2. Introduction
● What is Scopus?
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An online abstract and citation database for peerreviewed literature in the science field
Contains journal titles for more than 5,000
publishers
Uses various search tools to help refine and
organize topic of interest
● To access Scopus:
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library.syr.edu
Recommended Databases > SCOPUS
3. About Scopus
Produced by Elsevier (Reed Elsevier)
4 subject areas
Life Sciences
Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences and Humanities
Elsevier has 80 products, 7 databases
available to SU students
9. Conclusion
● Scopus can help refine, sort, and analyze results for
research
● View and download abstracts, PDFs, and citation
information
● Email, export, print and save search results
● View the full text through the publisher
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“View at Publisher” link
● More information and tips found at
trainingdesk.elsevier.com
● Definitely worth using for scientific paper searches
10. Conclusion
● Scopus can help refine, sort, and analyze results for
research
● View and download abstracts, PDFs, and citation
information
● Email, export, print and save search results
● View the full text through the publisher
○
“View at Publisher” link
● More information and tips found at
trainingdesk.elsevier.com
● Definitely worth using for scientific paper searches
Editor's Notes
Enter search terms and select a search area from the pull down menu shown
You can also select date ranges, type of document and the specific subject area in which to search
Results are automatically sorted newest to oldest
Search term is listed as single terms and boolean operators must be added manually
Stemming is done automatically, truncated searches can be done with the asterisk (*)
Basic search for “Forensic DNA analysis”
Search results listed by date newest to oldest
Show document title, journal or book title, date, and authors
Side has additional search limiting options such as source type, date range, etc.
Upon selecting a document to retrieve, the abstract is shown along with keywords and additional information about the article
The document can downloaded as a PDF, the citation can be retireved as well and exported in multiple formats depending on whether or not a citation manager is being used
At the top of the page is a link for the SULinks that takes you directly to the article on the host journal site
Not user friendly upon first glance as it is just the blank search box
Allows user to add specific search codes
The search codes are listed below the search area and when selected will give a brief description and example of use
