Zoological Record includes over 3.5 million citations dating from 1864 to the present, with more than 75,000 records added each year. Over 5,000 international scientific journals are indexed, as well as books, newsletters, and conference papers. Areas of coverage include all aspects of animal biology: biodiversity, taxonomy, paleontology, wildlife management, systematics, ecology, behavior, evolution and conservation. Records are indexed by author, subject, geographic area and taxa.
Zoological Record includes sources not found in BIOSIS and should be consulted for all comprehensive searches of the zoological literature. Geographic searching is particularly comprehensive.
Use the drop-down search menus and operators (AND, OR, NOT) to customize your search. Search by topic, author, journal title, author affiliation, subject terms, and other fields.
Enter your search words, joined by search operators (AND, OR, NOT, SAME). Be sure to search for British and American spellings, use truncation (*) for plurals, and include synonyms. Use the Topic field to search within document titles, abstracts, and subject terms; choose Title from the drop-down search menu to restrict your search to document titles only.
There are two ways to search for authors; the Author Index and Author Search.
To use the Author Index, click the search aid icon 
to choose from a list of authors, editors, and corporate authors. This is the best way to find all forms of an author's name for the most comprehensive search.
, enter Wilson E in the search box, and click 
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to complete the search.To use the Author Search, choose Author from the drop-down search menu and enter an author's last name and first initial, followed by an asterisk (*) wildcard. You may also enter last names without initials.
Enter a full or partial title with an asterisk (*) wildcard. Use the Source Index search aid to choose from a list of source titles.
Many records include the address of the primary author. Abbreviations and spellings vary, so use truncation (*) to find variants. For example, Univ* matches University, Universidad, and Univ. Use the SAME operator to search for two or more words in the same address.
Enter search words to search thesaurus terms, geographical and systematic terms, Taxa Notes, and other indexing terms.
Choose Subject Descriptors from the pull-down search menu and click on the Thesaurus search aid to find and use Zoological Record's subject terms. In the Zoological Record Thesaurus, enter your search term and click Find.
Click on the H to open the hierarchy, then click "Jump to Item" 
to see the hierarchy of thesaurus terms indexed under the broad heading "Evolution."
Use the Search History link to combine the results of your previous searches, using AND or OR, and to save your search history and set up automated search alerts. (To combine searches using NOT, use Advanced Search.)
After performing your search, use the Refine Results menu on the Results page to filter your result set (up to 100,000 records) by organisms, document types, subject areas, year, or other criteria.
Use the Analyze Results 
link on the right side of the Results page to produce a report ranking your search results by author, source title, year, address, or other criteria.
Advanced Search enables you to create complex search queries using field tags, search operators, and wildcards. It also allows you to combine previous searches using the NOT operator. Remember to include a number sign (#) before each search number.
Use the 
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UC-eLinks works best with post-1978 Zoological Record citations; to locate the full text of pre-1978 citations, search for the full publication title in Melvyl or ask at the Bioscience Library Reference Desk.
Use the check boxes beside each record on the Results page to select records for output. Then scroll to the bottom of the page to choose from the following output options:
button collects selected citations across multiple searches in Zoological Record and allows you to print, save, email, or export them all at the same time.
button to get a brief, printable HTML version of your selected citations.
button to email the selected citations to yourself or a colleague, in HTML or plain text format.
button to save citations in plain text format for import into bibliographic management software (such as RefWorks® or EndNote®) or in HTML format.
allows direct export of citations into EndNote®.
Register with ISI Web of Knowledge to save your search history and set up automated search alerts and citation alerts, which can be delivered by email or as an RSS feed. See Keeping Up to Date in the Biological Sciences for more information.
Click the Help link on any Zoological Record page to get context-specific help, along with search tips and examples (opens in a new window or tab).
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