Scopus User ExperienceScopus User Experience

Ruchareka AsavisanuRuchareka Asavisanuscras@mahidol.ac.thscras@mahidol.ac.th

Stang Mongkolsuk Library and Information Division, Stang Mongkolsuk Library and Information Division, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400 THAILAND Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400 THAILAND

Web of Science http://isiknowledge.com/wos Science Citation Index Expanded

(1999-present) 7-year backfilesSocial Science Citation Index

(2001-present) 5-year backfilesArts & Humanitites Citation Index

(2001-present) 5-year backfiles

SciFinder Scholar CAPlus (1907-present)MEDLINE (1966-present)

PubMed MEDLINE (free access) http://pubmed.gov Google Scholar (free access) http://scholar.google.com

What A&I databases we’ve already had in Mahidol University ?

Why SCOPUS ??Why SCOPUS ??

Good Features in Good Features in SCOPUS SCOPUS ((From my own experienceFrom my own experience))

1.1. SCOPUSSCOPUS covers some peer-reviewed journals from Thailand, covers some peer-reviewed journals from Thailand, which contain English-language articles with academic quality which contain English-language articles with academic quality norms, such as norms, such as

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

It’s good to see the publications from such Thai peer-reviewed journals, and also their citation counts.

(I also hope to see more Thai journals included in SCOPUS soon, especially ScienceAsia, The Kasetsart Journal. Natural Sciences, Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology Mahidol University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences etc.)

2. Cited reference searching in SCOPUS is very easy to interprete (easier than Web of Science)

3. Speedy search / well-designed user interface.

4. The result lists in SCOPUS are extremely excellent.

5. “Refine Results” feature of SCOPUS is the best comparing to any other databases. (better than SciFinder Scholar’s Analyse feature)

6. SCOPUS use simple terminology. Easy-to-understand for non-librarian end users.

Comments & Questions :

The database content is still incomplete. Some articles and some issues are frequently missing.

For example, I cannot find these articles in SCOPUS :

Tetrahedron 1965,21(6):1453-1470. (This journal is included in SCOPUS, and this article can

be found in ScienceDirect !)

Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1971;19:207-208. (Other issues of this journal is included in SCOPUS)

YEAR Manual Compiled WOS Manual Compiled WOS SCOPUS SCOPUS

2004 194 184 1562003 215 190 1762002 189 134 802001 180 111 642000 153 113 70

Comparison of Search ResultsComparison of Search Results

Keywords : “Faculty of Science, Mahidol” 2000-2004

SCOPUS’s content still incomplete !

Comment :Comment :

SCOPUS should has operator SCOPUS should has operator “SAME“SAME” ”

to find records containing “faculty of to find records containing “faculty of science” and “Mahidol” in the science” and “Mahidol” in the same same subfield (addresssubfield (address)). .

What I don’t like about SCOPUSWhat I don’t like about SCOPUS

The extremely expensive price, of course!

Purshasing by only one university budget seems to be difficult in the present economic situation.

National subscription (by ThaiLis - UNiNet) ??

Scopus umbretta ( Kenya Bird )Scopus umbretta ( Kenya Bird )

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