ScienceDirect Basic Training Course

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ScienceDirect Basic Training Course

• Integrated Information Network

December 2002
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Synopsis
ScienceDirect Introduction Contents
Available in ScienceDirect Different options of
access Functionality ( Browsing, Searching,
Creating Subject Homepages)
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ScienceDirects Evolution

• June 1997 trial release to a group of 35
  institutions.
• January 1999 Commercial release
• December 1999 58 customers, 323.375 ftas , 985
  journals.
• May 2000 1.000.000 ftas,1100 journals
• April 2001 release Next Generation1200
  journals new types of content 30 million
  abstracts, 1 MRW
• May 2002 2.000.000 ftas
• June 2002 latest release new contents, IDEAL
  integration
• SD Navigator
• 1700 journals

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Contents in ScienceDirect - Full-text

• 3,282,150 Full-text articles (as of Dec., 9th,
  2002)
• (Current year building 4 years roll-out)
• (Deep backfiles available soon)
• 1700 Scientific, Technical and Medical Journals
• 100 journals from Partner Publishers as
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (
  AICHE journals)
• The Lancet
• The Royal Society of Medicine
• Federation of European Biochemical Societies (
  FEBS letters)
• American Psychological Association
• ASM International
• Gauthier-Villars
• TMS

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Different options of access

• IP recognition gt no username needed
• Personal Profile gt IP recognition Username
• Enables the use of personal features
  as Favourite Journals, Search Alerts, New
  Issues Alerts
• Remote-User IDgt username and Password no IP
  recognition

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Starting ScienceDirect
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www.sciencedirect.com
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Searching

• Quick Search
• Basic Search
• Advanced Search

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Quick Search
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Enter Search Term
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Result of the Quick Search
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Basic Search
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Search Across

• Authors, Journal Name, Title, Keywords, Abstract,
  References, ISSN, Affiliations, Full Text
• Source
• Subject
• Date Ranges
• Special Volume, Issue and Page

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Note that the Green Part is Active
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Basic Search
Type your search term
Select Fields
Select Journal
Select Subject
Select year
Enter Volume, issue , pages
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Example Finding articles about Fuzzy logic
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Search Results
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ScienceDirect Records
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Summary Plus
Full Text Link
Corresponding Author Contact Information
E-mail the Corresponding Author
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Takes You to the Beginning of the Next Term
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Thumbnail Images Click to Enlarge
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Order via DSC
References Part of Summary Plus
Full text via Science Direct
Abstracts via Databases
Full text via CrossRef
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A sample abstract from Compendex
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A sample Full Text via CrossRef
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ScienceDirect Records (Continue )
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ScienceDirect Records (Continue )
Links are Active
Starting the Full Text
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ScienceDirect Records (Continue )
Plenty of Links Available
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ScienceDirect Records (Continue )
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Full Text in PDF
Print the File
Save a Copy of the File
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Basic Search, Using Connectors
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Advanced Search

• Using Connectors and Wildcard Characters

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Connectors

• AND Use when all the terms must appear and may
  be far apart from each other.
• OR Use when at least one of the terms must
  appear.
• AND NOT Use to exclude specific terms.
• W/nn Use to specify the proximity between words.
• NOT W/nn Use to find articles in which the first
  word appears.The second word may also appear,but
  not within the specified number of words.
• PRE/nn Use to find two words when the first word
  must precede the second word by a specified
  number of words.
• W/SEG Use to find two search words that appear
  in the same field of the article.

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Wildcard Characters

• Use ! to find a root word plus all the words made
  by adding letters to the end of it.
• Use to replace characters anywhere in the word
  except the first character.

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Enter Terms Using Boolean Logic
What Is This?
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Articles in Press

• These are articles which have been accepted for
  publication in the journal but have not completed
  the publishing process yet.

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Advanced Search Results
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Browsing Journals
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Select Your Subject
What to Display?
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Browsing Journals
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Volume and Issue list of this Journal
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Search within this Issue
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Table of Contents
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Searching for a Journal Title
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Enter a Term Included In the Journal Title
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How is This Possible?
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How to Create a Subject Home Page?
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Thank YouQuestions ?