Below is a portion of  the results page for the Basic Search by Keyword for "global warming" in the Academic OneFile database.  A successful search produces a results list, which contains brief references to documents matching the search criteria.

Each item on the results list provides a brief reference to a document.  Results items typically list key publication information and display icons or links that summarize the content and retrieval options available for the corresponding document.  In this way you can tell at a glance if you want to view the full record associated with the citation.  To view a document, simply click its underlined document title.

The document type appears to the far right of each citation on the results list page.  In this way you can easily identify the kind of records your search returned, such as Article, Biography, Map, Interview, or Editorial, to name a few.