Let's try a search in Scopus. If you are looking for articles about a subject, for instance seismic signal processing, you can choose the field "Article title, abstract, keywords". This will then generate a search in all of these fields. First you type in the word "seismic" into the search field. By appending a star at the end of the word "seismic" you will get hits on all records containing words starting with "seismic". This is called truncation. Then type the word "signal processing" into the search field. You'd like the words "signal" and "processing" to appear next to each other. To get this, you need to put the words next to each other, in quotation marks. This is called a phrase. Because you want hits on all records containing both words starting with "seismic" and the phrase "signal processing" you need to append the boolean operator AND in the search. Click on the magnifying glass to search. The list of results is sorted with the most recent articles first. If you prefer to have the list ordered by relevance, you can choose "Relevance" from the drop down menu on the right. You can also sort your result list by the most cited articles. The number of citations may give an indication of the importance of the article. The search can be limited using the options in the left hand column. It is here you can type in more search words, or choose from the list "Subject area", suggested by Scopus. When you click on the title, you get more information about the article, such as references, abstract and citations. The result of your search needs to be analyzed. You need to consider the title and the abstract. Is the content relevant for you? Is the author well known? Publication year and citations might also indicate how relevant the article is. When you have decided which articles are relevant, you need to find the actual article as complete text. Some articles are available in full text, by clicking the "Full text" button. Remember to always open or download scientific articles as PDF, as this will allow you to refer to the exact page numbers in the article.

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