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# Access the [http://orange.shu.ac.uk:8331/ LitSearch] site with your browser and follow the instructions carefully | # Access the [http://orange.shu.ac.uk:8331/ LitSearch] site with your browser and follow the instructions carefully | ||
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Revision as of 14:04, 24 September 2007
Contents |
Introduction
This is a short introduction to the literature search facility of Sheffield Hallam University's Learning Center.
The tutorial is based on a lesson given by Roger Hines, the information specialist of the Learning Center.
Accessing
- Access the LitSearch site with your browser and follow the instructions carefully
- You may have to log in into Athens separately using this page.
- Search for a database by name or category.
- Access the particular database.
Notable Databases
INSPEC
INSPEC offers the facility to extend the search over Compendex as well. Note that Compendex is using the american-english Thesaurus in contrast to INSPEC, which is a british-english database.
- The two Thesauri are containing the tree of known search terms of each database.
- The search history allows to reuse and combine (f.e. #5 AND #7) search-queries.
- You can search for a phrase by using quotation marks (f.e. "computer vision").
- My Profile can be used for saving search queries and for setting up e-mail alerts for new papers matching a given search term.
METADEX
METADEX is the database of choice for materials engineers.
ISI Proceedings/ISI Web of Science
ISI Web of Science offers Cited Reference Search with search patterns: One can determine, wether a particular publication or author is being referenced in newer publications.
ZETOC
ZETOC offers a powerful bibliography search. Especially useful is the e-mail reminder service: It can send you the table of contents, whenever a new issue of a journal is being published.
Other Notable Databases
- ACM Digital Library
- Index to Theses is a database of abstracts of PhD theses. It can be very useful to find out about recent research in a specific area.
- SCOPUS has a citation search with limit to and exclude feature.
- LexisNexis Executive is a full-text database of news and company information taken from approximately 2,500 international publications.
- ComSoc (including IEEE Communications)
- There is no full IEEE access unfortunately. However you can use ZETOC to get e-mail notifications about IEEE publications matching certain criteria and get the articles by inter-library loan).
Notable Journals
It is also possible to access the pages of some journals directly using the LitSearch authentification. F.e.:
- ScienceDirect (offers fulltext search)
- SpringerLink (offers fulltext search)