1. ScienceDirect Basic Training Course Integrated Information Network December 2002

3. Synopsis: ScienceDirect : Introduction Contents Available in ScienceDirect Different options of access Functionality ( Browsing, Searching, Creating Subject Homepages)

4. ScienceDirect ’ s Evolution: June 1997:trial release to a group of 35 institutions. January 1999:Commercial release December 1999: 58 customers, 323.375 fta’s, 985 journals. May 2000:1.000.000 fta’s,1100+ journals April 2001:release Next Generation:1200+ journals new types of content: 30 million abstracts, 1 MRW May 2002:2.000.000 fta’s June 2002:latest release: new contents, IDEAL integration SD Navigator 1700 journals

5. Contents in ScienceDirect - Full-text Full-text articles 3,282,150 Full-text articles (as of Dec., 9th, 2002) (Current year building + 4 years roll-out) (Deep backfiles available soon) Scientific, Technical and Medical Journals 1700 Scientific, Technical and Medical Journals 100+ journals from Partner Publishers as 100+ journals from Partner Publishers as : American Institute of Chemical Engineers ( AICHE journals) The Lancet The Royal Society of Medicine Federation of European Biochemical Societies ( FEBS letters ) American Psychological Association ASM International Gauthier-Villars TMS

6. Different options of access IP recognitionIP recognition > no username needed Personal ProfilePersonal Profile > IP recognition + Username Enables the use of personal features as: Favourite Journals, Search Alerts, New Issues Alerts Remote-User IDRemote-User ID>username and Password no IP recognition

7. Starting ScienceDirect

8. www.sciencedirect.com

9. Searching Quick Search Basic Search Advanced Search

10. Quick Search

11. Enter Search Term

12. Result of the Quick Search

13. Basic Search

14. Search Across: Authors, Journal Name, Title, Keywords, Abstract, References, ISSN, Affiliations, Full Text Source Subject Date Ranges Special Volume, Issue and Page

16. Note that the Green Part is Active

17. Type your search term Select Fields Select Journal Select Subject Select year Enter Volume, issue, pages Basic Search

18. Example: Finding articles about Fuzzy logic

19. Search Results

21. ScienceDirect Records

22. Summary Plus Full Text Link Corresponding Author Contact Information E-mail the Corresponding Author

23. Takes You to the Beginning of the Next Term

24. Thumbnail Images Click to Enlarge

25. References Part of Summary Plus Full text via Science Direct Full text via CrossRef Abstracts via Database s Order via DSC

26. A sample abstract from Compendex

27. A sample Full Text via CrossRef

29. ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)

30. Links are Active Starting the Full Text ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)

31. Plenty of Links Available ScienceDirect Records (Continue …)

33. Full Text in PDF Save a Copy of the File Print the File

34. Basic Search, Using Connectors

37. Advanced Search Using Connectors and Wildcard Characters

38. Connectors: AND: Use when all the terms must appear and may be far apart from each other. OR: Use when at least one of the terms must appear. AND NOT: Use to exclude specific terms. W/nn: Use to specify the proximity between words. NOT W/nn: Use to find articles in which the first word appears.The second word may also appear,but not within the specified number of words. PRE/nn : Use to find two words when the first word must precede the second word by a specified number of words. W/SEG : Use to find two search words that appear in the same field of the article.

39. Wildcard Characters Use ! to find a root word plus all the words made by adding letters to the end of it. Use * to replace characters anywhere in the word except the first character.

40. Enter Terms Using Boolean Logic What Is This?

41. Articles in Press: These are articles which have been accepted for publication in the journal but have not completed the publishing process yet.

42. Advanced Search Results

45. Browsing Journals

47. Select Your Subject What to Display?

48. Browsing Journals

49. Volume and Issue list of this Journal

50. Search within this Issue

51. Table of Contents

52. Searching for a Journal Title

53. Enter a Term Included In the Journal Title

55. How is This Possible?

59. How to Create a Subject Home Page?

62. Thank You Questions ?