Chemistry: IS2 Citation Database Search Skills Beginners
A ‘recommended’ optional course for Chemistry graduates that introduces all the relevant online databases available to you in the university: citation databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed, which index all the scientific literature that is published, as well as chemistry and related subject-specific databases. You will be guided on how to search citation databases effectively and the session includes a hands-on element where you can practice - please bring your own laptop.
The session will be most suitable for those who are new to searching citation databases or would like a refresher.
Please note that this session will not cover searching the databases Reaxys and SciFinder. These are covered by IS5.
- Please bring your own laptop so you can participate in the practical element of the session
- Postgraduates
- Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available
Number of sessions: 1
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
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1 | Fri 6 Mar 2020 10:00 - 12:00 | 10:00 - 12:00 | Todd-Hamied | C.M. Castle |
After attending this session participants will be able to:
- Evaluate which database or combination of databases are the most suitable to use for your particular research topic
- How to search a database by journal article title, author name, DOI, and other terms
- Access the full text of journal articles
- Find the correct author
- Find metrics for a journal, journal article, or author
- Refine searches using the search operators available and by combining searches
- Create bibliographies, save, email and print your results
- Export results to reference managers
- Receive alerts every time a particular citation or search (term) finds new results
- Develop an effective search strategy that aligns with the needs of your research topic
This session covers:
- Introduction to the online databases available for chemical literature and structure searching, including citation databases (Web of Knowledge, Scopus, PubMed) and search engines such as Google Scholar
- The best routes for access to databases within the University network and offsite
- How citation databases differ in content - their strengths and weaknesses in covering journal articles, conference proceedings, abstracts, patents, date coverage, books, chemical structures
- Search operators used by different databases
- Advantages and disadvantages of Google Scholar in comparison with citation databases
- Narrowing, widening, and combining searches
- Managing your results list
- Metrics
- Cited reference searching
- Citation alerts
- Unique author identifiers
- Using subject thesauri
- Opportunity for hands-on searching
Presentations, demonstrations, practical (please bring your own laptop).
- One session of two hours
- Yearly
Booking / availability