1.  Scopus
SCOPUS
 Presented by: Javaid ahmad
 R.no: 14.
 Dept. of library & info. science

2. © Tefko Saracevic
OVERVIEW ELSEVIER’S PRODUCT
 Scopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus.
 It is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and
citations for academic journal articles.
 Unveiled in NOV. 2004
 new features were added continuously:
 e.g. mid 2005: added RefWorks;
 end 2005 Citation tracking;
 2006 planed Author profiling & further analysis tools.
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3. FEATURES
 Largest database includes:
 19,500 titles from over 5000 international
Publishers:
18,500 peer-reviewed journals (including
1,800 Open Access journals)
425 trade publications.
325 book series.
250 conference proceedings.

4. COVERAGE
Health
sciences
Arts & Life
humanities sciences
Physical Social
sciences sciences

5. SPECIAL FEATURES……
 Author affiliation information,
 Citation Tracker,
 Very simple subscription plan,
 Document download manager,
 RSS feeds, and email alerts,
 Updated daily,

6. SEARCH IN SCOPUS
The Document search tab is the main search window of the Scopus
homepage. To begin your search, enter the topic you wish to search for in the
space provided.

7. Author Search
Use the “Author
search”
Type in author
surname
and initials
Use “exact
matches” to narrow
search
“Affiliation” helps
us to refine our
search
Turn off irrelevant
subject areas to
speed up searches

8. Tefko Saracevic
ADVANCED FEATURES FOR SCOPUS
fields example
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9. REVIEWING SEARCH RESULTS
10 Navigator to
refine results by:
Year
Author Name
Subject Area
Document Type
Source Title
Keyword
Affiliation
Country
Source Type
Language

10. BY A SINGLE CLICK
The abstract
Links to the full paper
Citations
References
Related Documents

11. THANK YOU……..