Help with refining your search results
Once you have conducted your search, you can refine your search results by specifying what type of content you want (government publications) or the format you want them in (journal references only).
Note: Since most of the data (articles up to 2005) in the database has been transferred across from Social Care Online's predecessor much of it has not yet been indexed to this level.
Click on Refine search results which will be at the top of the results page.
Example one: Refine a search on direct payments to government publications only.
Results include:
Author: GREAT
BRITAIN. Department of Health
Title: Direct
choices: what councils need to make direct payments
happen for people with learning disabilities
Full Text: http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/08/10/35/04081035.pdf;
Publication Date: 2004
Author: GREAT
BRITAIN. Department of Health;
Title: An
easy guide to Direct Payments: giving you the
choice and control
Full Text: http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/09/73/98/04097398.pdf;
Publication Date: 2004
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you can tick Website in
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aimed at care professionals you can tick Care
Professionals
in the audience section. (Currently under development)
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if you are looking for overviews of a particular topic
you can tick Overview in the treatment section. (Currently
under development)
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