What's the ScienceDirect Article Toolbox?

The ScienceDirect Article Toolbox brings together several items of functionality that help you do more with the research you are accessing and can save you time!

Here's a quick run-down of what each tool offers:

• Download PDF -Use the Document Download Manager to download upto 20 full-text articles at once. You can automatically name downloaded content according to your own naming convention and pre-select a preferred destination for downloads.


• E-mail Article - Quickly send an article to a fellow researcher in HTML or plain text.


• Cited By -See a list of articles in ScienceDirect that have cited the article you are reading.


• Save as a Citation Alert-Receive notification when the article you are reading is cited.


• Citation Feed - Choose this option to get citations in RSS. ScienceDirect RSS feeds allow you to see when new articles, citations or search results are available on ScienceDirect.


• Export Citation - Download all or a selection of citations to a citation management program such as ProCite, EndNote, RefWorks or Reference Manager.


• Add to my Quick Links - Add the journal or book that you are reading to your homepage Quick Links for easy access.


• Add to 2collab - Bookmark the article on Elsevier's online collaboration tool, 2collab, for the benefit of other researchers.


• Permissions & Reprints - Users sometimes want to use figures, tables or images published by others, which is possible but must be requested. This link fast tracks the request and is enabled by the partnership between Elsevier and the Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink service.


• Cited by in Scopus - See a list of articles in Scopus that have cited the article you are reading.

Want to learn more about ScienceDirect? Watch our narrated tutorial or attend a free live on-line training session.

Create Automatic Queries in Scopus from Your Library website

• Here's a quick tip from the Scopus Info site that can help your students and researchers stay up-to-date in their fields of interest.
  
  Create simple and/or advanced search queries on your library or departmental websites.
  
  Use the Scopus inward searching syntax:
  http://www.scopus.com/scopus/search/submit/xadvanced.url?searchfield= CODE OF THE SEARCH FIELD (search term A Boolean Operator search term B)
  
  Examples:
• http://www.scopus.com/scopus/search/submit/xadvanced.url?searchfield=TITLE-ABS-KEY(myb and retrovirus)
• http://www.scopus.com/scopus/search/submit/xadvanced.url?searchfield=TITLE-ABS-KEY(Acromegaly and "growth hormone")
  
  
  Quick notes regarding syntax:
  
• Click here for a complete list of codes
• Between the () it is possible to use wildcards * and double quotes "" like in Scopus
• To limit to a specific time range: http://www.scopus.com/scopus/search/submit/xadvanced.url?searchfield=TITLE-ABS-KEY(Software or Engineering) AND PUBYEAR AFT 1995
• To search several fields in the same request: http://www.scopus.com/scopus/search/submit/xadvanced.url?searchfield=TITLE-ABS-KEY(Software Engineering) AND AUTHOR-NAME (smith)
  
  Looking for more Scopus desktop tools to make literature research quicker and easier? Visit the 'Scopus tools' page on the Scopus Info site.

View the Brain like Never Before!

Have you heard of BrainNavigator, a finalist in the ALPSP Publishing Innovation award? It’s a tool that takes the concept of a printed brain atlas to a whole new level. BrainNavigator is designed to help researchers locate the positions of structures within the brain, making visualization and understanding the brain easier. And if you work with neuroscientists, odds are it’s a tool they are talking about or interested in.

To learn more about BrainNavigator check out this NPR Clip, read the linked press release, or view this video on the features and benefits of BrainNavigator. It’s state of the art science and technology. It’s fascinating whether or not you’re a neuroscientist!

You can also learn more on Library Connect!

Interested in ways to use and customize Scopus RSS feeds?

View this presentation I found on slideshare.net and learn how Tom Keays combines Scopus RSS feeds with Yahoo Pipes and Feedburner to format, filter, and track Scopus results.

Creating Faculty Publication Lists from Scopus RSS Feeds

View more presentations from Tom Keays.

Learn more about RSS feeds for your Libary

Below is slideshare.net screencast on 'RSS feeds at your Library' posted by a librarian in Austrailia. You can also learn more about RSS feeds in Scopus, ScienceDirect, and Engineering Village on TrainingDesk by clicking here.

If you have or know of any training presentations or screencasts you think would be helpful to share, please let us know!

