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ScienceDirect Basic Training Course
Integrated Information Network
December 2002
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-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
Different options of access
•IP recognition >
no username needed
•Personal Profile > IP recognition + Username
as:
Enables the use of personal features
Favourite Journals, Search Alerts, New Issues Alerts
•Remote-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
Basic Search
Type your search term
Select Fields
Select Journal
Select Subject
Select year
Enter Volume,
issue , pages
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 Images
Click to Enlarge
References Part of
Order
Summary
via DSC Plus
Full text
via
Science
Direct
Abstracts
via
Database
s
Full text
via
CrossRef
A sample abstract from Compendex
A sample Full Text via CrossRef
ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)
ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)
Links are Active
Starting the Full Text
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Plenty of Links
Available
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Full Text in PDF
Print the File
Save a Copy of the File
Basic Search, Using
Connectors
Advanced Search
Using 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 list
of 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 ?