Universität Wien

980008 TS Introduction to SciVerse Scopus - A multidisciplinary access to knowledge (2018S)

0.00 ECTS (0.20 SWS), DoktorandInnenzentrum-Kursangebot

Details

max. 14 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes

19 March 2018, 3 pm - 5 pm
Location: Physics Library, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, 5th floor


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This workshop offers an introduction to SciVerse Scopus. This multidisciplinary database was developed by Elsevier as an alternative to Web of Science and is officially running since 2004. Elsevier describes it as the 'World's Largest Database of Abstracts and Cited References' and is highly treasured for its user friendliness worldwide. Similar to Web of Science, Scopus connects the advantages of literature search in classic databases with the search and analyses of literature references and therefore allows citation analysis. Scopus encompasses over 41 million articles (abstracts and citations) from around 18 000 Journals (of which 17 500 are peer-reviewed, meaning that their articles are predominantly evaluated by scientists) of 5000 publishing houses. 90% of the in SCI (Science Citation Index) and SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index) recorded journals are included in Scopus. Due to heavy critique directed at Web of Science for focusing mainly on the English-speaking world, Scopus makes a special point of including publications in other languages than in English. The percentage of European journals in Scopus is much higher than it is in Web of Science.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Optimal application of this database, especially the various search functions and the additionally offered analytical tools (Analytics, Journal Analyzer) be it for literature search or for the choice of the right journals for own publications of research results.

Examination topics

Theoretical introduction with concrete examples.
In addition the Elsevier Plattform SciVerse and especially the fulltext database ScienceDirect will be presented.

Reading list


Association in the course directory

Last modified: We 19.08.2020 08:14