Electronic Resources for
Materials Science
Ljilja Ristic, MScChem PGDiplLIS MCLIP
Physical Sciences Librarian
Subject Consultant
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Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd,
oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800
Session Overview
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E-resources for research
Electronic resources on Oxlip+
How to find databases, e-journals, e-books…
Key databases and how to search them
Chance to practise
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Electronic resources at Oxford
An extensive collection of electronic databases, e-journals,
e-books, standards online, conference proceedings …
Oxlip+ - Oxford University e-resources (New!)
http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/
MetaLib search engine provides Find resource by (title or subject);
Crossearch option (multiple sources); and My Resources space.
Oxlip – Oxford Libraries Information Platform
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/
Links to resources from Subject or Title List. Soon to be replaced with
Direct access from University Network
Use your SSO for remote access
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Union Catalogue of Oxford’s Libraries
Accessing Oxford’s collections:
SOLO – Search Oxford Libraries Online (New
portal!)
http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/
OLIS - Union Catalogue of Oxford Libraries
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
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Finding full-text articles
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Try linking from a database using
Check Oxford University e-journals
http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az
Check OLIS Library Catalogue for print journals,
books, proceedings, etc.
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
If not, try Inter-Library Loan from the RSL
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Subject specific databases
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Include published
Accessing databases:
research
 Subject specific
 Directly from Oxford
 Index thousands of
University network
journals
no password required
 International literature
 Peer reviewed
 For remote access
 Provide references and
use your SSO log in
abstracts
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Subject specific databases
CSA Materials Research database with
METADEX
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Covers over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings,
technical reports, trade journals, patents, etc.
 Comprises 15 materials specific databases
 Provides references and abstracts
 Links to available full-text articles and OLIS
 Produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA)
CSA subset:
 CSA High Technology Research database with
aerospace (includes semiconductors, etc)
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Subject specific databases
CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX
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Aluminium Industry Abstracts
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Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts
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Copper Data Center Database
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Corrosion Abstracts
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Engineered Materials Abstracts
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Advanced Polymers Abstracts
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Composites Industry Abstracts
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Engineered Materials Abstracts, Ceramics
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Materials Business File
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METADEX
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WELDASEARCH
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Chemistry databases
SciFinder on the Web
(includes Chemical Abstracts)
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Covers all areas of
chemistry, biochemistry,
materials from 1907.
Indexes over 100000
journals, patents, books
proceedings, reports, etc.
Provides references,
substances and reactions
Registration required!
Contact your subject librarian
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Other subject specific databases
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CrossFire Beilstein& Gmelin
organic and inorganic chemistry
 Compendex (engineering, communication,
computing, control eng, etc)
 Geobase – Scopus (geology, environmental
sciences, etc)
 INSPEC – physics, electronics, computing
 MathSciNet – research in mathematics and
applied mathematics
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Multidisciplinary databases
Web of Knowledge
Web of Science® (1945-present)
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Science Citation Index Expanded (1945-present)
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Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present)
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
Databases cover more than 4000 journals and are updated weekly.
Provides Reference Citation
ISI ProceedingsSM (1990-present) – Technical reports and
conference proceedings
Journal Citation Reports® (1997-2007)
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Multidisciplinary databases
SCOPUS
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Scopus includes four databases:
Geobase, Compendex, Embase, Medline
 Search in selected databases/All databases
 Covers about 16000 journal articles
 Provides Reference citation
 Service provided by Elsevier
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General resources
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Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry
 Encyclopedia of Materials
 Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
 IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology – The
Gold Book
 NIST Physical Reference Data
 Smithsonian Physical Tables
 Treatise on Geochemistry
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Searching electronic databases
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Define a topic/a search question
 Break your search question into concepts
 Select search terms to describe concepts
 Create a search strategy
 Select appropriate subject database(s)
 Search electronic databases
 Find more search terms from retrieved records
 Repeat a search in another database
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Search techniques
Searching on a research topic:
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Select appropriate subject databases
Combine terms into a search strategy
Run a search
Display search results and select relevant references
Keep a list of selected references!!!
Find more search terms from retrieved records.
Repeat search in another database.
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Search techniques
Boolean operators:
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AND to narrow down
OR to broaden
(synonyms)
NOT to exclude some
terms
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Search tips:
 Use wildcard and
truncation (?, *)
 Include alternative terms
 Include different spelling
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Sample search
We are interested in:
Superconductivity of
Magnesium Boride Wires
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AND, OR, NOT
Magnesium Boride
Wires
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Superconductivity
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Reference Tools
Keeping and organising your references:
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Export your search results into reference management
software
 Save the results using an appropriate file format
 E-mail or Print results and then enter into the software
 Keep up-to-date by setting up database alerts
 Update your search regularly
Reference Management Software on the web:
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources (Refworks and Endnote Web)
You may want to purchase your own copy of EndNote from OUCS.
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The Copyright Law
Photocopying, printing and downloading
from books and journals:
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one chapter from a book
 one journal article from a journal issue
 Up to 5%
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Plagiarism
What is plagiarism?
“ ..is the act of representing as one’s own original work
the creative works of another, without appropriate
acknowledgment of the author or source
(University of Melbourne, 2007)
“.. Is copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or
ideas into your own work without full acknowledgment
(Educational Policy and Standards - University of
Oxford http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/epsc/plagiarism/
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How do you avoid it?
Plagiarism is breaching someone’s copyright by:
 Copying someone’s work or ideas without
acknowledgment
 Copying and pasting from the Internet, or from eresources (e-books, e-journals, etc)
 Rephrasing/paraphrasing without acknowledgment
 Patchwriting – copying and making some changes
 Copying from each other (students)
 Copying and pasting a paragraph without quotation
marks
 Using a phrase taken from a source without
acknowledgment
(Roberts, 2008)
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Contacts
Ljilja Ristic, MScChem PGDiplLIS MCLIP
Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant
Tel.(01865) 272816
ljilja.ristic@bodley.ox.ac.uk
The Radcliffe Science Library
Enquiry Desks - Tel. (2)72800 or (2)72845
Or visit the Library web site http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl
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