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Indexes & Abstracts = Serials
When most librarians think about science and technology
they think about serials and the: importance of journals expense of some of these journals multitudinous number of these journals extensive conference literature number of tools to choose from
Before we get too deeply into this topic, let's talk briefly about
serials from a sci/tech librarian's point of view.
Serials: a publication, produced under one name, in successive parts, indefinitely
Generally broken down into: series periodicals journals newspapers yearbooks, almanacs, etc.
Just a quick reminder--the term series is used for those publications where each volume is a unique monograph [book], but all titles are held together by a series title, e.g. Monographs in Clinical Neuroscience.
• periodical and journal are used interchangeably by librarians
• scientists usually refer to them as journal because they regularly see citations to things titled “Journal of XYZ,” but almost never “Periodical of ABC”.
• common mistake by users is to add word journal to the front of a title
Example:
Journal of Materials Engineering--correct title
Materials Science and Engineering--correct title
Materials Science and Engineering is a journal--but that's not part of its name.
Periodicals
Markets for journals:
libraries
research lab, companies
individuals
Journals Historical means of scientific communication Record of past research Each discipline, field, sub-field has its own Expensive – publishers charge what market will bear
Publishers Societies
ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers ACS, American Chemical Society AMA, American Medical Association
Commercial, for-profit Elsevier Springer-Verlag John Wiley
Companies Governmental agencies Universities
Yet, another way to look at journals is by whether the articles are :
refereed
not refereed
When a journal is refereed it means that before an article can be published it is sent to another person who is known as a referee. The referee reads the article, suggests improvements, and recommends publication or non publication. Some journals referee only selected articles, some referee all articles published and some don't referee any. The only way to know for sure is to check with the publication.
Refereed/Peer-reviewed
Another perspectiveScholarly – authored & refereedTrade – publications geared to industry, rarely refereed
News – industry news journals & newsletters, brief articles, not refereed
Often undergraduate students as part of a writing assignment are told that they must have 2-3 articles from scholarly journals and 1-2 from trade journals in their reference list. This confuses the daylights out of them.
Conference Literature Purpose
Share preliminary results Network, look for job See equipment
Publications No papers, nothing = no record Abstracts only, no papers published Full papers, not refereed Full papers, refereed
FrequencyOnce Occasional Regular
Expensive! Many journals published for library market Differential pricing, libraries vs individuals Examples
Tetrahedron Letters $26,000/yr Brain Research $20,000/yr Thin Solid Films $15,000/yr Nuclear Physics B $14,000/yr JGR Journal of Geophysical Research $10,000/yr
JGR & Brain Research are multiple parts
Databases/Abstracts/Indexes Tools for access to journals + One for every conceivable topic Database/Abstract/Index = all the
same Chemical Abstracts= SciFinder Scholar GeoRef = Bibliography & Index… Engineering Index= COMPENDEX Zoological Record = Zoological Record Index Medicus = MEDLINE = PubMED
Databases
Use the right tool, regardless of name
Divide by how they work Knowing your tools & what they
cover
Subjects Database subject scope statement
Search across databases & compare
Number of journals as indicator
Journals List of journals covered Number of journals
INSPEC = 3,500 MEDLINE = 4,300 Chemical Abstracts = 8,400 BIOSIS = 6,000 GeoRef = 3,500 Engineering Index = 4,500
Completeness of coverage Cover-to-cover vs selective (how selective?)
Nature 2000-2001 INSPEC = 830 articles MEDLINE = 5040 articles BIOSIS = 1103 articles Engineering Index = 48 (less)
articles Web of Science = 5891 articles
Dates of coverage Typically late 1960’s to present Notable exceptions Local service vs what’s available
Materials indexed Journal articles Books Book chapters Conference
proceedings Maps Theses/
dissertations
Technical reports Government
reports Book reviews Patents
U.S. Foreign
Included materials Articles Letters Editorials, correspondence Corrections Links related articles? Obituaries Etc.
Searching Keyword Codes Controlled vocabulary Special descriptors
Registry Number Enzyme Commission #
Other
Frequency of update International coverage Database consistency over time
E.g. BIOSIS, changed author format Specialized databases, e.g.
ASFA Pollution Abstracts Water Resources International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Correspondence to available collections