers in a recession" (Correct)

Field search When performing an "Advanced search" on the Emerald website, you can specify which fields to search within. Those fields are explained as follows:

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All fields – to search for text contained in all the available fields, including text contained in the body of an article. All except full text – to search for text contained in all the available fields, excluding the "full text" of the article. Abstract – to search for text contained in the summary of an article. Each summary is written by the author of the article. Publication Title (book title or journal title). Content Item Title (article title or chapter title) – to search for text contained in the article title (and subtitle) or chapter title. (This search parameter exists for an "All" search only.) Journal Title – to search for text contained in the article title of a journal. (This search parameter exists for a "Journal" search only.) Article Title – to search for words contained in an article title. (This search parameter exists for a "Journal" search only.) Book Series Title – to search for words contained in a book title. (This search parameter exists for a "Book" search only.) Chapter Title –‐ to search for words contained in a chapter title. (This search parameter exists for a "Book" search only.) Author – to search by the name of the author. ISSN – to search by journal or book ISSN number. ISBN – to search by book ISBN number. Volume – to search by the volume number of a book or journal. Issue –‐ to search by the issue number of a journal. (Also returns volumes for books. Books have no issue number.) Page – to search for an article or chapter that starts with the chosen page number. Keywords – to match keywords that have been nominated by the author of each article.

Emerald bibliographic citation guide

For EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite and RefWorks Introduction This guide has been designed to help users who want to add citations from Emerald into their bibliographic software such as EndNote, Reference Manager, RefWorks or Procite. The first part of the guide details the process required to add and review your search results and how to add these citations to your "Marked Lists". You need to save your marked list before importing these citations into your bibliographic software. The second part of the guide details the process used to import the records into bibliographic software such as EndNote or Reference Manager using an import filter for Emerald available from ISI ResearchSoft. These filters have to be installed for older versions of the software but should be included in to future versions as they are released. We realize this is not the most obvious way for users to import citations into their bibliographic software and we intend to improve this service in the near future. Your Profile Before you can create a marked list you must first set up an Emerald profile (if you have not already done so). To register your profile simply click on “Register” in the top right hand corner of the Emerald web page and then complete and submit the form presented to you. Creating a Marked List Once you have logged in with your Emerald profile login details, click the “Marked Lists” option from the left hand menu or from “Your Profile” page. Enter the name you have chosen for your ‘Marked Lists’ and click ‘Add’ (see image below).

If you now continue as you would normally to search via the search and browse option your next search will see a drop‐ down list (see image below). Just select the list you want to use: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Check the box next to the article(s) you want to add to your list Once you have selected the article(s), click on the “Go” button next to add to your marked list A message will appear to confirm the items you selected have been added to your list Click on “Marked Lists” to view your lists

Marked List page On the "Marked Lists" page, select a list to work with from the drop‐down menu. You have the chance to review your marked lists here (see image below).

Once you are happy with your list, click on the "Export (ACSII)" option and then save the text file on your PC / Mac (see image below).

Import Filters These records can then be imported into EndNote (see below), RefWorks (see below), Reference Manager or ProCite using an import filter for Emerald available from ISI ResearchSoft:

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EndNote RefWorks Reference Manager ProCite

These filters have to be installed for older versions of the software but should be included in the future versions as they are released. Click on the "FTP" link to download the Emerald import filter into the EndNote package. Importing records – EndNote Open your Endnote application and from the file menu select “Import”.