How do I search for organism names in Zoological Record?
To search animal names, first try to locate a suitable Thesaurus term for your topic using the Zoological Record Search Guide™, the online thesaurus built into the product or the thesaurus on this website http://www.biosis.org/support/zr-thesaurus/The Thesaurus contains broader level names. For genus and species level names, or names which do not appear in the Thesaurus, use free text search terms and include any synonyms and spelling variants. Review your search results and modify the results accordingly: eliminate irrelevancy caused by homonyms by using Thesaurus terms to set the context of your search broaden your search by using broader controlled thesaurus terms, or additional synonyms focus your search by using more specific thesaurus terms or free text keywords Full details of how to search are given in the appropriate quick reference card for your search system http://thomsonscientific.
