ScienceDirect Basic Training Course

Integrated Information Network

December 2002

Synopsis:Synopsis:

ScienceDirect : Introduction

Contents Available in ScienceDirect

Different options of access

Functionality ( Browsing, Searching, Creating Subject Homepages)

ScienceDirect’s Evolution:

•June 1997: trial release to a group of 35 institutions.

•January 1999: Commercial release

•December 1999: 58 customers, 323.375 fta’s , 985 journals.

•May 2000: 1.000.000 fta’s,1100+ journals

•April 2001: release Next Generation:1200+ journals new types of content: 30 million

abstracts, 1 MRW

•May 2002: 2.000.000 fta’s

•June 2002: latest release: new contents, IDEAL integration

SD Navigator

1700 journals

Contents in ScienceDirect - Full-textContents in ScienceDirect - Full-text • 3,282,150 Full-text articlesFull-text articles (as of Dec., 9th, 2002)

(Current year building + 4 years roll-out)

(Deep backfiles available soon)

• 1700 Scientific, Technical and Medical JournalsScientific, Technical and Medical Journals

• 100100+ journals from Partner Publishers as+ 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 AssociationASM International Gauthier-Villars TMS

Different options of accessDifferent options of access

•IP recognitionIP recognition > no username needed

•Personal ProfilePersonal Profile > IP recognition + Username

Enables the use of personal features as: Favourite Journals, Search Alerts, New

Issues Alerts

•Remote-User IDRemote-User ID> username and Password no IP recognition

Starting ScienceDirect

www.sciencedirect.com

Searching

• Quick Search

• Basic Search

• Advanced Search

Quick Search

Enter Search Term

Result of the Quick Search

Basic Search

Search Across:

• Authors, Journal Name, Title, Keywords, Abstract, References, ISSN, Affiliations, Full Text

• Source

• Subject

• Date Ranges

• Special Volume, Issue and Page

Note that the Green Part is

Active

Type your search term

Select Fields

Select Journal

Select Subject

Select year

Enter Volume, issue , pages

Basic Search

Example:Finding articles about

Fuzzy logic

Search Results

ScienceDirect Records

Summary Plus

Full Text Link

Corresponding Author Contact Information

E-mail the Corresponding Author

Takes You to the Beginning of the Next Term

Thumbnail ImagesClick to Enlarge

References Part of Summary Plus

Full text via

Science Direct

Full text via

CrossRef

Abstracts via

Databases

Order via DSC

A sample abstract from Compendex

A sample Full Text via CrossRef

ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)

Links are Active

Starting the Full Text

ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)

Plenty of LinksAvailable

ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)

ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)

Full Text in PDF

Save a Copy of the File

Print the File

Basic Search, Using Connectors

Advanced SearchUsing Connectors and Wildcard

Characters

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.

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.

Enter Terms Using Boolean Logic

What Is This?

Articles in Press:

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

Advanced Search Results

Browsing Journals

Select Your Subject

What to Display?

Browsing Journals

Volume and Issue listof this Journal

Search within this Issue

Table of Contents

Searching for a Journal Title

Enter a Term Included In the Journal Title

How is This Possible?

How to Create a Subject Home Page?

Thank You

Questions ?