Why do different
databases matter?
Level up your research skills
by becoming familiar with
different databases
Yayo Umetsubo
Co-op Librarian & Nerd
Leddy Library
yumetsub@uwindsor.ca
Researcher
What is RESEARCH?
Why do we research?
Why do the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and
the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council (NSERC) support
researchers?
“The heart of every research project – the axis
around which the entire research endeavor
revolves – is the problem. The first step in the
research process is to identify the problem with
unwavering clarity and to state it in precise and
unmistakable terms. (emphasis added)”
 Research projects should NOT simply
achieving self-enlightenment.
 Research begins with identifying questions
about issues that you would like to solve.
Paul D. Leedy and Jeanne Ellis Ormrod, Practical Research: Planning and
Design (10th ed.), (Boston: Pearson, 2013), 27-29.
http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/40600_9781849204620.pdf
“In science, the emphasis is on discovering new
theories, paradigms, approaches, algorithms,
simulations, experiments, and so on, while in
engineering, the emphasis is to solve real-world
problems with new technologies, designs,
processes, methods, models, testing, and so on.
Novelty and significance are the key ingredients
of research in both science and engineering.
(emphasis added)”
Charles X. Ling and Qiang Yang, Crafting Your Research Future: a Guide
to Successful Master’s and PhD Degree in Science & Engineering,
(Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2012), 1.
http://www.morganclaypool.com.ezproxy.uwindsor.ca/doi/pdf/10.2200/S00412ED1V01Y201203ENG018
Have you been to a conference?
Research is not merely gathering information;
however,…..
http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/research-tools
THE ORDER OF KEYWORDS IN A SEARCH BOX
Keywords include “supply chain,” scheduling, optimization, and
production in
Google
Accessed Nov. 28, 2013
Results
5,520,000
The order of keywords
“supply chain” AND scheduling AND optimization
AND production
57,200,000
scheduling AND “supply chain” AND optimization
AND production
scheduling AND optimization AND production
AND “supply chain”
“supply chain” AND production scheduling AND
optimization
5,580,000
1,640,000
1,090,000
optimization AND production scheduling AND
“supply chain”
The Order of Keywords in a Search Box
Google
Results
5,520,000
57,200,000
5,580,000
1,640,000
1,090,000
Accessed Nov. 27, 2013
The order of keywords
“supply chain” AND scheduling AND optimization AND production
scheduling AND “supply chain” AND optimization AND production
scheduling AND optimization AND production AND “supply chain”
“supply chain” AND production scheduling AND optimization
optimization AND production scheduling AND “supply chain”
Google Scholar
40,100
41,900
“supply chain” AND production scheduling AND
optimization
optimization AND production scheduling AND
“supply chain”
DIFFERENCES OF THE FIVE DATABASES
“supply chain*” AND production AND schedul*
AND optimiz*
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Results Index/List
Name of Actual Database or
Index
16,500 GoogleScholar
Elsevier, Taylor & Francis,
Emerald, Wiley Online, Springer
“Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and SAGE
still dominate the combined indexes with more than half
of the titles.”
Stephen Bosch and Kittie Henderson, “The Winds of Change:
Periodicals Price Survey 2013,” Library Journal, April 25, 2013.
Elsevier
Taylor & Francis
Wiley
Google Scholar
Springer
SAGE
Many others….
ProQuest ?
EBSCO?
Many others..?
DIFFERENCES OF 7 DATABASES
“supply chain*” AND production AND schedul* AND optimiz*
Results Database
Topics or Journal titles
12,039 ScienceDirect Supply chain, france, reliability, cnet
(Elsevier)
conference, maintanability, etc.
1,188 Taylor &
Francis
1,037 Emerald
Group
Publishing
Limited
1,702 Wiley Online
Encyclopedia of Supply Chain
Management, Production Planning &
Control, International Journal of
Production Research, etc..
International Journal of Physical
Distribution & Logistics Management,
Supply Chain Management: an
International Journal, etc.
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial
Chemistry, steel research international,
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etc.
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DIFFERENCES OF 7 DATABASES
“supply chain*” AND production AND schedul* AND optimiz*
Results Database
Subjects OR Journal titles
228 SAGE journals Proceedings of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, Transactions of
the Institute of Measurement and
Control, etc..
210 Web of
Knowledge
23,498
ProQuest
Business
Operations Research Management
Science (93), Engineering industrial (51),
etc.
Studies (4,177), supply chains (1,727),
management (1,716), industrial
engineering (1,604), operations research
(1,434)
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REFINE AND NARROW DOWN YOU TOPIC
“cross-dock*” AND “supply chain*” AND
production AND schedul* AND optimiz*
Without
Results Name of Database
Sort by (Default)
Cross-dock*
16,500
225 Google Scholar
No refinement for subjects
Accessed Nov. 28, 2013
REFINE AND NARROW DOWN YOU TOPIC
“cross-dock*” AND “supply chain*” AND
production AND schedul* AND optimiz*
Without
Results Name of Database
Sort by (Default)
Cross-dock*
16,500
225 Google Scholar
12,039
You can refine according to
597 ScienceDirect
Journal/Book Title, Topic, and Year.
(Elsevier)
8 Taylor & Francis No refinement for subjects
1,188
1,037
1,702
8 Emerald Group
Publishing
Limited
126 Wiley Online
No refinement for subjects
No refinement for subjects
No refinement for subjects
Accessed Nov. 28, 2013
REFINE AND NARROW DOWN YOU TOPIC
“cross-dock*” AND “supply chain*” AND
production AND schedul* AND optimiz*
Without
Results Name of Database
Sort by (Default)
Cross-dock*
228
210
23,498
0 SAGE journals
1 Web of
Knowledge
504 ProQuest
Business
No refinement for subjects
You can refine according to
Journal/Book Title, Topic, and Year.
You can refine according to Full
text/abstract, Source type,
Publication Title, Document
type, Subject, Year, etc…
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