1. A bibliography in Photonics Simon Pierre Barrette Conseiller en documentation en sciences et génie 6 mars 2008

2. A bibliography in photonics / databases 1.Where to search? Databases 2.Managing the results Reference management software

3. A bibliography in photonics Quality of a good bibliographic research: Exhaustive, complete How to do an exhaustive and complete research? … by searching in the appropriate database. What is an appropriate database? match our subject most complete ideally, with refining functions

4. A bibliography in photonics Databases: 1.Web of ScienceWeb of Science 2.ScopusScopus 3.Scitopia.orgScitopia.org 4.Google Scholar (search engine)Google Scholar 5.InspecInspec 6.Inspec and CompendexInspec and Compendex

5. A bibliography in photonics / databases Web of Science Web of Science and ScopusScopus Large databases Broad coverage in science Some refining functions available: broad categories. Results for "photonics": FieldsScopusWeb of Science Title1 9761 344 Subject/title/abstract9 0832 989

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8. Scitopia.org Database for 21 science and technology societies Includes SPIE, Optical Society of America (OSA), IEEE Also: American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, Institute of Physics Results for "photonics": FieldsResults Title437 All964

9. A bibliography in photonics / databases Search page Result page List of societies Facets

10. A bibliography in photonics / databases Google Scholar Google version for scholarly literature: articles, theses, books, etc. Results for "photonics": FieldsResults Title7 820 All380 000

11. A bibliography in photonics / databases Search page Result page

12. A bibliography in photonics / databases Inspec Databases for physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science. Advanced search functions: Controlled term, Thesaurus Results for "photonics": FieldsResults Title57 223 Subject/title/abstract210 364

13. A bibliography in photonics / databases Inspec and Compendex Compendex : engineering databases, sister of Inspec on Engineering Village. Possible to search in both databases. Includes journals of SPIE, OSA and IEEE Results for "photonics": FieldsResults Title98 000 Subject/title/abstract331 384

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16. Controlled terms on Inspec/Compendex

17. A bibliography in photonics / databases Thesaurus on Inspec/Compendex

18. A bibliography in photonics / databases Thesaurus

19. A bibliography in photonics / databases Fields of search Scitopia.orgWeb of Science ScopusGoogle Scholar InspecInspec/ Compendex Title 4371 3441 9767 82057 22398 000 Subject/Title/ Abstract –2 9899 083–210 364331 384 all 964––380 000259 257434 387 Comparative table for searches with "photonics" for all databases:

20. A bibliography in photonics / databases Scitopia.org: Relevant results (SPIE, OSA) but small number A lot of other journals exist on photonics Scopus and Web of Science: Life-science oriented Physic subjects not well covered

21. A bibliography in photonics / databases Google Scholar: Fair number of results Few ways of narrowing results Various types of documents: multiple versions of one article: preprint, conference article, journal article, anthology article, etc. Mix of all kinds of documents: theses, articles, books, etc. and no ways to discriminate Book: library catalogue Theses: library catalogue and Proquest Dissertations an Theses Proquest Dissertations an Theses Complement to databases

22. A bibliography in photonics / databases Inspec/Compendex: Larger number of results Includes many of other journals on photonics (with OSA, SPIE, IEEE) Advanced functions available for a precise search (Controlled term, Thesaurus) Facets efficiently narrow a set of results (Controlled term) Meet the criteria of an appropriate database The most achieved example of databases for physics and engineering

23. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference management software : Downloading of references from databases to reference software Management of a set of references Cite While You Write : automatic insertion of references in text Easy control of output style Sharing of references

24. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference management software (retail): EndNote – (EndNote Web)EndNoteEndNote Web Biblioscape Reference Manager RefWorks Scholar’sAid Sente

25. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Download of references

26. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Download of references

27. A bibliography in photonics / reference management EndNote

28. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference insertion with EndNote

29. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Importation from a library catalogue

30. A bibliography in photonics / reference management EndNote Tutoriel – Bibliothèque de l’Université Laval Tutoriel Tutorial – EndNote websiteTutorial Training (Laval U.) - Service de l’information et des télécommunications (SIT) Service de l’information et des télécommunications (SIT)

31. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Reference management software (free): Zotero CiteULike BibSonomy Bibus Connotea JabRef RefDB refbase Pybliographer Referencer Wikindx BibTeX

32. A bibliography in photonics / reference management ZoteroZotero – with Firefox

33. A bibliography in photonics / reference management ZoteroZotero – downloading a reference

34. A bibliography in photonics / reference management ZoteroZotero – downloading several references

35. A bibliography in photonics / reference management ZoteroZotero – reference insertion

36. A bibliography in photonics / reference management Zotero Importation and exportation of Zotero library Importation and exportation with EndNote possible Importation and exportation with BibTeX possible French/english version: caution Guide de démarrage rapide

37. A bibliography in photonics / reference management CiteULike Sharing of references Social bookmarking Online system Insert button in bookmarks Group library No Cite While You Write Exportation to BibTeX, EndNote or Zotero

38. A bibliography in photonics / reference management CiteULikeCiteULike – group library

39. A bibliography in photonics / reference management CiteULike detailed reference

40. A bibliography in photonics End Thank you Questions?