scientific information sources

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION SOURCES

University of Aveiro Library

2015

University of Aveiro Library | 2014

Summary

Scientific information

Types of documents Journal articles

Books chapters

Conference papers

Master and PhD thesis

Information sources Journal articles databases

Digital repositories

Integrated systems


Questions…


What sources should I use for research of scientific information on the Web?

How to select appropriate sources?

Where to start?

Questions


To explore the full potential of search tools on the Web, is essential to know how the information is collected, described and

structured.

Locate and discover information mainly depends on the efficient use of research tools.

Questions



In recent years, the diversification of ways to access todigital information has changed the practices of accessand use in the academic environment.


Critical understanding of the science communication and formal publication

Key competencies for academic and lifelong learning



There are different practices in scientific publication,according to the areas of knowledge, as also thestrategies for search and discovery of information.



The peer review or refereeing process:

It is the process used in the publication of articles in scientific journals;

The scientific work is evaluated for one or more experts;

Through this process is certified the quality of articles published in a scientific journal.




“The scientific peer-review process increases the probability that the scientific literature converges–at long time scales–upon scientific truth via distributed fact-checking, replication, and validation by other scientists. Peer review publication gives the scientific process “memory”.

Font: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/11/02/what-is-peer-review-for/


http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/11/02/what-is-peer-review-for/



For more information:

Peer Review in Five Minutes – NSCU Libraries

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr/

Peer review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives - Publishing Research Consortium

http://www.publishingresearch.net/documents/PRCsummary4Warefinal.pdf


http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr/

http://www.publishingresearch.net/documents/PRCsummary4Warefinal.pdf


Discussion about peer review:

What Is Peer Review For? - DSHR's Blog

http://blog.dshr.org/2012/03/what-is-peer-review-for.html

Peer review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives - Publishing Research Consortium

http://www.publishingresearch.org.uk/documents/PRCsummary4Warefinal.pdf


http://blog.dshr.org/2012/03/what-is-peer-review-for.html

http://www.publishingresearch.org.uk/documents/PRCsummary4Warefinal.pdf


Types of documents


Types of documents

peer review scientific information

grey literature


Journal articles

Are the primary way used for formal communication of science.

Allow researchers to communicate to their peers the results of research.

Peer review scientific information



Books chapters and conference papers

In many cases are publications with a scientific editor, consisting of several parts of different authors; may be, for example, the published contents from academic and scientific conferences.


Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference papers

scientific information certified by peer

reviewand published



Grey literature

In many cases is the best way to update

Master and PhD thesis

Scientific and technical reports

Preprints

Working papers

Unpublished conference papers


Information sources


Information sources available on the Web:

in journal articles databases;

in digital repositories, institutional or thematic;

in integrated systems of databases and repositories;

Information sources


Journal articles databases

Information sources



collections of journal articles;

include journals from different publishers;

are the main point of access to a large amount of the published literature;


international bibliography;

quality control of content included;

some databases include article citation count and other important data for evaluation.



Access: http://www.ua.pt/sbidm/biblioteca/artigos

by subscription – access at the Campus of the University, recognition by IPs;

outside the University – access by VPN (virtual private network);

free access on the Web.


http://www.ua.pt/sbidm/biblioteca/artigos

http://www.ua.pt/stic/teletrabalho_vpn


Multidisciplinary

Scopus

Web of Science


http://www.scopus.com/

http://isiknowledge.com/WOS


Multidisciplinary

Academic Search Complete

JSTOR


http://search.epnet.com/

http://www.jstor.org/


By subject: social sciences

Business Source Complete [economy. management]

ERIC [education. psychology]


http://search.epnet.com/

http://www.eric.ed.gov/


By subject: mathematics and natural sciences

Index Chemicus [chemistry]

INSPIRE [physics]

Zentralblatt Math [mathematics]


http://isiknowledge.com/WOS

http://adswww.harvard.edu/

http://www.zentralblatt-math.org/zmath/en/


By subject: applied sciences. medicine. technology

PubMed [health sciences]


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/


By subject: computer science

ACM Digital Library (Association for ComputingMachinery) 46 journals and transactions 11 magazines 1.003 proceedings 65 SIG newsletters 10 affiliated pubs


http://dl.acm.org/dl.cfm?coll=portal&dl=ACM


By subject: computer science

IEEE Xplore - access from 2005 until today IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines

IEEE conference proceedings

VDE VERLAG conference proceedings

Spectrum, IEEE

don’t have access to:

IEEE Standards;

IEE Journals and conferences;


198 titles of journals, transactions, andmagazines 15.321 conference proceedings

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp



Information sources


Digital repositories:

information systems with scientific and scholarly content available on open access;

include journal articles, conference papers, Master and PhD thesis and a whole set of documents resulting from the research activities;

associated with an educational institution and/ or research units.




include the digital document, under the Open Access policies;

essential tools for search and discovery of grey literature: thesis, preprints, reports, conference papers;

increase the scientific literature in open access, promoting the visibility on the Web.


RIA – Repositório Institucional da UA

RCAAP – Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal

DRIVER – Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research


http://ria.ua.pt

http://www.rcaap.pt/

http://www.driver-community.eu/


Integrated Systems

Pesquisa integrada UA

Information sources


Integrated systems

search multiple databases and other platforms;

are appropriate when the goal is to have an overview on the recent publication of a certain subject;

great advantage of saving time because they are comprehensive systems;


Pesquisa Integrada UA

includes information from scientific databases, available by subscription - SCOPUS, Web of Science, Academic Search Complete;

search for scientific articles, electronic books, thesis and other documents.

Integrated systems

http://www.ua.pt/sbidm/biblioteca/pesquisa


Pesquisa Integrada UA

access to b-on contents;

comprehensive tool that should be used in addition to databases and repositories of journal articles;

limited access to the UA network.

Integrated systems

http://www.ua.pt/sbidm/biblioteca/pesquisa


Google Scholar

in addition to all the information available for free on the Web, locates information indexed in the databases of some publishers, available by subscription;

Integrated systems

http://scholar.google.com/


Google Scholar

very effective for quickly locating publications, authors or specific articles, should be used in addition to databases and repositories of journal articles;

Integrated systems

http://scholar.google.com/


B-on – Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online

aggregates a wide range of resources:

Databases of journal articles

Digital Libraries

Journals

Repositories

Electronic Books

Integrated systems

http://www.b-on.pt


B-on – Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online

very comprehensive tool that should be used in addition to databases and repositories of journal articles.

Integrated systems

http://www.b-on.pt

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