SCOPUS for Science SCOPUS for Science and Medicineand Medicine

Gabriella Netting (Gabriella Netting (gpn@bodley.ox.ac.ukgpn@bodley.ox.ac.uk))

Nicola Mawer (Nicola Mawer (ncm@bodley.ox.ac.ukncm@bodley.ox.ac.uk))

January 2007January 2007

Wiser Science this term:Wiser Science this term: Web of Science: Citation searchingWeb of Science: Citation searching ScopusScopus Medline for MedicineMedline for Medicine Inspec for Physics/EngineeringInspec for Physics/Engineering CAB abstracts for Environmental ResearchCAB abstracts for Environmental Research Compendex for EngineeringCompendex for Engineering Biological Abstracts for Life sciences ResearchBiological Abstracts for Life sciences Research SciFinder Scholar for Chemistry and Material SciFinder Scholar for Chemistry and Material

Science Science Mondays, 12:30 pm OUCSMondays, 12:30 pm OUCS

What will these sessions cover?What will these sessions cover?

Database contentDatabase content Available platformsAvailable platforms Searching Searching Locating full text Locating full text Setting up alertsSetting up alerts Saving referencesSaving references Organising references through RefWorksOrganising references through RefWorks

Scopus: types of publicationsScopus: types of publications

Open access journalsOpen access journals Trade publicationsTrade publications JournalsJournals ConferencesConferences Patents - 12.7 million records Patents - 12.7 million records

from 4 Patent Officesfrom 4 Patent Offices Book series Book series Web resourcesWeb resources Many links to full textMany links to full text

Subject CoverageSubject Coverage

Life SciencesLife Sciences 3,400 titles 3,400 titles

Health SciencesHealth Sciences 5,300 titles5,300 titles

Physical Sciences 5,500 titlesPhysical Sciences 5,500 titles

Social Sciences 2,800 titlesSocial Sciences 2,800 titles

ContentContent

Publisher-submitted records 1996 - Medline records 1966 - Content from other Elsevier databases*:

Embase 1970- Compendex 1970-Geobase 1980-

Content coverage etc. at

http://info.scopus.com/

FunctionalityFunctionality

SearchingSearching LimitsLimits Sorting resultsSorting results Citation searchingCitation searching Search HistorySearch History AlertsAlerts OutputOutput

StrengthsStrengths

User friendly, intuitiveUser friendly, intuitive Good for free-text, keyword searchingGood for free-text, keyword searching Good for any science topicGood for any science topic Simultaneous web and patent searches Simultaneous web and patent searches Citation searching (back to 1996)Citation searching (back to 1996) Alerts, to keep you up to date with researchAlerts, to keep you up to date with research Many links to full textMany links to full text Regular updates/improvementsRegular updates/improvements Good help pages and online supportGood help pages and online support

WeaknessesWeaknesses

No controlled vocabulary/ subject No controlled vocabulary/ subject heading searchingheading searching

Citation searching more Citation searching more comprehensive in Web of Knowledgecomprehensive in Web of Knowledge

Clinical queries - use Medline / Clinical queries - use Medline / PubMedPubMed

Other featuresOther features

Also searches Also searches the web via the web via SCIRUS, SCIRUS, Elsevier’s Elsevier’s science search science search engineengine

www.scirus.comwww.scirus.com

Why use Scopus?Why use Scopus?

Scholarly , interdisciplinary contentScholarly , interdisciplinary content Weekly or daily updatesWeekly or daily updates Complex searching and refining resultsComplex searching and refining results Searches databases and the web Searches databases and the web

simultaneouslysimultaneously Search history can be viewedSearch history can be viewed Current awareness alerts can be set up Current awareness alerts can be set up Easy to set up bibliography of resultsEasy to set up bibliography of results

Sample search:Sample search:

Climate change and fisheriesClimate change and fisheries

Features for demonstrationFeatures for demonstration SearchingSearching LimitsLimits Web resultsWeb results Database resultsDatabase results SortingSorting Link to article (TOUR)Link to article (TOUR) Save search as AlertSave search as Alert CitationsCitations OutputOutput

Topics you can try…Topics you can try…

What are the ethical implications of face What are the ethical implications of face transplants?transplants?

How does solar power help with the How does solar power help with the problem of global warming?problem of global warming?

How is airplane safety affected by metal How is airplane safety affected by metal fatigue?fatigue?

Next week’s sessionNext week’s session

Medline for MedicineMedline for Medicine