Searching Scopus
Hello and welcome to this video about searching the Scopus database to access copass go to the library website www.sceeto.com ass and finally on the scoopers link login with your QB number and password have prompted on Scopus will open it is an Elsevier resource which means that if you have already registered for a personal account with another Elsevier online product such as ScienceDirect or the reference manager Mandalay you can use the same credentials to login to scoop us if you don't have an Elsevier account you can either continue to use scoop us as a guest or you can create an account once you've created an account you can log in create searches and save them after you log in scopus defaults to document search which is the search to use if you want to find journal articles on a topic unlike MEDLINE scoopers does not suggest subject headings that may be relevant to your search instead it allows you to run keyword searches only let's try running a search in scoopers for articles about the regression of Guayama and children this will mean running three separate searches one for glioma 1 for regression and since there are no age limits in scopus 1 for children to do this type your first concept glioma into the search box you can type an asterisk at the end of gamma to find variations such as gliomas plural and apostrophe s click the plus symbol to add a nice arch rule change the search connector from armed to or and search for synonyms or alternative terms for your first concept for example to find articles that refer to gliomas as glial cell tumors type glial cell tumors into the second search box type an asterisk at the end of tumour instead of an ass to find different endings type double quotation marks around your text to ensure the scoopa searches for glial cell tumors and variations as a free is rather than as three separate words you don't need to put quotation marks around single words only phrases finally replace the you in tumour with an asterisk which as.
Well as being the truncation symbol is also the extra character symbol in scopus this will find both the UK English oh you are on us English all our spellings of tumour without you having to search for them separately click search on results by Clay Houma are displayed click search again and click reset forum to look for articles about your second concept regression type regress plus an asterisk into the text box this will find variations of this words such as regression regress tanned regressing click the plus sign on search for alternative terms making sure that you change the connector from an to org for example type a radical plus an asterisk to find articles of I tumors being eradicated rather than regressing click search and results about regression and synonyms are displayed click search again and click reset unlike in other databases that is not possible to apply age limits to scope as results the best you can do is search for keywords that relate to the relevant age group so to find articles about children type child plus an asterisk into the search box click Add row change an to or and type the synonym infant plus an asterisk as well you can click Add row games out of additional synonyms eg adolescent plus an asterisk just remember to change under or each time you add a new row once you've finished click search and results mentioning children are displayed to combine the three separate searches you've done click search and scroll down to find your search history under combined queries type the numbers of your three searches preceded by the hash symbol and separated by the word and click the search button results by all of your concepts are displayed limit results further by choosing filters from the list on the left for example to limit to articles from 2013 to present take the years you want scroll down and you'll see English and other language limits take the language or any other limit you want then scroll up or down the page and click limit to.
Results to which your chosen limits do not apply or removed results feature article titles abstracts were available and key connect links to check library subscriptions for full-text access the cited by column to the right shows you how many times the articles you find have been cited by other papers index and Scopus to view citing papers click on the number on details of the paper or papers will be displayed click back to return to your main list of results you can select results by ticking them and use the options towards the top of the page to print email or generate a PDF list of papers you can also export results to the reference manager of your choice whether it's refworks Mendeley or endnotes choose the option or file format that is compatible with your reference manager to see if your search so that you can rerun it later click search again then scroll down and click the C of the search icon beside the final line of your search Scopus will automatically name your search if you want you can change the name or you can just keep it as it is click Save remember you must have a personal account or register with Scopus in order to see of searches to rerun your search at a later date log back in the Scopus and click the three lines icon beside your name click my Scopus then on saved searches your search displays to view new articles that your search is fine since you lost runner click on D at last run to see all your search results click on the search Neum on schoolbus will rerun your search in full displaying all relevant results I hope this video has helped you to run an effective search in the Scopus database you.
Well as being the truncation symbol is also the extra character symbol in scopus this will find both the UK English oh you are on us English all our spellings of tumour without you having to search for them separately click search on results by Clay Houma are displayed click search again and click reset forum to look for articles about your second concept regression type regress plus an asterisk into the text box this will find variations of this words such as regression regress tanned regressing click the plus sign on search for alternative terms making sure that you change the connector from an to org for example type a radical plus an asterisk to find articles of I tumors being eradicated rather than regressing click search and results about regression and synonyms are displayed click search again and click reset unlike in other databases that is not possible to apply age limits to scope as results the best you can do is search for keywords that relate to the relevant age group so to find articles about children type child plus an asterisk into the search box click Add row change an to or and type the synonym infant plus an asterisk as well you can click Add row games out of additional synonyms eg adolescent plus an asterisk just remember to change under or each time you add a new row once you've finished click search and results mentioning children are displayed to combine the three separate searches you've done click search and scroll down to find your search history under combined queries type the numbers of your three searches preceded by the hash symbol and separated by the word and click the search button results by all of your concepts are displayed limit results further by choosing filters from the list on the left for example to limit to articles from 2013 to present take the years you want scroll down and you'll see English and other language limits take the language or any other limit you want then scroll up or down the page and click limit to.
Results to which your chosen limits do not apply or removed results feature article titles abstracts were available and key connect links to check library subscriptions for full-text access the cited by column to the right shows you how many times the articles you find have been cited by other papers index and Scopus to view citing papers click on the number on details of the paper or papers will be displayed click back to return to your main list of results you can select results by ticking them and use the options towards the top of the page to print email or generate a PDF list of papers you can also export results to the reference manager of your choice whether it's refworks Mendeley or endnotes choose the option or file format that is compatible with your reference manager to see if your search so that you can rerun it later click search again then scroll down and click the C of the search icon beside the final line of your search Scopus will automatically name your search if you want you can change the name or you can just keep it as it is click Save remember you must have a personal account or register with Scopus in order to see of searches to rerun your search at a later date log back in the Scopus and click the three lines icon beside your name click my Scopus then on saved searches your search displays to view new articles that your search is fine since you lost runner click on D at last run to see all your search results click on the search Neum on schoolbus will rerun your search in full displaying all relevant results I hope this video has helped you to run an effective search in the Scopus database you.