ScienceDirect
Empowering researchers
at every step
Training ScienceDirect for
Universitas Diponegoro
By Ujang Sanusi
Customer Consultant
ELSEVIER INDONESIA
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Elsevier is a world-leading Science, Health & Technology Information Provider
‘E’ CONTENT PROVISION
SEARCH & DISCOVERY
CONTENT PROVISION
Niels
Bohr Physics
Louis
Pasteur
(Chemistry)
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Alexander
Fleming
Medicine
Albert
Einstein
Physics
George F.
Smoot
Physics
RESEARCH MGMT
/PROMOTION
TOOLS
John C.
Mather
Physics
Roger D.
Kornberg
Chemistry
Craig C Mello
Medicine
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Elsevier is engaging across the research workflow
ScienceDirect – Extensive Multi-disciplinary Full-Text Database
ScienceDirect is the largest online journal platform in the world with more than
2,500 journals in 24 subject areas owned and published by Elsevier and more
than 33,000 eBooks.
• Publishes over 25% of the world’s full-text scientific journals with several highprofile journal titles such as Cell, The Lancet and Tetrahedron
• Over 13,859,000 articles are available online
• It is also the most referenced journal platform in the world with an average of
25% citations coming from journals on ScienceDirect
• Over 250,000 articles on ScienceDirect are open access
Elsevier is the top scientific content provider of
vital interdisciplinary information essential across
industries and disciplines
Scientific Research Articles Published
#1 Global Provider
Publish 25% of world’s
journal articles
2,500 active journals
Multi-disciplinary content
Earth
Env
SciencesSciences
ELS
25%
Soc Sciences
Life Sciences*
Math &
Comp Sci
33,000 book titles
900 serials
Physics
Health
Sciences
Over 13 million full-text articles
Global team
74 offices in 24 countries
7,000 Journal Editors
Chemistry &
Chemical Engineering
Materials Science &
Engineering
70,000 Editorial Board Members
600,000 authors
* Includes biological and biotechnology-related fields, neuroscience,
pharmacology, toxicology
Elsevier Journals that Rank No.1 in Subject Categories (2014) – Impact Factor
No.1 in 62 categories
(out of 232 categories)
Source: Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2014
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Exploring Literature Needs
I need the tools and content
to master important
research skills that are
valued in the real world.
I need to stay
abreast of current
research in order to
be able to provide
accurate information
to my students
I need detailed
information that I can
use to prepare my
lecture notes with
more reliable data
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
Professors
Students
I need to collaborate
with other researchers
around the world
Researchers
Librarians
I must support and
meet the needs of
my customers –
faculty, students
and researchers
I need to make
sure cost savings
and efficiencies
are in place for the
institution
Time (in hours): Approximately how much time last week did you spend on the following activities?
11.4
2.1
0.7
2.5
0.3
0.7
1.1
1.8
2.2
Keeping up-to- Searching online
Managing
date with your
scientific
research articles
field
literature
1.
2.
3.
4.
Reading research
Keeping up-to-date with your field
Searching online scientific literature
Obtaining in-depth knowledge on a subject
Source: Researcher Behaviour, June 2014, Customer Insights
Reading
research
Annotating
Developing
research articles
hypotheses for
and keeping a
investigation
record of these
The researchers’ challenge
is in these use cases
Reviewing
manuscripts
(peer review)
Obtaining indepth knowledge
on a subject
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There are a number of roles that ScienceDirect must fill
Researchers have told us that to feel confident they have the necessary
knowledge, they need a tool that will…
Help me discover
the relevant
information
Keep me informed of the
latest developments and
news
Give me access to
the detail
Make the process
quick and easy
Source: ScienceDirect positioning & messaging research (June 2014)
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Let’s Start with sciencedirect.com
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WWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COM
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Registration
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Why Registration
1. Utilize Alert system
Journal alert
Search alert
Topic alert
2. Create list of Favorite Journal & books
3. Personalization e.g. Search history
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Registration
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WWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COM
Display your name when
login...
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Searching
Quick Search
by Keyword
Searching by
Author name
Searching by
Journal Title
Searching by Volume, Issue
or page
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Searching
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Advance Search
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Advance Search
Opertor Boolean
For Combination search
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Advance Search
Where you want to do search
with the keyword
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Advance Search
Choose limitation of the subject
area such as engineering only or
agriculture etc.
Hold control key to select
multiple entries
Refine your search for journal
only or books of both; open
access etc.
Filter by year
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Advance Search
You can select other tab for
search focus on Journal only or
Book only
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Advance Search
Book tab
Additional filter to limit your
search by thick the check box
(multiple entries)
Search by volume, issue and
page
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Advance Search
Select source : Subscribed or my
Favorite
Filter to limit your search by year,
volume and pages
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Advance Search
Search Image/picture
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Advance Search
Limit to image or/and video
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Advance Search
Reffrence work Tab
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Advance Search
Expert Search
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Expert Search
Free search method box
Example:
“heart attack” AND stress AND “high pressure”
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Searching Tips
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Searching Tips
Not case-sensitive (lowercase or uppercase are
same)
Singular or plural will search both
US English and UK English will search both
(Color & Colour, centre and center, etc.)
Searching with Phrase (more than 1 word)
Quote
“xxxxx”Fuzzy Search (singular, plural,
UK/US, ignore symbol)
Curly bracket {xxxx}Exact match (100% same)
Example “Heart Attack” and {Heart Attack}
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Searching Tips
Wildcard
* e.g. Toxi*Toxid, Toxin,Toxicity etc.
? e.g. Toxi?Toxid and Toxin, not toxicity
Logical operator
OR
AND
AND NOT
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USING YOUR RESULT
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Using your search Result
See the abstract.
Click !
Number of search result
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Using your search Result
Sorting based on Relevance &
Date
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Access type
Green (Entitle to full text)
Orange (Open Access)
Grey (not subscribed)
Abstact
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Display Article Content
See article by click the title
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Display Article Content
Article outline
Export the citation
Recommended Articles
Citing Articles and Book Content
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Export to Text (Citation)
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Using your result
Open full text PDF document
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Using Your Result
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Using your result
Download multiple PDF
Checkmark the PDF you want to
download
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Refining Result
Refining result by
Year of publication, Publication title,
topic, content type by doing the
checkmark
Thank You
Ujang Sanusi
Elsevier – Research Solutions
Email : [email protected]
