OARE Module 5A: Scopus (Elsevier)

Table of Contents About Scopus (Elsevier) Using Scopus Search Page Results/Refine Search Pages Download, PDF, Export, Print and options Advanced Search

Scopus (Elsevier) Coverage Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with smart tools that track, analyze and visualize research Contains 20,500 journals from 500 publishers plus more than 49 million records – 78% with abstracts; over 5.3 million conference papers Some of the journal titles and full-text articles are available from OARE Most of the conference papers will be available directly from Scopus

Opening OARE From this webpage, login to OARE and the Contents page.

Enter the Institution’s User Name and Password in the appropriate boxes, then click on the Sign in button.

Type in user name and password exactly as provided by your institution. Passwords are case-sensitive. Click Login

Click on Search inside OARE full- text… to access this database and article searching tool. Scopus (Elsevier) Search Tool

Once the Browse databases list opens, click on Scopus (Elsevier). Note: For some countries, the publisher has chosen not to grant access to this resource.

From the top navigational bar on the Search page, there is access to various SCOPUS options. There are available at the top of the SCOPUS website, regardless of the page that is open. This is the default Scopus (Document search) page.

On the Document Search page, you can conduct both simple and more advanced searches using common search parameters. On the Author Search page, you can find articles written by a specific person when the author’s name is cited in many different ways. For example, an author can be cited as Smith, J in one article, but as Smith, John in another. SCOPUS helps you find the right author by grouping together articles written by specific authors. On the Advanced Search page, you can conduct an advanced search using a large number of field names and other advanced search parameters.

In the Search for section, enter a search for ‘ground water AND heavy metals AND mining’ and keep the ‘Article Title, Abstract Keywords’ option. In the Limit to section, retain the default Date Range, Document Type and Subject Areas options. Finally, click on Search.

The SCOPUS database allows you to search about 75% of the scientific titles in OARE. The Scopus search resulted in 249 citations for journal articles and conferences. For the search results, note the following options: Export, Download and View Citation Overview options. Also View Secondary Documents and Patents Results options. Note: If the term group water had been combined into one word (groundwater), the search results would have been significantly more – approximately 479 citations.

Scopus has the options to refine the search by Year, Author Name, Subject Area, Document Type and other options.

The Show abstract icon will be activated for one of the citations. There also is a View at Publisher option. Note that you also can Edit and Save the search plus Set (an) alert.

Now displayed is the Show abstract option for one of the citations. If the abstract is of interest, click on View at Publisher. A new window will open.

The Springer Plus portal has been opened. Since this is an Open Access journal, there will be links to the Abstract, full text (html) and PDF versions of the article.

Now opened is a second link to a publisher’s portal - Sage - with Abstract, Full Text (html) and Full Text (PDF) options.

In this case, the publisher has requested Short-Term Access payment or to Sign In with a username and password (your OARE institution’s will not work). To figure out if your institutions has access to this journal, there are several steps to follow. See the next slide – (Module 3 Appendix) Access Problems and Solutions is an overview of ‘problem solving’ options.

OARE Module 3 Appendix: Access Problems and Solutions for Full-text Articles This module is an overview of numerous access problems to OARE and/or the other R4L portals. Included is information on how to access a journal if the publisher does not immediately grant access – something that periodically occurs when using the SCOPUS.

Now displayed is the Export option that allow you to download the checked citations to reference management software programs and choose various information options Now displayed is the Export option for this citation. Note how the result can be saved to various reference management software programs and other options.

Now displayed is the Document Download Manager option – for saving PDF files that have been accessed. Note the Download abstract check box.

The Refine (Limits) option in the left column now will be discussed. Check on 2015, 2014 and 2013 and click on Refine Limits. Also note the Show all abstracts option.

The results for the 2015, 2014 and 2013 search is 43 documents. The Relevance (sort) and Show all abstracts have been activated.

The original 249 documents search is displayed again – for a Subject Area Limits search.

Displayed are the 159 documents for the Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences Subject Area search.

Note the other Refine option in the left column.

Using the Scopus list of citations, access the full- text articles from the ‘Journals collections’ list or Publishers’ list Displayed is the Advanced Search box that allows searches with combine terms and concepts.

Exercises Complete Module 5A exercises #1 - 4 in the accompanying OARE exercises document Updated July 2015