1. Introduction to Using IEEE Xplore ® Elka Sloan Client Services Manager, Europe Madrid, October 11th, 2011

2. Agenda Overview –2x3 steps plus one slide To Google or not to Google IEEE Xplor Demo Questions & Answers 4/26/20152

3. Searching IEEE Xplore I 4/26/20153 Your School Customized Authentication Intuitive Search Interface Search automatically for singular/plural

4. 4/26/20154 Searching IEEE Xplore II Additional keywordsContent typePublication Year Refine your search by specifying

5. 4/26/20155 Searching IEEE Xplore III - processing your search Sorting option by ”Most Cited“ Processing options - Print - Email Results - Download Citations - Set Search Alert

6. Setting a Search Alert I 4/26/20156 Eliminate date restrictions!

7. Setting a Search Alert II 4/26/20157 Anyone can register for a Free Personal Account

8. Setting a Search Alert III 4/26/20158

9. IEEE Xplore Mobile http://m.ieeexplore.ieee.org/ Search IEEE Xplore on the go: 1.Get the top 10 search results 2.View abstracts 3.E-mail yourself the article

10. ¿ Why search IEEE Xplore (when I can find everything in Google anyway) ? 4/26/201510 Search done on Google Scholar, Sep. 9th, 2011

11. Because Scientists have to be Cutting Edge ! The article that came on top in the Google search came 63rd in a ”Newest First“ sort of the same search performed on IEEE Xplore on the same day – i.e. 62 new works on a similar topic were published since it first came out Enough time for it to get cited by 14 others It takes time for any work to move up in Google’s popularity ranking 4/26/201511

12. Early Access articles are not easily available anywhere but on Xplore 4/26/201512

13. IEEE Xplore ® works very differently from Google/ Google Scholar 4/26/201513 Google –Ranks by popularity –No option to list chronologically –Crawls content every 2-4 weeks –NEVER up-to-date Xplore –Ranks by relevance –Gives option to list chronologically –Latest publications available as soon as peer-reviewed If you want to be cutting edge, IEEE Xplore ® is your place to be !