Scientific information sources

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
SOURCES
University of Aveiro Library
2015

University of Aveiro Library | 2014
Summary
 Scientific information
 Types of documents
 Journal articles
 Books chapters
 Conference papers
 Master and PhD thesis
 Information sources
 Journal articles databases
 Digital repositories
 Integrated systems

Questions…

 What sources should I use for research of scientific
information on the Web?
 How to select appropriate sources?
 Where to start?
Questions

To explore the full potential of search tools on
the Web, is essential to know how the
information is collected, described and
structured.
Locate and discover information mainly
depends on the efficient use of research tools.
Questions

Scientific information

 In recent years, the diversification of ways to access to
digital information has changed the practices of access
and use in the academic environment.

Critical understanding of the science communication and
formal publication
Key competencies for academic and lifelong learning

 There are different practices in scientific publication,
according to the areas of knowledge, as also the
strategies for search and discovery of information.

 The peer review or refereeing process:
 It is the process used in the publication of articles in
scientific journals;
 The scientific work is evaluated for one or more experts;
 Through this process is certified the quality of articles
published in a scientific journal.

“The scientific peer-review process increases the probability that the scientific
literature converges–at long time scales–upon scientific truth via distributed
fact-checking, replication, and validation by other scientists. Peer review
publication gives the scientific process “memory”.
Font: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/11/02/what-is-
peer-review-for/

For more information:
Peer Review in Five Minutes – NSCU Libraries
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr/
Peer review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives - Publishing Research
Consortium
http://www.publishingresearch.net/documents/PRCsummary4Warefinal.pdf

Discussion about peer review:
What Is Peer Review For? - DSHR's Blog
http://blog.dshr.org/2012/03/what-is-peer-review-for.html
Peer review: benefits, perceptions and alternatives - Publishing Research
Consortium
http://www.publishingresearch.org.uk/documents/PRCsummary4Warefinal.pdf

Types of documents

Types of documents
 peer review scientific information
 grey literature

 Journal articles
 Are the primary way used for formal communication
of science.
 Allow researchers to communicate to their peers the
results of research.
Peer review scientific information

 Books chapters and conference papers
 In many cases are publications with a scientific editor,
consisting of several parts of different authors; may be,
for example, the published contents from academic and
scientific conferences.

Journal articles
Book chapters
Conference papers
scientific information
certified by peer
review
and published

Grey literature
In many cases is the best way to update
 Master and PhD thesis
 Scientific and technical reports
 Preprints
 Working papers
 Unpublished conference papers

Information sources

Information sources available on the Web:
 in journal articles databases;
 in digital repositories, institutional or thematic;
 in integrated systems of databases and repositories;
Information sources

Journal articles databases
Information sources

 collections of journal articles;
 include journals from different publishers;
 are the main point of access to a large amount of the
published literature;

 international bibliography;
 quality control of content included;
 some databases include article citation count and other
important data for evaluation.

 Access: http://www.ua.pt/sbidm/biblioteca/artigos
 by subscription – access at the Campus of the
University, recognition by IPs;
 outside the University – access by VPN (virtual private
network);
 free access on the Web.

 Multidisciplinary
 Scopus
 Web of Science

 Multidisciplinary
 Academic Search Complete
 JSTOR

 By subject: social sciences
 Business Source Complete [economy. management]
 ERIC [education. psychology]

 By subject: mathematics and natural sciences
 Index Chemicus [chemistry]
 INSPIRE [physics]
 Zentralblatt Math [mathematics]

 By subject: applied sciences. medicine. technology
 PubMed [health sciences]

 By subject: computer science
 ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing
Machinery)
 46 journals and transactions
 11 magazines
 1.003 proceedings
 65 SIG newsletters
 10 affiliated pubs

 By subject: computer science
 IEEE Xplore - access from 2005 until today
 IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines
 IEEE conference proceedings
 VDE VERLAG conference proceedings
 Spectrum, IEEE
 don’t have access to:
 IEEE Standards;
 IEE Journals and conferences;
198 titles of journals, transactions, and
magazines
15.321 conference proceedings

Digital repositories
Information sources

Digital repositories:
 information systems with scientific and scholarly content
available on open access;
 include journal articles, conference papers, Master and PhD
thesis and a whole set of documents resulting from the
research activities;
 associated with an educational institution and/ or research
units.

 include the digital document, under the Open Access
policies;
 essential tools for search and discovery of grey literature:
thesis, preprints, reports, conference papers;
 increase the scientific literature in open access, promoting
the visibility on the Web.

 RIA – Repositório Institucional da UA
 RCAAP – Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de
Portugal
 DRIVER – Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for
European Research

Integrated Systems
Pesquisa integrada UA
Information sources

Integrated systems
 search multiple databases and other platforms;
 are appropriate when the goal is to have an overview on the
recent publication of a certain subject;
 great advantage of saving time because they are
comprehensive systems;

 Pesquisa Integrada UA
 includes information from scientific databases,
available by subscription - SCOPUS, Web of Science,
Academic Search Complete;
 search for scientific articles, electronic books, thesis
and other documents.
Integrated systems

 Pesquisa Integrada UA
 access to b-on contents;
 comprehensive tool that should be used in addition to
databases and repositories of journal articles;
 limited access to the UA network.
Integrated systems

 Google Scholar
 in addition to all the information available for free on the
Web, locates information indexed in the databases of
some publishers, available by subscription;
Integrated systems

 Google Scholar
 very effective for quickly locating publications, authors
or specific articles, should be used in addition to
databases and repositories of journal articles;
Integrated systems

 B-on – Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online
 aggregates a wide range of resources:
 Databases of journal articles
 Digital Libraries
 Journals
 Repositories
 Electronic Books
Integrated systems

 B-on – Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online
 very comprehensive tool that should be used in addition to
databases and repositories of journal articles.
Integrated systems

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2015
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