This guide is available as a PDF here: Guide to CumInCAD (pdf - 174kb)
Open CumInCAD in a separate window.
A) Logging In: By default, all database users are logged in as guest__anon. Guests do not have full access to the database.
B) For Full Access, Create a Free Account: To view abstracts, full-text articles, and to use the advanced searching tools, users must create an account and log in to this account when accessing the database.
To set up your free account use the New user link.
C) Use the Login/logout link to log in/out of your individual account.
D) When successfully logged in to the database, your user name will appear at the top of the web page.
E) Click the ‘Use this application as ‘your user name’ to enter the database under your login.
A) Enter terms in the Search for: box to search the abstracts of articles and papers.
B) Click on the Search button to execute your search.
C) Searches done in the current session are saved by CumInCAD. Use these arrow buttons to scroll through (and reuse) your previous searches.
CumInCAD is very literal and it will search all words that you enter. Searches are conducted across all fields in the database (i.e., author, title, source) and in the article abstracts. Use terms that you think may appear in an article abstract on the topic you are researching.
| To do this | Use this |
|---|---|
| Search a single term | Type in your term |
| Search multiple terms | Type in terms. Do not use AND, OR, or NOT between your terms |
| Search an exact phrase | Enclose the phrase in quotes (e.g. design studio) |
| Locate synonyms | Type in each synonymous term. Do not use OR. To find all articles on cars, in the search box type: car automobile vehicle |
| Exclude a word from your search | Type a dash and then the search term (e.g. -virtual) |
| Truncation | Use an asterisk to search all variations of a word root (e.g. itelligen* locates both intelligence and intelligent) |
A) Search results are listed in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name.
B) To scroll through search result pages use the arrow buttons at the bottom of the search result page.
A) Click on this icon to view abstracts and full-text for each
B) A link to web page containing full text of article is available on the abstract page
C) A pdf file of article is available on the abstract page
This guide created by:
S. J. Movahedi-Lankarani qum7@psu.edu
09/2007
