1. Introduction to Information Retrieval
What is a library? – won’t explain that.
Where is the library?
Bldg.1d Rm.EG.440
Opening hours:
Mon – Thu: 9:00 – 16:00
Fri: 9:00 – 14:00

2. Access to the Library The library is open for everyone.
Outside opening hours access with DACHS-card
With DESY-account
@ Bldg.6, Rm.110
To borrow books
library-card
@ Library (Bldg.1d)
Marion Bierhahn

3. Library Collection Books
ALEPH books-catalog from home-page (
Conference proceedings
Preprints, reports, thesis
Journals incl. Science, Physics Today, …
Daily international Newspapers

4. Electronic Resources arXiv.org For research articles
Database of metadata
for High Energy Physics search for articles
arXiv.org
Preprint repository stores full-text
Some search functionality
Similar to INSPIRE for astrophysics

5. INSPIRES History
1963: HEP index by DESY (book of publication references)
1974: SPIRES-HEP SLAC in collaboration with DESY
Mid 80’s: remote access of SPIRES via
more databases: CONF, EXP, INST, HEPnames, JOBS
Fermilab joined
Mar. 89: Information Management: a proposal -> WorldWideWeb
Dec. 91: first web-server outside of Europe
close collaboration with arXiv
Nov. 2011: INSPIRE replaced SPIRES
Apr. 2012: SPIRES front-end shut-off a

6. INSPIRE Search HEP: 960 420 records (12.7.)
‘google-like’ search uses author, affiliations, title, abstract, keywords

7. Author Search INVENIO author:higgs
SPIRES find author higgs fin a higgs, peter

8. Author profile
Ongoing: cleanup of profiles
author person

9. Subject Search and more
citations
title:higgs mass / fin t higgs mass
fulltext:”higgs mass” available for arXiv articles and some journals snippets are shown
695__a:”higgs particle: mass” by marc-tag (695__a = keywords)
fin fc e [e=hep-ex / e,l,p,t – n,x – a – c,b,i,o]
‘phrase search’ as part of the string
“string seach” for complete string
composit* with truncation
logical combinations and, or, not, use of brackets
find …
dadd today - 7
topcite 233+
citedby recid
refersto bb

10. Easy / Advanced Search

11. Reference ‘Search’ arXiv:1106.2748 r:cern-ph-ep-2011-076
fin j Eur.Phys.J.,C71,1728
fin doi /epjc/ s
Detailed view:
references, citations,
abstract, plots, keywords, report-numbers, links, …
and PDG link

12. Particle Data Group
The bible of particle physics

13. Durham Reaction Database
Reactions, cross sections, …

14. Full-Text DOI is a lookup for a URL Get pdf via FATER
->
Open Access
Get full-text for free: no need for subscription via the library
Get pdf via FATER
pdf form publisher
did we buy it already?
get fax from partner
buy via DESY CC (login required)
Get pdf from publisher (OA, subscription or CC required)

15. Collaboration / Experiment
Collaboration: authors
Experiment: data from this exp
fin exp desy-hera-zeus and not cn zeus
-> mainly proceedings, thesis

16. More Databases