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Electronic Resources for
Materials Science
Ljilja Ristic, MScChem PGDiplLIS MCLIP
Physical Sciences Librarian
Subject Consultant
18/07/2015
Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd,
oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800
Session Overview
E-resources for research
Electronic resources on Oxlip+
How to find databases, e-journals, e-books…
Key databases and how to search them
Chance to practise
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Electronic resources at Oxford
An extensive collection of electronic databases, e-journals,
e-books, standards online, conference proceedings …
Oxlip+ - Oxford University e-resources (New!)
http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/
MetaLib search engine provides Find resource by (title or subject);
Crossearch option (multiple sources); and My Resources space.
Oxlip – Oxford Libraries Information Platform
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/
Links to resources from Subject or Title List. Soon to be replaced with
Direct access from University Network
Use your SSO for remote access
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Union Catalogue of Oxford’s Libraries
Accessing Oxford’s collections:
SOLO – Search Oxford Libraries Online (New
portal!)
http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/
OLIS - Union Catalogue of Oxford Libraries
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
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Finding full-text articles
Try linking from a database using
Check Oxford University e-journals
http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az
Check OLIS Library Catalogue for print journals,
books, proceedings, etc.
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
If not, try Inter-Library Loan from the RSL
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Subject specific databases
Include published
Accessing databases:
research
Subject specific
Directly from Oxford
Index thousands of
University network
journals
no password required
International literature
Peer reviewed
For remote access
Provide references and
use your SSO log in
abstracts
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Subject specific databases
CSA Materials Research database with
METADEX
Covers over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings,
technical reports, trade journals, patents, etc.
Comprises 15 materials specific databases
Provides references and abstracts
Links to available full-text articles and OLIS
Produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
CSA subset:
CSA High Technology Research database with
aerospace (includes semiconductors, etc)
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Subject specific databases
CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX
Aluminium Industry Abstracts
Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts
Copper Data Center Database
Corrosion Abstracts
Engineered Materials Abstracts
Advanced Polymers Abstracts
Composites Industry Abstracts
Engineered Materials Abstracts, Ceramics
Materials Business File
METADEX
WELDASEARCH
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Chemistry databases
SciFinder on the Web
(includes Chemical Abstracts)
Covers all areas of
chemistry, biochemistry,
materials from 1907.
Indexes over 100000
journals, patents, books
proceedings, reports, etc.
Provides references,
substances and reactions
Registration required!
Contact your subject librarian
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Other subject specific databases
CrossFire Beilstein& Gmelin
organic and inorganic chemistry
Compendex (engineering, communication,
computing, control eng, etc)
Geobase – Scopus (geology, environmental
sciences, etc)
INSPEC – physics, electronics, computing
MathSciNet – research in mathematics and
applied mathematics
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Multidisciplinary databases
Web of Knowledge
Web of Science® (1945-present)
Science Citation Index Expanded (1945-present)
Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
Databases cover more than 4000 journals and are updated weekly.
Provides Reference Citation
ISI ProceedingsSM (1990-present) – Technical reports and
conference proceedings
Journal Citation Reports® (1997-2007)
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Multidisciplinary databases
SCOPUS
Scopus includes four databases:
Geobase, Compendex, Embase, Medline
Search in selected databases/All databases
Covers about 16000 journal articles
Provides Reference citation
Service provided by Elsevier
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General resources
Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry
Encyclopedia of Materials
Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology – The
Gold Book
NIST Physical Reference Data
Smithsonian Physical Tables
Treatise on Geochemistry
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Searching electronic databases
Define a topic/a search question
Break your search question into concepts
Select search terms to describe concepts
Create a search strategy
Select appropriate subject database(s)
Search electronic databases
Find more search terms from retrieved records
Repeat a search in another database
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Search techniques
Searching on a research topic:
Select appropriate subject databases
Combine terms into a search strategy
Run a search
Display search results and select relevant references
Keep a list of selected references!!!
Find more search terms from retrieved records.
Repeat search in another database.
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Search techniques
Boolean operators:
AND to narrow down
OR to broaden
(synonyms)
NOT to exclude some
terms
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Search tips:
Use wildcard and
truncation (?, *)
Include alternative terms
Include different spelling
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Sample search
We are interested in:
Superconductivity of
Magnesium Boride Wires
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AND, OR, NOT
Magnesium Boride
Wires
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Superconductivity
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Reference Tools
Keeping and organising your references:
Export your search results into reference management
software
Save the results using an appropriate file format
E-mail or Print results and then enter into the software
Keep up-to-date by setting up database alerts
Update your search regularly
Reference Management Software on the web:
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources (Refworks and Endnote Web)
You may want to purchase your own copy of EndNote from OUCS.
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The Copyright Law
Photocopying, printing and downloading
from books and journals:
one chapter from a book
one journal article from a journal issue
Up to 5%
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Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
“ ..is the act of representing as one’s own original work
the creative works of another, without appropriate
acknowledgment of the author or source
(University of Melbourne, 2007)
“.. Is copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or
ideas into your own work without full acknowledgment
(Educational Policy and Standards - University of
Oxford http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/epsc/plagiarism/
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How do you avoid it?
Plagiarism is breaching someone’s copyright by:
Copying someone’s work or ideas without
acknowledgment
Copying and pasting from the Internet, or from eresources (e-books, e-journals, etc)
Rephrasing/paraphrasing without acknowledgment
Patchwriting – copying and making some changes
Copying from each other (students)
Copying and pasting a paragraph without quotation
marks
Using a phrase taken from a source without
acknowledgment
(Roberts, 2008)
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Contacts
Ljilja Ristic, MScChem PGDiplLIS MCLIP
Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant
Tel.(01865) 272816
[email protected]
The Radcliffe Science Library
Enquiry Desks - Tel. (2)72800 or (2)72845
Or visit the Library web site http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl
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