Indexes and abstracts organize information from documents in a systematic way to facilitate searching. Indexes contain records for articles that include fields like authors, titles, sources, and abstracts. Citation indexes allow users to trace interconnections between authors on a topic and determine an article's importance by how often it is cited. They contain four parts: a source index, citation index, permuterm subject index, and corporate index. Users can search these indexes in different ways to locate relevant articles on a topic.

1. INDEXING & ABSTRACTING SERVICES/ JOURNALS/BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES MSSC/MA –LIS 2008/09 Shirani Dharmaratne

2. INDEX An alphabetically arranged list of headings consisting of the personal names, places and subjects treated in a written work, with page numbers to refer the reader to the point in the text at which information pertaining to the heading is found ODLIS http://lu.com/odlis/about.cfm Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science by Joan M. Reitz

3. Abstract An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract (summary)

4. Bibliographic Databases A bibliographic or library database is a database of bibliographic information. It may be a database containing information about books and other materials held in a library (e.g. an online library catalog, or OPAC) or, as the term is more often used, an electronic index to journal or magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts--and often either the full text of the articles indexed, or links to the full text. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliographic database

5. Structure Indexes work by obtaining information about articles and organizing that information in a systematic way. Each index contains millions of records in a standard format. Each record contains information about a scientific paper: for example, its abstract, author names, subjects, journal in which it was published, etc. This collection of records can be thus searched by the type of information the records contain: for example, a paper can be found by searching for its author, or the journal in which it was published, or its subject. These search criteria are also known as fields , or the index's access points .

6. Structure Title Title of the article. Author First, last names of the authors. Source Journal title (often abbreviated), volume, issue, page. Abstracts (not always) Short descriptions of the content of an article provided by the author or by the indexers (data base publishers) Keywords or i ndex words Keywords listed by authors in the publication or created by the indexers. Cited reference Cited references are only included in the Web of Science index. Additional Subject Headings Chemical Abstracts includes additional subject headings. The above list is by no means exhaustive. Indexes can include other specific information, such as a Chemical Abstracts registry number (CAS RN) for chemical compounds.

7. TYPES Co-ordinate Indexing (Pre and Post) Title based Indexing Citation Indexing

8. Citation Indexes Learn what a citation index is Learn how to use a citation index to Track citations Research topics Locate lists of article references

9. What is a Citation Index? A citation index allows you to trace interconnections among authors citing papers on the same topic, and determine the frequency with which others cite a specific work (an indication of its importance in the literature of the field).

10. Citation Indexing A list of articles that subsequent to the original article, refer to or cite that article. This method has been used extensively in the legal profession and is particularly applicable to scientific literature. -Harrods Librarians Glossary- 1971

11. Citation Indexes – based on disciplines Science Citation Index (SCI) Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) SCOPUS Database

12. Coverage Each index will cover either a five year time span or only one year. Look at the front cover or spine of the index to determine the years that it includes.

13. Sample Citation Author name Journal Info

14. Parts of Citation Index There are four parts to each citation index; and each part provides different information. Source Index (Ìl`œ) Citation Index ( uph#rz) Permuterm Subject Index ( ìpÝvRw ì;y) Corporate Index ( sAS}`)

15. Source Index Use the Source Index to find current articles by known authors, and to locate full bibliographic descriptions. Authors are listed alphabetically by their last names.

16. Source Index Article Citation Works Cited (articles the author used in his/her research)

17. Citation Index Use the Citation Index to find recent articles which cite earlier, known works. The Citation Index is an alphabetical list of references given in bibliographies and footnotes of source articles, and is arranged alphabetically by the name of the first author.

18. Citation Index Author name Author’s article Citing article (used Renoux’s article in their research)

19. Permuterm Subject Index Use the Permuterm Subject Index to find current articles that have words of interest in their titles. To locate the full citation for current articles you find listed in the Permuterm Subject Index you will need to then look up the author’s name in the Source Index.

20. What does Permuterm mean? The citation indexes take two important terms find the title of each article to include in the subject index. One term is the Primary term (most important) and this is listed first in the subject index. It is paired with an additional important term.

21. Permuterm Subject Index Primary Subject Term SA= see also references Co-Terms Author Names

22. Corporate Index(Corporate Author) Use the Corporate Index to find current articles of interest when a corporate or academic institution is known to publish work on the topic. The Corporate Index is divided into two sections: Geographic and Organization.

23. Corporate Index-Geographic Items in this section are arranged by the location of the author’s organization: Country and city (for foreign countries) State and City (for United States)

24. Corporate Index- Geographic Location Organization Source Author & Article

25. Corporate Index- Organization This section is arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization and also gives their geographic location. To locate articles from these organizations you would then need to look them up by location.

26. Corporate Index- Organization Organization Location

27. How does it all work The following is an example of how one might use this resource. The topic of my paper is self-efficacy. I’ll start by looking for articles using the Permuterm Subject Index.

28. Permuterm subject Index Search the subject list for self-efficacy. I’m interested in self efficacy and beliefs. Then take the author’s name (Barling J) and look it up in the Source Index.

29. Source Index Search the entry in the source index for Barling J’s article on self-efficacy and beliefs. It gives the complete citation for his article; plus all of the other works that he used in his research.

30. Source Index As an example take Bandura A. To see who else has used this same article in their research search Bandura in the Citation Index.

31. Citation Index This is the list for Barling in the Citation Index. Notice under “80 Cognitive Therapy RE” that Barling J is listed. Two other people also cited this same article. Go back to the Source Index to look at their articles.

32. Source Index This is another person who cited Bandura’s article.

33. Learn specifically about SCI, SSC Scope Subject coverage Geographical coverage Facilities – Electronic versions