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The LSUHSC Library has added Current Contents Connect (CCC) to its list of web-based resources. CCC is part of the Web of Knowledge; access is via the Library's Homepage link removed. Clinical Medicine, Life Sciences, and Social & Behavioral Sciences are the three "editions" available from any LSUHSC domain computer.

Current Contents Connect is a web-searchable bibliographic database that contains citations to more than 7,000 peer-reviewed journals in the sciences and social sciences. New records are added daily, and journal coverage is "cover-to-cover". This means letters, meeting abstracts, clinical reports, and book reviews are indexed. CCC is a compliment to MEDLINE and other LSUHSC databases. Searching both databases provides a comprehensive search of the literature.

Author Searching in Current Contents Connect: (from the start!)

  • Begin searching CCC by clicking the START button.
  • Select the CCC editions to search. (The default is all three.)
  • Select the Time Frame to search. (The default is all years)
  • Click SUBMIT LIMIT CHANGES.
  • Click on the pull-down menu, and highlight Author/Editor(AU).
    • Note: Authors names are indexed as lastname followed by up to 5 initials.
    * is the truncation symbol and can be used to search for any or all initials
  • In the search box, type the author's last name, a space, (no comma) the author's first initial and an "*" (no spaces or parentheses).
    • Example: Bazan N* (Capital letters are not necesssary.)
  • Names with hyphens, names containing spaces or apostrophes, and names with stopwords may need to be ORed together to search the variations in name indexing.
    • Example: Garcia-Ojeda E* or GarciaOjeda E*
    De Carlo * or DeCarlo *
    O'Brian * or Obrian *
    "Smith OR*" (use quotations around the whole name)
  • Use the term index if necessary to get a list of authors in alpha order.

    • Gentle reminder: The LSUHSC Library subscribes to a number of the journals indexed in CCC. Many of the journals are available either electronically, in print, or both. Please check the Library Catalog, INNOPAClink removed for journal access. Articles from journals that the Library does not subscribe to are available by using our InterLibrary Loanlink removed service.

    Instruction and training in using Current Contents Connect or any of the other Library databases is available by contacting the Reference Departments at the Isché Librarylink removed or the Dental Librarylink removed. Group instruction, individual sessions, or curriculum supplements are scheduled regularly throughout the year. Members of the LSUHSC community are encouraged to contact the Reference Librarians to discuss their Library needs.

    -- Kathy Kerdolff
    kkerdo@lsuhsc.edulink removed