Efficient search – Web of Science and Scopus

Event of ETH Library: Introduction to the use of the literature data bases Web of Science and Scopus

Registration required

This course is held in English.

Register <link http: www.library.ethz.ch en about-us events efficient-search-web-of-science-and-scopus-webinar>here.

Content

• <link http: www.library.ethz.ch en resources databases web-of-science-core-collection>Web of Science Core Collection and <link http: www.library.ethz.ch en resources databases scopus>Scopus
• Search strategies
• Subject-based searches
• Searching by author
• Citation analysis
• Personalization
• Practical exercises

Aim

At the end of the course you are able to

• structure your search reasonably by using Boolean operators, truncations and phrase searching.
• analyze the relevance of your results and to find further relevant hits by tracing citations.
• combine and organize search queries in the search history.
• identify helpful information in an author`s profile.

Target audience

• Students on Bachelor's and Master's courses with some previous knowledge of searching in databases
• Members of ETH Zurich
• Anyone with an interest in science