Introduction - Overview

This User Guide is designed to provide a working understanding of the features and functions of Auto-Graphics' RESEARCHit. RESEARCHit is a powerful and versatile cross-platform search application that allows simultaneous searching of multiple selected databases (Auto-Graphics' Impact databases, Z39.50 databases, XML databases, etc.). Accessed using a standard Web browser, RESEARCHit’s user-friendly graphical interface provides flexibility that enables the knowledge and needs of individual users to be met appropriately.

Using RESEARCHit, you can:

Select and simultaneously search multiple databases using RESEARCHit’s powerful search features (Quick Search, Advanced Search)
Use Search Qualifiers to narrow the scope of your search
View "hit lists" (Continuous Brief Browse Lists, Title Lists) and Full Record Displays of search results
Submit interlibrary loan requests and track in-process requests
Set default values for RESEARCHit’s user-selectable options and parameters for your personal account

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Chapter 1

Organization of the User Guide