RSS At Your Library

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Scopus Tour offered this Thursday, July 16th

Interested in learning about Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database? If so, please join me this Thursday (July 16th) for a quick tour of this abstract and citation database.

Two times offered:
July 16th at 10:30 AM EST
July 16th at 1:30 PM EST

Feel free to bring your questions.

Register now

Getting Started With ScienceDirect

Now Available! View or download the powerpoint companion to our Introduction to ScienceDirect Live Online presentation and narrated tutorial.

Getting Started With ScienceDirect

View more documents from Elsevier TrainingDesk.

New Introduction to Scopus Tutorial Available

View the latest TrainingDesk Tutorial and learn more about what Scopus is and how to use it. This narrated tutorial includes a menu so you can skip to specific areas of interest rather than watching the whole presentation. Practice exercises are also included.

Introduction to Scopus by the TrainingDesk

Introduction to Scopus Presentation is now available through slideshare. For further Scopus training view our new interactive tutorial at http://www.trainingdesk.elsevier/scopus/

Introduction to Scopus by the TrainingDesk

View more documents from Elsevier TrainingDesk.

Sign up for our Calendar Feed and be alerted to new training session dates and times!

Did you know that the TrainingDesk host regular Live Online training sessions for both Scopus and ScienceDirect? The TrainingDesk calendar now reflects sessions planned for both July and August. Visit the calendar today and sign up to recieve RSS feeds when new sessions are added.

http://www.trainingdesk.elsevier.com/calendar.html

Learn more about Scopus!

Learn how to navigate the world's largest abstract and citation database. Join our Introduction to Scopus training session in real-time. In this session we cover search functionality, output options, citation tracker, author identifier, affiliation search, and more. This is a live on-line session, so bring your questions to discuss or just sit back, watch, and learn.

Register now for any of the following real-time trainings:
Tuesday, May 19, 10:00 AM EDT (15:00 GMT)
Tuesday, May 19, 3:00 PM EDT (20:00 GMT)
Friday, May 22, 2:00 AM EDT (7:00 GMT)
Monday, May 25, 9:00 AM EDT (14:00 GMT)
Wednesday, May 27th, 12:30 PM EDT (17:30 GMT)

Haven't used Scopus before? Register for one of these upcoming product demos:
May 14th 10:30 AM EDT (15:30 GMT)
May 14th 3:30 PM EDT (20:30 GMT)

New Downloadable Training

Do your patrons need help using ScienceDirect? Direct them to our downloadable 'Getting Started' session. Viewers can watch the screencast on their own time, skip through the sections they need, and learn how to navigate through ScienceDirect to find information they need. View now by clicking on the image here, or visit the ScienceDirect page on the TrainingDesk.

Additional Introduction to ScienceDirect Training Sessions

We've added new session times for our live online session: Introduction to ScienceDirect- Getting Started.

Look for a time that fits your schedule.
Sessions offered on April 24, 27, 30 and May 5.

This session is designed to help you learn how to navigate ScienceDirect and find the information you are seeking. In 40 minutes you'll learn about browsing, searching, reviewing material, personalizing ScienceDirect, in addition to gaining a general background on what ScienceDirect is and what content is available.

Register for a live on-line session now: https://www311.livemeeting.com/lrs/0000010777_5/Registration.aspx?pageName=vvr41wnfbv77z68h

or watch the screen cast on your own time: http://www.trainingdesk.elsevier.com/sciencedirect/files/Introduction_to_ScienceDirect_Part1b.htm

Introduction to ScienceDirect: Getting Started

In March we launched a new ongoing Introduction to ScienceDirect series.

The first session-Introduction to ScienceDirect: Getting Started is a training resource designed to help you learn how to navigate the system and find the information you are seeking. In 40 minutes you'll learn about browsing, searching, reviewing material, personalizing ScienceDirect, in addition to a general background on what ScienceDirect is and what content is available.

Sign up to attend a free Live online session or download the narrated screen cast!

Register now: https://www311.livemeeting.com/lrs/0000010777_5/Registration.aspx?pageName=vvr41wnfbv77z68h

Watch the screen cast: http://www.trainingdesk.elsevier.com/sciencedirect/files/Introduction_to_ScienceDirect_Part1b.htm

Watch for more ScienceDirect training sessions to be announced in April!