Introduction to Scopus by the TrainingDesk

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Introduction to Scopus
Presented by Susannah Megow from the Elsevier TrainingDesk

Agenda

What is Scopus?
Why Scopus?
Content Coverage
Product Demonstration
Basic Search
Output, QuickBib
Author Identifier
Affiliation Search
Journal Analyzer
Additional Tools and Services

The largest
Abstract and Citation Database
of research literature and quality web sources.
What is Scopus?

Collaborated with 21 institutes world-wide
In Development-2002
Launched-2004
Tested by 300+ researchers

Search for relevant scientific information
Link to full-text of articles in one click
Citation analysis to evaluate authors and to monitor fields of scientific enquiry
Find unique authors, their affiliations, and scientific track records
Find unique institutions, their output and trends
What is Scopus meant to do?

Who can use Scopus?
Scopus is targeted at anyone looking for scientific information
Students
Editors
Researchers

Scopus at a glance
Focused web information
16,500 titles
STM & Social sciences
Largest Abstract & Citation Database
Academic library sources
4,000 publishers
450 million scholarly web
sites, E-prints, theses,
dissertations, 21 million patents

1,200 Open Access titles
520 Conference Proceedings
650 Trade Publications
315 book series

Intuitive search and browse functionality
15% Elsevier sources
85% other publishers
Fastest route to full text

>4,100
>7,100
>6,700
>4,300
Scopus
The broadest source of STM and Social Sciences information

4,000 publishers

Now Also featuring 3500 Arts and Humanities Titles
Physical Sci

Chemistry
Physics
Engineering
…

Health Science
(100% Medline)

Nursing
Dentistry
…

Social Sciences

Psychology
Economics
Buisness
…

Life Science

Neurosci
Pharmocol.
Biology
…

Scopus - Valuable Backfiles Included
Elsevier
1823
Nature
1869
36 Million Records
Backfiles
Science
1880
1823-1996 18 million
1997-2009 18 million
+1.1 million per year
70% include Abstract
16,500 current journal sources

Breadth of coverage Across geographical regions (status: March 2009)
7720
5440
1460
250
400
230
860
Equals more LOCAL content

Literature Searching and Managing Tools
Refining Results
Browsing and Searching Cited References
Output options for Citations
QuikBib
Links to Full-Text
Author Searching
RSS & HTML Feeds
My List
Personalization Options
Research Evaluation Tools
Citation Analysis Report
Patent Cites and Web Cites
H Index calculation
Functionality

Interactive Training

More Training and Support

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www.info.scopus.com

What other training options are available?
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