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3. How Scopus was developed: “Evidence-based development”  Market demand: abstract database, which should be …  Intuitive  Comprehensive  For 2 years regular session with 21 development partners  Information professionals  End-users  “Scopus” claim: the power of navigation

4.  “How do I keep track of the growing amount of information?”  “How do I know what is relevant to my work?”  “Why would I need my library, since I have Google?” To which questions of researchers Scopus is the answer

5. Question no. 1: “How do I keep track of the growing amount of information?” (1)  We need one starting point to access peer-reviewed journals  Scopus covers 14,000 scientific titles …  … from 4,000 publishers world-wide  Abstracts of >27 million articles from 1966 onwards  10 years of references (1996 – present)  Various publication types  E.g. conference proceedings  >150 open access journals  We do not want to miss out on the web  Integrated web search via Scirus - across 180 million scientific sites (incl. Authors’ websites, patent information, pre-print servers)

6. Question no. 1: “How do I keep track of the growing amount of information?” (2)  Scopus’ title coverage is global …  52% (!) from Europe, Middle East, Africa  36% from North America  9% from Asia-Pacific  3% from South America  … and all-science  38% on Life and Health Sciences (100% Medline coverage)  33% on Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering  17% on Biology, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences  12% on Social Sciences, Psychology, Economics

7. Question no. 2: “How do I know what is relevant to my work?”  Intuitive search tools  Basic Search  Quick Search  Advanced Search  Intelligent tool for refining results  Offers printer-friendly version and export/saving of result list  Customisation through alerts – for example:  Keyword Alert  Author Alert  Document Citation Alert  Offers cross-disciplinary findings  You get used to ONE interface – instead of getting frustrated with many  English-language abstracts even of non-English sources

8. Question no. 3: “Why would I need my library, since I have Google?”  Google does NOT lead to peer-reviewed subscribed literature  Scopus DOES!  Scopus will increase usage of the library’s subscribed resources  Scopus brings you to these resources instantly - in less clicks than other products  To the article’s abstract and to references (since 1996)  To the publisher’s website (via cross-ref)  To the full-text version of the article (if your institution has access)  Scopus ALSO serves as a gate-way to non-peer reviewed web resources (by integration of Scirus)

9. How does Scopus fit into the Elsevier portfolio (orange boxes) Science DirectSpringerOnline Points of retrieval (publishers’ platforms) Nature.com Points of access (subject-based A&I databases) Embase.comBiosys … Inspec Ei Compendex … Scopus Single point of access: 4,000 publish. Cross-disciplinary

10. Wrap-up: Key Points of Scopus  Intuitive  Intelligent  Instant  Comprehensive  Cross-disciplinary  Customisable The 3 “I”s The 3 “C”s “I see”

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