This document provides an overview of scientific databases and resources for research. It begins by defining various publication and document types. It then discusses the current journal publishing business models of subscription-based versus open access. Several recommended e-databases are introduced, including Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciFinder, EBSCO Host, PubMed, Springer, and Wiley. Online tutorials and the library website are provided as resources for accessing and searching these databases.

1. Fast Track to Scientific Databases
Ruchareka Wittayawuttikul
ruchareka.wit@mahidol.ac.th
SCID 518 : Generic Skills in Science Research (YEAR 2014)

2. OUTLINE :
• Publication Types & Document Types
• Current status of journal publishing business models
– Subscription-based VS Open Access
• Introduce Stang Mongkolsuk Library websites
– E-databases / E-journals / Search guide & online tutorials
• Recommended e-databases
– Web of Science
– ScienceDirect / Scopus
– SciFinder
– EBSCO Host
– PubMed
– Springer / Wiley
– Proquest Disserations & theses

3. Publication Types / Source Types
• Journal
• Conference Proceedings
• Book Series
• Book
• Research Report
• Trade Publication
• Patent
Document Types
• Article (Journal article)
• Article-in-Press
• Review
• Letter
• Editorial
• Note
• Correction / Erratum
• Conference Paper
(Proceedings Paper)
• Meeting Abstract
• Book Chapter
• Patent Document

4. Types of Academic journals / Scholarly journals
• Editorial review
• Peer-review
• Local journals
• National journals
• International journals

5. How many peer-reviewed journals
are there in the world ?
• There were about 28,100 active scholarly peer-reviewed
journals in mid 2012, publishing 1.8–1.9 million articles a year.
• Scopus database covers 20,874 journals from over 5,000
publishers
• There are 5,000–10,000 journal publishers globally (95% publish
only one or two journals.)
• Three big publishers (Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley-Blackwell) have
over 2,000 journals each.
– STM Report

6. Well-known Academic Publishers

7. The STM Report, November 2012 Page: 16
http://www.stm-assoc.org/2012_12_11_STM_Report_2012.pdf

8. Journal Publishing Business Models
– Toll-access (TA)
– Subscription-based model
– Reader-side fees
– Page Charge
– Copyright by Publisher
– Open-access (OA)
– Author payment model
– Author-side fees
– Article Processing Charge (APC)
200–5,000 USD
– Copyright by Author
– Creative Commons Attribution
(CC-BY) license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
GRATIS OA – free of charge
LIBRE OA – free of charge
and free of unnecessary copyright
and licensing restrictions.
GRATIS / LIBRE OA

9. • Gold OA : immediate OA to all articles / full open access
without delay (no embargo period) -- provided by OA publishers
• Hybrid OA : subscription journals make some articles OA for a
fee -- provided by traditional publishers
• Delayed OA : free after embargo period 6-12 months --
provided by traditional publishers
• Green OA : permitted self-archiving of manuscripts for free
public use -- deposited by the author or provided through
institutional repositories (IR)
Types of Open Access (OA)

10. Some questionable OA journal
publishers take advantage of the
author-side payment model.
Beall’s List
of potential, possible or probable predatory scholarly
open-access publishers
http://scholarlyoa.com

11. http://scholarlyoa.com
It would be
better to avoid
Predatory OA
Publishers.

12. Predatory scholarly open-access publishers

13. Stang Mongkolsuk Library Website http://stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th

14. http://vpn.mahidol.ac.th
Using E-Resources from Off-Campus
JUNOS PULSE APPJuniper
Virtual Private Network(VPN) on iOS, Android, OSX

15. Using E-Resources with Mobile Devices

16. PROHIBITION
Systematic or programmatic
downloading (e.g., the use of automated
“robots” or otherwise downloading or
attempting to download in a short time period
large amounts of full text articles from entire
journal issues) is prohibited
E-databases and E-Journals
User License Agreement for Mahidol University

17. More than 156 Scientific E-databases

18. Video Online Tutorials
http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science
http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/videos/introduction-sciencedirecthttp://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/products/Scopus
http://web.cas.org/support/scifinder/newinterface_helptutorial.html

19. Web of Science
WOS covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals
worldwide.
- Science Citation Index Expanded (8,300)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (2,900)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1,600)
+ 650 open access titles from SciELO Brazil
Scopus
22,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 5,000 international
publishers. (including 2,800 open access journals)
- 22% - Social Sciences (7,684 titles)
- 33% - Health Sciences (6,740 titles)
- 30% - Physical Sciences (7,410 titles)
- 15% - Life Sciences (4,436 titles) titles can be in more than one subject area

20. Web of Science http://isiknowledge.com/wos

21. SEARCH TIPS

24. Basic Search

25. Refine Results Analyze Results

26. Marked List Exporting Records

27. http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science/
Web of Science – Video Training

28. ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com

29. Browse publications by subject

31. ScienceDirect E-Books

34. Download multiple PDFs

36. Image Search

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39. ScienceDirect Training Desk
http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/products/ScienceDirect

40. ScienceDirect Document Download Manager 2014
http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/videos/sciencedirect-document-download-manager

41. http://www.scopus.com

42. Document Search

43. Download multiple PDFs

44. Refine Result Exporting records

46. Exporting records

47. http://www.mendeley.com

48. Scopus Training Desk
http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/products/Scopus

49. Scopus Document Download Manager
http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/videos/scopus-document-download-manager

53. http://scifinder.cas.org

54. REFERENCES: RESEARCH TOPIC

55. REFERENCES: RESEARCH TOPIC

57. GET SUBSTANCES

58. SUBSTANCES: CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
REACTIONS: REACTION STRUCTURE

59. http://web.cas.org/support/scifinder/newinterface_helptutorial.html

60. EBSCO HOST http://search.ebscohost.com

63. PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

64. ADVANCED SEARCH

65. ADVANCED SEARCH

66. EXPORTING RECORDS

67. Springer http://link.springer.com

69. WILEY http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com

70. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses http://search.proquest.com/autologin

71. The world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses

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