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Physics Library Literature and Research Sources
PHYS 227February 18, 2009
Elizabeth Brown
(607)777-4882
Outline
BU Libraries Information Web of Science INSPEC/Compendix Google Scholar
Physics Scientific Literature
Primary Literature: original research results and data. Journal articles, dissertations, patents, research reports, journal article
supplementary material Dissertations & Theses @ Binghamton University
Secondary Literature: analyzed, summarized, synthesized data Indexes and abstracts of scientific literature – INSPEC/Compendix, Web of
Science
Tertiary Literature: collections of previously published material, data, and ideas Examples: textbooks, review articles, handbooks, encyclopedias.
Locating Journals
infoLINK Library catalog: search journal titles Many articles pre-1990 – at the Library Annex.
Annex request forms available Use ILLiad Interlibrary Loan for items not at BU.
Plan ahead: ILL can take a week or more!
metaLINK Physics and Astronomy Subject Resources Materials Science Subject Resources
metaLINK: Search e-journals
Web of Science
All fields of research included 1983-2009 8,600+ journals total
Physical and Life Sciences – 6,100 Social sciences – 1790 titles Arts & humanities – 1125 titles
Contains journal articles, conference proceedings, book
and product reviews Tutorial:
http://scientific.thomson.com/tutorials/wos8/
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Cited References
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Citing
From just a single record within the Web of Science,
expand your search by simply following the links designed
to drive discovery.
… moving Backward in time via Cited References, Forward in time via Times Cited,
and through Related Records.
What Is Inspec?
Multidisciplinary Database produced by IEE Subject covered:
Physics Electrical & Electronics Engineering Computing & Control Engineering Information Technology Manufacturing, Production &
Mechanical Engineering Wide range of cross-disciplinary topics
Overview of Inspec Database
The INSPEC database includes: Over 8 million records Over 400,000 records are added every year 1969 to date Over 3,740 journals 3,000 other publications
Searching Inspec on Engineering Village – Step 1
A list of all available Inspec fields
Key words to be searched
Type in key words and select the fields that you would like them to be searched in.
Searching Inspec on Engineering Village – Step 2
Limitations include document type, treatment type and
discipline*
* Document type includes journal articles, conference proceedings etc. Treatment type includes application, historical, literature review etc. Discipline includes physics, electrics etc.
Search resultsGo back to refine
your search or begin a new search
Use the results manager to view,
email, print, download or save selected
records.
The search string shows the number of records in the set, key words and fields
limitations.
Save search, create an email alerts or RSS
feed
Refine your search using facets
This facet corresponds to Inspec classification.
Controlled vocabulary corresponds to terms
found in Inspec thesaurus
Search History Use search history to combine, re-run or save searches as well as set up email alerts.
*** Remember that search history is available as long as you are in an active session. If you leave your computer for 20 minutes or more, your search history will not be saved.
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Google Scholar
Search across Peer-reviewed papers Theses and Dissertations Books Journal Article abstracts and articles
academic publishers professional societies commercial publishers
Preprint repositories Universities, Scholarly organizations, websites
http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/help.html
Searching Try author name in quotes: “Lewis GN” “JH
Smith” Try article title in quotes Google Scholar Preferences:http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences Advanced Search:http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search
Search Results
Literature Questions
1. Which University of California, Davis Physics Department author has the most journal articles? How many do they have?
INSPEC
Web of Science
Google Scholar
Literature Questions
2. For this author, find the journal article with the most number of citations. What is the title and journal information?
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Web of Science
Google Scholar
Literature Questions
3. Do any faculty in this department have any patents? If so, write down a patent title and patent number that you find.
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Web of Science
Google Scholar
Hint: this question may require using something other than Google Scholar. Try looking at the entire list of Google applications:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/